State of KentuckyState of Kentucky

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Major Physical Major Physical Features: Features: Appalachian Mountains Mammoth Cave Land Between the Lakes Mississippi & Ohio Rivers

Kentucky

                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                        

Kentucky

State CapitalState Capital: Frankfort Major CitiesMajor Cities: Louisville, Lexington,

Covington, Owensboro, Paducah State’s PopulationState’s Population: 4,041,769

General Facts about KentuckyGeneral Facts about Kentucky: StatehoodStatehood: June 1, 1792, the 15th state State mottoState motto: United We Stand, Divided We

Fall State birdState bird: Cardinal State flowerState flower: Goldenrod State treeState tree: Tulip-poplar (yellow-poplar)

Kentucky

Kentucky

General Facts about KentuckyGeneral Facts about Kentucky: Life Expectancy:Life Expectancy: 75.3 years old, ranked 42nd

in the United States Annual Income:Annual Income: $38,466, ranked 46th in the

United States Government:Government: United States Senators: 2

and Representatives: 6 Weather: Weather: Average Low: 20s

Average High: 80s

Famous Kentuckians:Famous Kentuckians: Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Henry Clay Muhammad Ali George Clooney Ashley Judd

Kentucky

Kentucky

Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes:

New Madrid Fault Line

Tornadoes Floods

Mississippi & Ohio Rivers

Appalachian Mts. Rivers

KY Counties with the highest possibility of Earthquake activity:

Kentucky