Alabama Profile

A view of the Birmingham Alabama skyline from Bartley Green.

It is bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi; the Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest. Covering 51,700 sq mi (133,902 sq km), its capital is Montgomery. Its original inhabitants included Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek peoples; evidence of their activity can be found near Tuscaloosa. Hernando de Soto traveled there, and the French founded a settlement at Fort Louis in 1702. The Alabama Territory was created in 1817, and statehood was granted in 1819. Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, becoming part of the Confederacy; it was readmitted in 1868. Efforts during Reconstruction to include blacks in government failed, and Alabama remained segregationist until the 1960s. Dependent on cotton until the early 20th century, the state has since diversified its agricultural production and developed industrially, especially at Birmingham; Mobile has become a major ocean terminal.

Encyclopedia Britannica: Alabama (state, United States)

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Alabama Statistics

Population, 2007 estimate	4,627,851
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	4.1%
Housing units, 2007	2,137,018
Median household income, 2007	$40,596
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	50,744.00
Persons per square mile, 2000	87.6

U.S. Census Bureau: Alabama QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

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Alabama Links

There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of Alabama. The official tourism Web site of Alabama is aptly called Sweet Home Alabama.

Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit Alabama Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?

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