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Welcome to Illinois, Land of Lincoln
Also known as "The Prairie State"

Illinois is a French word meaning "the Illini people," a "tribe of superior men."
The Illini was a confederation of Native peoples consisting of five tribes,
two of which were the Peoria and the Cahokia tribes.

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State Motto: State Sovereignty, National Union

State Animal: WhiteTailed Deer, adopted 1982

State Bird: Cardinal, adopted 1929

State Fish: Bluegill, adopted 1986

State Flower: Violet, adopted 1908

State Folk Dance: Square Dance, adopted 1990

State Fossil: Tully Monster, adopted 1989

State Great Seal: View the seal, adopted 1818, 1868

State Insect: Monarch Butterfly, adopted 1975

State Language: English, adopted 1969

State Mineral: Fluorite, adopted 1965

State Prairie Grass: Big Bluestem, adopted 1989

State Snackfood: Popcorn, adopted 2004

State Soil: Drummer Series, adopted 2001

State Song: "Illinois", adopted 1925

State Theatre: The Great American People Show, adopted 1995

State Tree: White Oak, adopted 1973

State Capital: Springfield

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Size: The 25th largest state, 57,918 total square miles

Statehood: the 21st State. Admitted Dec. 3, 1818

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ILLINOIS

Welcome to Illinois, Land of Lincoln Also known as "The Prairie State"

Welcome to Illinois, Land of Lincoln
Also known as "The Prairie State"