State in the Midwestern region of the US, where people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt, is listed as one of the safest U.S. states in which to live

State in the Midwestern United States, its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, and the western two-thirds of the state, lying in the great central plain of the United States, has a generally flat or undulating surface, while the eastern third has many hills and forests

State in the Midwestern region of the United States where the largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City, and in the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation and the Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border

State in the Midwestern region of the United States, with its capital Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River, and is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, and the Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie

State in the upper Midwestern region of the country named after the indigenous Lakota and Dakota Sioux, with capital Bismarck while the largest city is Fargo, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the state's population; The state is part of the Great Plains region, with broad prairies, steppe, temperate savanna, badlands, and farmland being defining characteristics

State in the North Central region of the United States, is also part of the Great Plains, and named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population, and is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated where its culture, economy, and geography of western South Dakota have more in common with the West than the Midwest and its history and rural character still strongly influence the state's culture