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- Capital:
Tallahassee
- Statehood:
March 3, 1845 (27th state)
- Population:
17,789,864 (year 2005 - ranks 4th in nation)
- Gross
State Product: $599 Billion (2004 est)
- Land
area: 53,927 square miles
- Highest
elevation: 345 feet, Walton County in the Panhandle
- Mean
elevation: 100 feet - half of Florida is less than 100 feet above
sea level!
- Coastline
1,350 miles
- Rank
among states in total area: 22nd
- US
Territory: 1821
- Taxes:
Florida state sales tax is 6 percent with counties allowed to levy
up to an additional 1 percent.
- Time
zones: Eastern except in the western panhandle which is Central.
Florida adopts Daylight Saving Time.
- Dominant
trees: pines, oaks, cypresses, palms and mangroves
- Rainfall:
ranges from 40 to 60 inches per year
- State
nickname: Sunshine State
- State
song: Suwannee River
- State
animal: Florida Panther
- State
bird: Mockingbird
- State
fish: Atlantic Sailfish (saltwater), Largemouth Bass (freshwater)
- State
flower: Orange blossom
- State
tree: Sabal palm
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