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Badger State Β· Capital: Madison Β· Midwest (Midwest Rust)
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Capital
Madison
Largest city
Milwaukee
Population
5β10 million
Area rank
#23 of 50
Admitted
1848
Time zone
Central Time
Region
Midwest
Letters
9
Bordering states: Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan.
4 fun facts about Wisconsin
- Wisconsin makes ~25% of all US cheese β and 100% of the country's brick cheese.
- The state is the only one where cheesemakers must be licensed (since 2005).
- Green Bay is the smallest US city with a major pro sports franchise (the Packers, owned by its citizens).
- Wisconsin invented the typewriter (1868, Milwaukee) and the blender (1922, Racine).
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