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State nickname: Badger State | |||||
| Capital | Madison | ||||
| Largest City | Milwaukee | ||||
| Governor | Jim Doyle | ||||
| Area - Total - Land - Water - % water | Ranked 23rd | ||||
| Population - Total ( 2002) - Density | Ranked 18th 5,453,896 31.6/km˛ | ||||
| Admittance into UnionThis is a list of U. States by order of admission into the Union. Date ratified United States Constitution to join United States of America or date admitted to Union. See also by date of statehood. - Order - Date | 30th May 29May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). There are 216 days remaining. Events 1167 Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. 1414 Council of Constance. 1453 Ottoman armies under, 18481848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events Sri Lanka The Revolution of 1848 (qv. a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. January 24 California gold rush: Jame | ||||
| Time zoneTime Zone was also an old historical computer game. Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time. Formerly, people used local solar time (originally apparent and then mean), resulting in time differing slightly from town to t |
Central: UTC-6/ -5Daylight saving time (also called DST or Summer Time is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. It is a system intended to "save" daylight (as opposed to wasting it by, say, | ||||
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Latitude |
42°30'N to 47°3'N | ||||
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Width |
420 km | ||||
| ISO 3166-2ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries ( subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short a: | US-WI | ||||
One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation.
Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state of the United States, (54,314 square miles) and 18th greatest population (5,453,896 as of 2002). The state's name is an English version of a French adaptation of an Indian name said to mean "the place where we live."
Wisconsin's natural beauty has made the state a favorite playground of the nation. Vacationers enjoy the state's clean lakes, rolling hills, quiet valleys, deep forests and cool, pine-scented breezes. So many Chicago residents own summer homes in upper-central Wisconsin (mainly between Wisconsin Dells and Adams-Friendship) that local residents nickname the area "Little Chicago". More affluent Chicago residents own lake-side summer homes on Lake Geneva in southeast Wisconsin.
The winters are ideal for skating, skiing, snowmobiling and tobogganing. Many communities stage curling matches during the winter and others hold snowmobile derbies. Many annual events celebrate the state's rich ethnic heritage and diversity.
Known as "The Dairy State", Wisconsin is mainly known for cheese. Wisconsinites humorously nickname themselves "Cheeseheads" and commonly wear orange foam hats that look like wedges of an orange Swiss cheese to sports events, concerts, and other public gatherings. In addition to cheese, Wisconsin is known for its beer, bratwursts , cranberries and many festivals, such as Summerfest and the EAA Oshkosh Airshow.
USS Wisconsin was named in honor of this state.Wisconsin's political history encompasses, on the one hand, Fighting Bob La Follette and the Progressive movement; and on the other, Joe McCarthy, the anti-communist "witch-hunter" of the 1950s. The first Socialist mayor of a large city in the United States was Emil Seidel, elected mayor of Milwaukee in 1910; another Socialist, Daniel Hoan , was mayor of Milwaukee from 1916 to 1940. During the 2004 presidential election, Wisconsin was considered a "swing" state due to its residents being relatively equally split between voting for candidates in the Democratic Party and Republican Party. The state just barely (About 14,000 Votes) went for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, who lost the national election.