Alabama State Facts and History
Alabama, 30th most extensive by area located in the Southern United States, joined the union in 1819. Yellowhammer State is the nickname of Alabama. But someone says as Cotton State.
Alabama Quick Facts
- Current Governor: Kay Ivey (Republican Party)
- Capital: Montgomery
- Population: 4.903 million (2019)
- Residents: Alabamian, Alabaman
- Land Area: 52,423 square miles
- Water Area: 1,673 square miles
- Total Area: 135,767 SQ KM
- Width: 191 miles (306 km)
- Length: 332 miles (531 km)
- State Motto: “We Dare Defend Our Rights”
- Nickname: Cotton State, Yellowhammer State
- Electoral votes: 9 Votes
- Seats in U.S. House of Representatives: 7 (of 435)
- State Song: “Alabama”
- Date of Statehood: December 14, 1819
- Time Zone: Central (GMT − 6 hours)
- Official Website of Alabama: Alabama.gov
- State abbreviation/Postal code: Ala./AL
- Origin of name: From the Alabama River, itself named after the Alabama people.
National Symbol of Alabama
- State Amphibian: Red hills salamander
- State Bird: Yellowhammer
- State Crustacean: Brown shrimp
- State Flower: Camellia
- State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides
- State Fresh Water Fish: Largemouth bass
- State Fruit: Blackberry
- State Game Bird: Wild turkey
- State Gemstone: Star blue quartz
- State Horse: Rocking horse
- State Insect: Monarch butterfly
- State Mammal: Black bear
- State Mineral: Hematite (red iron ore)
- State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
- State Nickname: Yellowhammer State
- State Nut: Pecan
- State Quilt: Pine burr quilt
- State Reptile: Alabama red-bellied turtle
- State Rock: Marble
- State Salt Water Fish: (Fighting) tarpon
- State Shell: Scaphella junonia johnstoneae
- State Soil: Bama soil series
- State Spirit: Conecuh ridge Alabama fine whiskey
- State Tree: Longleaf pine
- State Tree Fruit: Peach
- State Wildflower: Oak-leaf hydrangeaCounties in Alabama
Name | Population | Name | Population |
Autauga County | 55,601 | Houston County | 104,722 |
Baldwin County | 218,022 | Jackson County | 51,736 |
Barbour County | 24,881 | Jefferson County | 659,300 |
Bibb County | 22,400 | Lamar County | 13,844 |
Blount County | 57,840 | Lauderdale County | 92,387 |
Bullock County | 10,138 | Lawrence County | 32,957 |
Butler County | 19,680 | Lee County | 163,941 |
Calhoun County | 114,277 | Limestone County | 96,174 |
Chambers County | 33,615 | Lowndes County | 9,974 |
Cherokee County | 26,032 | Macon County | 18,439 |
Chilton County | 44,153 | Madison County | 366,519 |
Choctaw County | 12,841 | Marengo County | 19,066 |
Clarke County | 23,920 | Marion County | 29,763 |
Clay County | 13,275 | Marshall County | 96,109 |
Cleburne County | 14,987 | Mobile County | 413,757 |
Coffee County | 51,909 | Monroe County | 21,067 |
Colbert County | 54,762 | Montgomery County | 225,763 |
Conecuh County | 12,277 | Morgan County | 119,089 |
Coosa County | 10,715 | Perry County | 9,140 |
Covington County | 36,986 | Pickens County | 19,938 |
Crenshaw County | 13,824 | Pike County | 33,338 |
Cullman County | 83,442 | Randolph County | 22,725 |
Dale County | 48,956 | Russell County | 57,781 |
Dallas County | 38,310 | Shelby County | 215,707 |
DeKalb County | 71,385 | St. Clair County | 88,690 |
Elmore County | 81,887 | Sumter County | 12,691 |
Escambia County | 36,748 | Talladega County | 79,828 |
Etowah County | 102,501 | Tallapoosa County | 40,497 |
Fayette County | 16,433 | Tuscaloosa County | 208,911 |
Franklin County | 31,363 | Walker County | 63,711 |
Geneva County | 26,314 | Washington County | 16,378 |
Greene County | 8,233 | Wilcox County | 10,627 |
Hale County | 14,726 | Winston County | 23,660 |
Henry County | 17,209 |
Alabama Top Specified Ancestries
Ancestry | Population | Percent Ancestries |
United States Or America | 756,375 | 33.72% |
English | 344,735 | 15.37% |
Irish | 342,274 | 15.26% |
German | 254,166 | 11.33% |
Scotch Irish | 88,181 | 3.93% |
Scottish | 69,037 | 3.08% |
Alabama State Slogan
The official state slogan of Alabama:
Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere
English Meaning of this motto is ” “We Dare Defend our Rights” or “We Dare Maintain our Rights” In 18th century author Sir William Jones wrote this poem.