| | | ALASKA | | Area: 1,700,130 sq km (656,424 sq mi); rank: 1st
Population (1990): 550,043; rank 49th
Capital: Juneau (1990 pop., 26,751)
Largest city: Anchorage (1990 pop., 226,338)
County equivalents: 25
State legislature: 20 senators, 40 representatives.
Elevations: highest--6,194 m (20,320 ft), Mount McKinley (Denali); lowest--sea level, Pacific Ocean
Alaska counties: (see map of AK countiesStatehood: Jan. 3, 1959; the 49th state
Nickname: The Last Frontier
State Motto: "Audemus jura nostra defendere," We dare defend our rights. The Latin phrase appears on the official coat of arms adopted in 1939.
 State Bird: Yellowhammer, adopted in 1927. This member of the woodpecker family, also called a flicker (Colaptes Aratus), got its name from the way it hammers trees with its beak and the flash of yellow it displays on the underside of its wings. The bird's colors of gray and yellow were said to resemble the uniform of a Confederate cavalryman, and an Alabama regiment of the Confederate Army wore yellowhammer feathers in their hats. These stories and the widespread abundance of the species led to the yellowhammer's selection as the state bird.PRESIDENTIAL VOTING | | 1996 [3] Dole (R) 50.8% Clinton (D) 33.3% Perot (Ref) 10.9%
1992 [3] Bush (R) 39.5% Clinton (D) 30.3% Perot (I) 28.4%
1988 [3] Bush (R) 59.6% Dukakis (D) 36.3%
1984 [3] Reagan (R) 66.6% Mondale (D) 29.9%
1980 [3] Reagan (R) 54.3% Carter (D) 26.4%
1976 [3] Ford (R) 57.9% Carter (D) 35.7%
1972 [3] Nixon (R) 58.1% McGovern (D) 34.6% Schmitz (Am.Ind.) 7.2%
1968 [3] Nixon (R) 45.2% Humphrey (D) 42.6% Wallace (Am.Ind.) 12.0%
1964 [3] Johnson (D) 65.9% Goldwater (R) 34.0%
1960 [3] Nixon (R) 50.9% Kennedy (D) 49.1%
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