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| | | FLORIDA: The Sunshine State
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| State
Home Page: | | http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/index.html | | Capital: | | Tallahassee | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1845 -
27th | | Population: | | 17,789,864 (2005) |
| Density: | | 296.4
persons per sq. mi. (8th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $29,972
(18th) | | Land Area: | | 58,664
sq mi (26th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 8.8 | | Governor: | | Charlie Crist |
| Lottery start-up year: | | 1987 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 14,303,051 (80.4%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 3,469,023 (19.5%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 2,793,009 (15.7%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 71,159 (0.4%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 391,337 (2.2%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 120 | | Seats
in Senate: | | 40 | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 6 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Jan.
7, 1969 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 25 | | Curious
Facts: | | The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched from the U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral in 1958.The world's first scheduled commercial airline flight occurred in Florida on January 1, 1914. The flight occurred between Tampa and St. Petersburg, and traversed Tampa Bay. |
| | | The U.S.
Navy Aeronautic Station in Pensacola was the first Navy training center
for pilots, it was established in 1914 | | Sources
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