Statistics for U.S. States by Wikipedia Descriptions #2

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The only U.S. state located in Oceania	Hawaii	98%
The easternmost state in the contiguous United States	Maine	87%
Known as the Peach State	Georgia	80%
The traditional prominence of dairy farming and cheesemaking have led to the nickname of "cheeseheads"	Wisconsin	75%
Three U.S. presidents have been elected while living in the state: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama	Illinois	74%
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill form the Research Triangle	North Carolina	74%
The pronunciation with the final "s" being silent was made official by an act of the state legislature	Arkansas	72%
Federal lands include two national parks - Grand Teton and Yellowstone	Wyoming	70%
Home to Sun Records, where musicians such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison began their recording careers	Tennessee	67%
A common misconception that it is the flattest state in the nation	Kansas	65%
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the south central region of the state	Pennsylvania	65%
There are 11,842 lakes over 10 acres in size	Minnesota	64%
The state experiences the most tornadoes in the United States, an average of 139 a year	Texas	63%
The French founded the region's first European settlement at Old Mobile in 1702	Alabama	57%
Thomas Jefferson and many of the state's early leaders favored the Neoclassical architecture style	Virginia	52%
Adirondack Park was given state constitutional protection to remain "forever wild"	New York	47%
Family Guy is based in a fictional city named Quahog	Rhode Island	47%
Its license plates carry the state motto, "Live Free or Die"	New Hampshire	45%
Significant rivers within the state include the Cuyahoga River, Great Miami River, and Maumee River	Ohio	38%
Its population is largely concentrated in the Willamette Valley	Oregon	35%

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