Portal:Oregon/State facts

• Nickname: The Beaver State
• Capital city: Salem
• Largest city: Portland
• Governor: Tina Kotek (D)
• Total area: 255,026 km²
• Population (2010 census): 3,831,074
• Date admitted to the Union: February 14, 1859
• Form of Government: Federalist
• Senators: Ron Wyden (D), Jeff Merkley (D)
• Representatives: Suzanne Bonamici (D), Greg Walden (R), Earl Blumenauer (D), Peter DeFazio (D), Kurt Schrader (D)

State symbols:

• Animal:
  American beaver
• Bird: Western meadowlark
• Fish: Chinook salmon
• Flower:
  Oregon grape
• Insect:
  Oregon swallowtail
• Tree:
  Douglas fir
• Fossil: Metasequoia
• Gemstone: Oregon sunstone
• Motto: Alis volat propriis
• Rock: Thunderegg
• Song: "Oregon, My Oregon"