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Capital: Montgomery
State
abbreviation/Postal code: Ala./AL
Governor: Bob Riley, R
(to Jan. 2011)
Lieut. Governor: Lucy
Baxley, D (to Jan. 2011)
Senators: Jeff Sessions,
R (to Jan. 2009); Richard C. Shelby, R (to Jan.
2011)
U.S. Representatives: 7
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Secy. of State: Nancy
Worley, D (to Jan. 2011)
Treasurer: Kay Ivey, R
(to Jan. 2011)
Atty. General: Troy
King, R (to Jan. 2011)
Organized as territory:
March 3, 1817
Entered Union (rank):
Dec. 14, 1819 (22)
Present constitution
adopted: 1901
Motto: Audemus jura
nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
State symbols:
|
flower |
camellia
(1959) |
|
bird |
yellowhammer (1927) |
|
song |
�Alabama�
(1931) |
|
tree |
Southern
longleaf pine (1949, 1997) |
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salt
water fish |
fighting
tarpon (1955) |
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fresh
water fish |
largemouth
bass (1975) |
|
horse |
racking
horse (1975) |
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mineral |
hematite
(1967) |
|
rock |
marble
(1969) |
|
game
bird |
wild
turkey (1980) |
|
dance |
square
dance (1981) |
|
nut |
pecan
(1982) |
|
fossil |
species
Basilosaurus Cetoides (1984) |
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official mascot and butterfly |
eastern
tiger swallowtail (1989) |
|
insect |
monarch
butterfly (1989) |
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reptile |
Alabama
red-bellied turtle (1990) |
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gemstone |
star blue
quartz (1990) |
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shell |
scaphella junonia johnstoneae (1990) |
Nickname: Yellowhammer
State
Origin of name: May come
from Choctaw meaning �thicket-clearers� or
�vegetation-gatherers�
10 largest cities (2005
est.): Birmingham, 231,483; Montgomery, 200,127;
Mobile, 191,544; Huntsville, 166,313; Tuscaloosa,
81,358; Hoover, 67,469; Dothan, 62,713; Decatur,
54,909; Auburn, 49,928; Gadsden, 37,405
Land area: 50,744 sq mi.
(131,427 sq km)
Geographic center: In
Chilton Co., 12 mi. SW of Clanton
Number of counties: 67
Largest county by population
and area: Jefferson, 657,229 (2005); Baldwin,
1,596 sq mi.
State forests: 21
(48,000 ac.)
State parks: 22 (45,614
ac.)
Residents: Alabamian,
Alabaman
2005 resident population est.: 4,557,808
2000 resident census
population (rank): 4,447,100 (23). Male:
2,146,504 (48.3%); Female: 2,300,596 (51.7%).
White: 3,162,808 (71.1%); Black:
1,155,930 (26.0%); American Indian: 22,430
(0.5%); Asian: 31,346 (0.7%); Other race:
28,998 (0.7%); Two or more races: 44,179
(1.0%); Hispanic/Latino: 75,830 (1.7%).
2000 percent population 18 and over: 74.7; 65
and over: 13.0; median age: 35.8.
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