Alabama State Flag

Brief History. Spanish explorers arrived to this region in 1519, but the first settlement in Alabama was not founded until 1702 by the French. Alabama became a part of the U.S. after the American Revolution. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision ruling racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, which was followed by an intensification of racial tension. Alabama was home to many civil-rights protests, including the famous year-long black boycott of public buses in Montgomery in 1955-56 to protest segregated seating and a Freedom March from Montgomery to Selma led by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. Since the late 1970s, public attention has largely shifted to economic issues, and further diversification of manufacturing industries.

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Nickname: Yellowhammer State

Capital: Montgomery

Date entered union: Dec. 14, 1819

Population: 4,557,808

State Flower: Camellia

State Bird: Yellowhammer

Land area: 50,744 sq mi.

Topography: Coastal Plains, hills, broken terrain

Major Industries: Educational, health and social services; Manufacturing; Retail trade

More About The People

Folks are called: Alabamian, Alabaman

Ethnicities: White: 3,162,808 (71.1%); Black: 1,155,930 (26.0%); American Indian: 22,430 (0.5%); Asian: 31,346 (0.7%); Other race: 28,998 (0.7%); Two or more races: 44,179 (1.0%); Hispanic/Latino: 75,830 (1.7%)

Male/Female stats: Male: 2,146,504 (48.3%); Female: 2,300,596 (51.7%)

Median household income ($): 34,135

College Grads: 12.2%

Home Owners: 72.5%

Famous people: Ralph Abernathy, George Washington Carver

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