Alabama
State of the United States of America
Also known as State of Alabama · Heart of Dixie · The Yellowhammer State · Ala. · Ala · Bama
- Country
- United States
2
Sources- 1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
- 2.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
- United States
- Located in
- Area
- 135,765 km²
- , 134,000 km²
1
- , 131,365 km²
1
- Elevation
- 152 m
- Population
- 5,024,279(April 1, 2020)
- , 4,858,979(2015)
- , 4,779,736(April 1, 2010)
2
Sources- 1.Stated in 2010 United States Censusfactfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0400000US01
- 2.Stated in 2010 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0100000US%241600000&y=2010&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29Retrieved 2022-05-10
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- Founded
- December 14, 1819
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
329 statements · 16% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Shares border with
- Florida statement is subject of: Alabama–Florida border · direction relative to location: south
- Georgia statement is subject of: Alabama–Georgia border · direction relative to location: east
- Tennessee statement is subject of: Alabama–Tennessee border · direction relative to location: north
- Mississippi statement is subject of: Alabama–Mississippi border · direction relative to location: west
- Capital
- Montgomery(since 1846)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Q27652856
- 2.Stated in Q24329407
- 3.Stated in Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Cahaba(1820–1825)
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- Tuscaloosa(1826–1846)
1
- Montgomery(since 1846)
- Official language
- English
1
Sources- 1.“1901 Constitution of Alabama - Amendment 509 - English as Official Language of State.”alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/constitution/1901/CA-246352.htmRetrieved 2019-04-01
- English
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Autauga County
- Baldwin County
- Barbour County
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Bullock County
- Butler County
- Calhoun County
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- Chambers County
- Cherokee County
- Chilton County
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coffee County
- Colbert County
- Conecuh County
- Coosa County
- Covington County
- Crenshaw County
- Cullman County
- Dale County
- Dallas County
- DeKalb County
- Elmore County
- Escambia County
- Etowah County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Geneva County
- Greene County
- Hale County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Limestone County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marengo County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Mobile County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Pike County
- Randolph County
- Russell County
- St. Clair County
- Shelby County
- Sumter County
- Website
- alabama.gov language: English
- Legislative body
- Alabama Legislature members / parts: Alabama Senate, Alabama House of Representatives
- Nickname
- The Yellowhammer State start period: American Civil War
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Sources- 1.“Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama: State Bird of Alabama: Yellowhammer”archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_bird.htmlRetrieved 2017-09-02
- Heart of Dixie
- The Yellowhammer State start period: American Civil War
- Short name
- AL(since 1963)
1
Sources- 1.about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/state-abbreviations.htmRetrieved 2017-06-28
- Ala. used by: United States Government Publishing Office, Associated Press
- Ala.(1874)
1
Sources- 1.about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/state-abbreviations.htmRetrieved 2017-06-28
- Al.(1831)
1
Sources- 1.about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/state-abbreviations.htmRetrieved 2017-06-28
- AL(since 1963)
- Demonym
- Alabamian applies to part: singular, adjective
- Alabamians applies to part: plural · statement is subject of: Alabamians
- Alabaman
- Motto text
- Audemus iura nostra defendere
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 32.7794°N, 86.8287°W directions: 12.1 mi (19.5 km) southwest of Clanton
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 35.0079°N, 88.1929°W
- Geoshape
- Data:Alabama.map
- Maximum temperature record
- 112°F(September 5, 1925)
- Age of consent
- 16 years old
- Minimum temperature record
- -27°F(January 30, 1966) location: New Market
- Anthem
- Alabama(since 1931)
- Dixieland Delight(since 1991)
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: all genders · criterion used: general marriage age
- Compulsory education (maximum age)
- 17 years old
- Number of seats
- 2(since 1819) criterion used: United States Senate
- 7(since 1973) criterion used: United States House of Representatives
- Life expectancy
- 75.5 years(2018)
- 75.4 years(2010)
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 30.1941°N, 88.0557°W location: Sand Island
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 32.2598°N, 84.8892°W
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 31.9333°N, 88.4667°W sourcing circumstances: approximation
- Different from
- Alabama criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Alabama
- Related category
- Category:Alabama-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Per capita income
- $28,934(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Mean age
- 39.2(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Number of households
- 1,888,504(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2016–2020 American Community Surveydata.census.gov/cedsci/table?d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20TablesRetrieved 2022-05-05
- 1,888,504(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Hashtag
- Alabama
- Minimum wage
- $7.25(2023)
- Head of government
- Kay Ivey(since 2017) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
1
Sources- 1.“Kay Ivey sworn in as Alabama’s 54th Governor”whnt.com/2017/04/10/lt-gov-kay-ivey-to-become-alabamas-second-female-governor/
- Bob Riley(2003–2011)
- Robert J. Bentley(2011–2017)
- Kay Ivey(since 2017) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Official name
- State of Alabama
- Native label
- Alabama
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On other databases
145 identifiers linking Alabama across the web's reference databases
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- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID1381
- Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID151048732
- ArchINFORM location ID2860
- Autonomous system number11109
- Babelio subject ID87503
- BabelNet ID00002356n
- Ballotpedia IDAlabama
- BBC News topic IDcmj34zmwx3jt
- BBC Things IDb6883c2b-57e4-4236-aafc-f4f8dd6b43dc
- BHL creator ID41726
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12065837f
- British Museum person or institution ID102550
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDalabama
- C-SPAN organization ID17990
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10252317
- CANTIC ID981058515741306706
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID01240a
- Comic Vine ID4020-56096
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/United_States/Alabama/
- Data Commons IDgeoId/01
- DBC author ID87097992612821
- De Agostini IDAlabama+(Stato)
- Der Spiegel topic IDalabama
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--761
- Domain namealabama.gov
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID70267
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Alabama-state
- Encyclopedia of Alabama IDh-1598
- Encyclopedia of Alabama ID (new schema)state-of-alabama
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)q3sTA
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)560295
- Estonian Subject Thesaurus ID136844
- FactGrid item IDQ901343
- Fandom article IDhistorica:Alabama
- FAST ID1204694
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)US01
- FIPS 5-2 alpha code (US states)AL
- FIPS 5-2 numeric code (US states)01
- Freebase ID/m/0gyh
- GACS ID20491
- GADM IDUSA.1_1
- GCMD keyword ID9fe93f63-61b1-4232-bf5b-05703f803fce
- GeoNames ID4829764
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7002659
- GitHub topicalabama
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDAlabama (USA)
- GND ID4084839-5
- GNIS Feature ID1779775
- Golden ID (archived)Alabama-E3Y
- Google Maps Customer ID6797396616229211369
- Google News topics IDCAAqIAgKIhpDQkFTRFFvSEwyMHZNR2Q1YUJJQ1pXNG9BQVAB
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDalabama
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0001500
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAlabama_-_delstat_i_USA
- Harper's tagalabama
- HASCUS.AL
- Hindustan Times topic IDalabama
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30197
- IdRef ID176550216
- IMDb keywordalabama
- INaturalist place ID19
- Interlingual Index IDi84202
- ISNI0000000404058517
- ISO 3166-2 codeUS-AL
- J9U entity ID987007554799305171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID1054
- KBpedia IDAlabama-State
- KnowWhereGraph entity IDadministrativeRegion.USA.01
- Krugosvet article (archived)Алабама,_штат_США
- Larousse IDautre-region/wd/104495
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/alu
- Le Figaro tag IDAlabama
- Legal Entity Identifier549300TKZX0YNENZC895
- Lex IDAlabama
- Libraries Australia ID36524757
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79027034
- Libris-URIvs687jwd4k8qzhb
- LittleSis organization ID334188
- LOINC IDLA3904-5
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID00191/eu_a_1912/a1912
- MeSH descriptor IDD000407
- MeSH tree codeZ01.107.567.875.075.100
- Museum-digital place ID8376
- MusicBrainz area IDcffc0190-1aa2-489f-b6f9-43b9a9e01a91
- NALT ID5932
- National Library of Brazil ID001018887
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001136319
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000974757
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX450675