Quick Facts
- Capital City: Montgomery
- Abbreviation: AL
- Population (2019): 4,903,185; Rank: 24 of 50 | Population Quick FactsRegion: South
Admission to Statehood: December 14, 1819 (22nd State)
State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere translates to We dare to defend our rights
State Nickname: Yellowhammer State
Origin of State Name: Based on the Choctaw word albah amo meaning “thicket clearers”
Area Codes: 205, 251, 256, 334, 659, 938
Zip Codes: Alabama Zip Codes
State Symbols
Bird: Yellowhammer | List of State Birds
Flag: A crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a white field, patterned after the Confederate Battle Flag, and adopted in 1895. The bars forming the cross must not be less than six inches broad and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. More About Alabama’s Flag | Order This Flag
Flower: Camellia (Camellia japonica L.) | Other State Flowers
Soil: Bama
Song:
- “Alabama” | Words by: Julia S. Tutwiler | Music by: Edna G. Gussen
- Other State Songs | Sheet Music
Tree: Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) | Other State Trees
Quarter: Helen Keller seated, longleaf pine branch (state tree), magnolia blossoms. Alabama Quarter | List of State Quarters
Geography
Area:
- Area: 52,423 sq.mi (135,775 sq.km.), 30th
- Land: 50,750 sq.mi. (131,442 sq.km.), 28th
- Water: 1,673 sq.mi. (4,333 sq.km.), 23rd
- Coastline: 53 mi. (85 km.), 17th
- Shoreline: 607 mi. (977 km.), 19th
Largest Cities: Birmingham | Montgomery | Mobile | Huntsville | Tuscaloosa | Hoover | Dothan | Decatur | Auburn | Madison
Border States: Florida | Georgia | Mississippi | Tennessee | List of US Regions
Highest Point: Cheaha Mountain ; 2,407 feet (734 m.), 35th tallest
Lowest Point: Alabama; sea level, tied for 3rd lowest
Geographic Center: Chilton, 12 miles southwest of Clanton
National Parks: Little River Canyon National Preserve
Russell Cave National Monument
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Freedom Riders National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Alabama National Parks
Location:
- Absolute Center: 32°50.5’N / 86°38’W
- Relative Center: Chilton, 12 miles southwest of Clanton
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- Economy:
- Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, cattle, nursery stock, peanuts, cotton, vegetables, milk, soybeans.
- Industry: Paper, lumber and wood products, mining, rubber and plastic products, transportation equipment, apparel.
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