Pittsburgh

The Steel City

  • Motto: Industry and Loyalty (Industriam et Fidelitatem)

  • Flora: Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

  • Fauna: Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

  • Musical Instrument: Steel Drum

Pittsburgh, PS

  • Population: 1,250,578

  • Founded: 1758

  • Former State: Pennsylvania

  • Counties: Allegheny

43

If Pittsburgh was admitted as a state today, it would be the 43th largest by population, between Maine and Montana.