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| | Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa ; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee ; on the south by Arkansas ; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the latter two across the Missouri River.) |
 | | As of 2004, the population of Missouri was estimated to be 5,754,618. |
 | | Additionally, Missouri has several regional public universities in different parts of the state, the largest being Missouri State University (after heated political debate in Jefferson City, the name was changed from Southwest Missouri State University in spring 2005) having the second largest student enrollment after University of Missouri-Columbia. |
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