Florida (frae the Spaingie meanin Flouery Easter) is a state in the Unitit States o Americae, that is in the sootheastrenmaist pairt o the kintra.
The caipital ceety o Florida is Tallahassee, and the maist populous ceety in the state is Jacksonville.The lairgest coonty is Palm Beach Coonty.
Florida | |
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State of Florida | |
Eik-name(s): Sunshine State | |
Motto(s): In God We Trust | |
Anthem: "Old Folks at Home" an "Florida" | |
Map o the Unitit States wi Florida hielichted | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
Afore stateheid | Florida Territory |
Admittit tae the Union | 3 Mairch 1845 (27t) |
Caipital | Tallahassee |
Lairgest ceety | Jacksonville |
Lairgest metro | Miami |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Ron DeSantis (R) |
• Lieutenant Governor | Jeanette Núñez (R) |
Legislatur | Florida Legislatur |
• Upper hoose | Senate |
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
Judiciar | Supreme Coort o Florida |
U.S. senators | Marco Rubio (R) Rick Scott (R) |
U.S. Hoose delegation | 14 Republicans 13 Democrats (leet) |
Area | |
• Total | 170,312 km2 (65,757.70 sq mi) |
Area rank | 22nt |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 721 km (447 mi) |
• Width | 582 km (361 mi) |
Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
Highest elevation (Britton Hill) | 105 m (345 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Atlantic Ocean) | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 21,477,737 |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 121.0/km2 (384.3/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 8t |
• Median hooseaud income | $53267 |
• Income rank | 40t |
Demonym(s) | Floridian, Floridan |
Leid | |
• Offeecial leid | Inglis |
• Spoken leid | Predominantly Inglis an Spaingie |
Time zones | |
Peninsula an "Big Bend" region | UTC-05:00 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
Panhandle wast o the Apalachicola River | UTC-06:00 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-05:00 (CDT) |
USPS abbreviation | FL |
ISO 3166 code | US-FL |
Trad. abbreviation | Fla. |
Latitude | 24° 27' N tae 31° 00' N |
Longitude | 80° 02' W tae 87° 38' W |
Website | myflorida |
81°36′W / 28.1°N 81.6°W
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Precedit bi Michigan | List of U.S. states by date of statehood Admittit on Mairch 3, 1845 (27t) | Succeedit bi Texas |
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