USA+Culture

=OHIO FUN FACTS=

=Hi I'm Nate and I am 9 years old. I am in third grade. I like to play baseball and soccer.= =Now I am going to tell you some fun facts about Ohio.=

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 * We live in Dublin; it is located at 40 degrees North and 83 degrees West.
 * Ohio is in the north central part of the United States.
 * Our state capital is Columbus. Dublin is very close to Columbus.
 * Our state bird is the cardinal.
 * Our state population is 11,353,140.
 * Our state flower is the scarlet carnation.
 * We became a state March 1, 1803.
 * The area of our state is 44,825 square miles.
 * People have lived in the Ohio area for thousands of years. About half of Ohio is farmland.
 * State animal is the whitetail deer. It became the state animal is 1988.