State Flower: Yucca flower
Origin of state's name: Named by the Spanish for lands north of the Rio Grande River
Became a State: January 6, 1912 (47th)
State Motto: Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
Area: 121,593 sq. mi (5th)
Geographic State Center: Torrance, 12 miles southsouthwest of Willard
Highest Point: Wheeler Peak; 13,161 feet (8th)
Lowest Point: Red Bluff Lake; 2,817 feet (48th)
Population: 1,819,046 (36th)
