State of Louisiana

Official Seal
Louisiana

• The State of Louisiana is the 18th U.S. state.
• Louisiana received statehood on April 30, 1812.
• Louisiana's state capital is Baton Rouge.
• Louisiana's state postal abbreviation is LA.

Official Flag
Louisiana

Louisiana's Bird, Flower, Motto, Song, Tree

• Official State Bird: Brown Pelican
• Official State Bird Latin Name: Pelecanus occidentalis
  
  
• Official State Flower: Magnolia 
• Official State Flower Latin Name: Magnolia grandiflora
• Year: 1900
  
  
• Official State Motto: Union, Justice, and Confidence
• Official State Motto Latin Translation:
  
  
• Official State Song: Give Me Louisiana & You Are My Sunshine
  
  
• Official State Tree: Bald cypress 
• Official State Tree Latin Name: Taxodium distichum
• Year: 1963

Louisiana's State Government

• Official State Government: Louisiana
• State Income, Sales, or Corporate Taxes: Department of Revenue
• Official State Lottery: Louisiana

Louisiana's Public Safety

• State Amber Alert: Louisiana
• U.S. Government: Amber Alert
• State Highway Traffic Reports: Louisiana
• State Sex Offenders Registry: Louisiana
• State Vehicle Registration and Drivers Licenses: Office of Motor Vehicles

Louisiana's Sports

• New Orlean Hornets (team website / google map)

• New Orleans Saints (team website / google map)