About Us
- Florida was the 27th state admitted to the U.S.A.
- the largest city is Jacksonville
- population 18,801,310 as of 2010
- State capital Tallahassee
- major industries are tourism, agriculture(oranges, grapefruit, tomatos),and electronics
- highest point a hill in walton county it stands 345ft above sea level
- motto "in god we trust"
- boardering states Georgia and Alabama
- Ponce de Leon named the land Pascua de Florida witch ment "feast of flowers"
- Area 65,758 square miles
- Governor Rick Scott
- Time Zone Eastern
- State Abbreviation FL
- Lowest point where Florida meets the Atlantic Ocean
- state sports teams Florida Marlins Tampa Bay Devil Rays Miami Heat Orlando Magic Jacksonville Jaguars Miami Dolphins Tampa Bay Buccaneers Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning
- Famous people Julian Cannonball Addrley jazz saxophonist, Pat Boone singer, Fernando Bujones ballet dancer, Steve Carlton baseball player, Howie Dorough singer, Fay Dunaway actress, Stepin Fetchit comedian, Dwight Gooden baseball player, Zora Neale Hurston writer, James Weldon Johnson author and educator, Frances Langford singer, A. J. McLean singer, Butterfly McQueen actress, Jim Morrison singer, Osceola Seminole Indian leader, Sidney Poitier actor, A. Philip Randolph labor leader, Janet Reno attorney general, David Robinson basketball, Joseph W. Stilwell army general, Don Sutton baseball player, Norman E. Thargard astronaut, Ben Vereen actor
- Sources: ensyclepedea
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