Portal:Florida/State facts

• 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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