The document provides demographic and other information about 12 western US states: - Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico. It lists each state's population, population density, major cities, natural resources, major tourist attractions, state trees/flowers/mottos. The states range in population from 522 thousand in Wyoming to over 36 million in California. All share natural resources of oil, gas, copper, uranium and gold reserves. Popular tourist attractions include Las Vegas casinos, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite National Park.