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Nickname:
The Sunshine State
Capital:
Tallahassee
Governor:
Charlie Crist
(
R
)
Lieutenant Governor:
Jeff Kottkamp
(R)
Secretary of State:
Kurt Browning
Attorney General:
Bill McCollum
(R)
Chief Financial Officer:
Alex Sink
(D)
Total area:
65,794 sq.mi
Land:
54,017 sq.mi
Water:
11777 sq.mi
Highest elevation:
345 ft (
Britton Hill
,
Walton County
)
Population
(2000 census) 15,982,378
Date admitted to the Union:
March 3, 1845
Senators
:
Mel Martínez
(R),
Bill Nelson
(
D
)
Representatives
:
Gus Bilirakis
(R),
Allen Boyd
(D),
Corrine Brown
(D),
Ginny Brown-Waite
(R),
Vernon Buchanan
(R),
Kathy Castor
(D),
Ander Crenshaw
(R),
Mario Díaz-Balart
(R),
Lincoln Díaz-Balart
(R),
Tom Feeney
(R),
Alcee Hastings
(D),
Ric Keller
(R),
Ron Klein
(D),
Connie Mack IV
(R),
Tim Mahoney
(D),
Kendrick Meek
(D),
John Mica
(R),
Jeff Miller
(R),
Adam Putnam
(R),
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(R),
Cliff Stearns
(R),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D),
Dave Weldon
(R),
Robert Wexler
(D),
Bill Young
(R)
State symbols:
Animal:
Land animal:
Florida panther
(Puma concolor coryi)
Freshwater mammal:
Florida Manatee
Saltwater mammal:
Porpoise
Reptile:
American alligator
(Alligator mississippiensis)
Bird:
Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)
Saltwater fish:
Atlantic sailfish
(Istiophorus albicans)
Freshwater fish:
Largemouth bass
(Micropterus salmoides floridanus)
Butterfly:
Zebra longwing
(Heliconius charitonius)
Plant:
Fruit:
Orange
Flower:
Orange blossom
Wildflower:
Coreopsis
Tree:
Cabbage Palmetto
Mineral:
Shell:
Horse conch
(Pleuroploca gigantea)
Gemstone:
Moonstone
Rock:
Agatized Coral
Soil:
Myakka Fine Sand
Other:
Motto:
In God We Trust
Song:
Swanee River
(Old Folks at Home)
by
Stephen Foster
Play:
Cross and Sword
by
Paul Green
Festival:
Calle Ocho
Open House
Renaissance Festival:
Italian
Renaissance Festival
at
Vizcaya
Beverage:
Orange juice
Pie:
Key lime pie
(as of July 1, 2006)
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