Florida State Facts and Demographics
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Capital City: Tallahassee
Location: 30.475N.084.281W
Tour the Capital - Admission to Statehood: March 3, 1845
- Area: 65758
sq.mi, 22nd
Land 53997 sq. mi., 26th
Water 11761 sq.mi., 3rd
Coastline 1350 mi., 2nd
Shoreline 8,426mi., 2nd - Area Codes
- Biographies: Famous Floridians
- Bird: Mockingbird
- Border States: Alabama & Georgia
- Climate: Florida
- Colleges, Universities
- Community Colleges
- Community Pages: A- L M - Z
- Constitution: 27th State
- County Profiles (from the US Census Bureau): 67 Florida Counties
- Courts: Florida's Judicial System (the Courts)
- Department of: Education Certification
- Driving: DHS&MV - (The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles)
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Citrus, vegetables, nursery stock, cattle, sugarcane, dairy products.
- Industry: Tourism, electric equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, machinery.
- Flag:
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- A red X and the state seal, Florida's flag represents the
land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers and lakes. The seal features
the sun, a cabbage palm, a steamboat and a Seminole woman scattering flowers.
The flag was adopted in 1899.
- Flower: Orange Blossom
- Genealogical Resources: Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Hernando, 12 miles north-northwest of Brooksville
- Governor: John Ellis Bush (R)
- Highest Point: Britton Hill, 345 feet above sea level
- Highway Markers: Florida
- Historic Landmarks: Search for National Historic Landmarks by state
- History: Historical
Civil War
History
Channel
- Largest Cities: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Saint Petersburg, Hialeah, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines
- Library
- License Plates
- Lottery: Florida Lottery
- Maps: Maps of Florida counties rendered by the Census Bureau
- Motto: In God We Trust
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forests
- National Parks
- Newspapers
- Nickname: Sunshine State
- Origin of state's name: Florida was named on Easter in 1513 by Ponce de Leon for Pascua Florida, meaning "Flowery Easter"
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: 15,982,378; Florida was the fourth most populace state in December of 2000 (and it probably still is)
- Public Records
- Representatives:
- US House: 107th Congress
- US Senate: 107th Congress
- Florida House: Members
- Florida Senate: Members
- Road Side America
- Soil: Myakka
- Song: Swanee River
- Sports: Florida Teams
- Symbols: Florida Symbols (State: Animal, Beverage, Bird, Butterfly, Day, etc.)
- Time Zones
- Topography
- Tourism
- Traffic Counts - Vehicles per hour on various roads throughout Florida
- Tree: Sabal palmetto
- Unclaimed Funds
- Veteran Affairs
- Vital Records
- Weather: Tallahassee, Tallahassee Regional Airport