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

1. State Amphibian: Red hills salamander
2. State Bird: Yellowhammer
3. State Crustacean: Brown shrimp
4. State Flower: Camellia
5. State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides
6. State Fresh Water Fish: Largemouth bass
7. State Fruit: Blackberry
8. State Game Bird: Wild turkey
9. State Gemstone: Star blue quartz
10. State Horse: Rocking horse
11. State Insect: Monarch butterfly
12. State Mammal: Black bear
13. State Mineral: Hematite (red iron ore)
14. State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
15. State Nickname: Yellowhammer State
16. State Nut: Pecan
17. State Quilt: Pine burr quilt
18. State Reptile: Alabama red-bellied turtle
19. State Rock: Marble
20. State Salt Water Fish: (Fighting) tarpon
21. State Shell: Scaphella junonia johnstoneae
22. State Soil: Bama soil series
23. State Spirit: Conecuh ridge Alabama fine whiskey
24. State Tree: Longleaf pine
25. State Tree Fruit: Peach
26. 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.