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| | | ALABAMA: Heart of Dixie
| | State
Home Page: | | http://alabama.gov/
| | Capital:
| | Montgomery
| | Year
Admitted to Union: | | 1819
- 22nd | | Population:
| | 4,557,808 (2005) | | Density:
| | 87.6
persons per sq. mi. (26th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $26,276
(38th) | | Land
Area: | | 51,705
sq mi (28th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 3.8 | | Governor:
| | Robert
Riley(R) | | Lottery start-up year:
| | N/A | |
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Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 3,254,275 (71.4%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 104,829 (2.3%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 1,208,541 (26.4%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 22,789 (0.5%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 36,462 (0.8%) |
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Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 105 four-year term approximate district population: 40,000 | | Seats
in Senate: | | 35 four-year term | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 6 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Nov.
28, 1901 contains 287 sections, and has 746 amendments | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 7 | | Curious
Facts: | | In 1955 a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white passenger. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a successful boycott of the city's public transportation and brought the technique of passive resistance to national prominence. |
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