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Missouri

Missouri, home to nearly 6 million people, is an interesting and unique state. The name Missouri is Indian in origin, and means "town of the large canoes." Missouri is also the place where the ice cream cone was invented, and was the first slave state to free its slaves (1865).

Also, interestingly, Missouri is the site of both the most destructive tornado on record, and the most powerful earthquake to strike the U.S., although the state is not typically known for its weather hazards.

Missouri enjoys a good economy, with the low sales tax rate of 4.23, and the low average home cost of $164,000 (as of 2004).