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Alabama
Alabama covers 50,744 sq miles and has a population of 4,486,508. The ten largest
cities are; Birmingham,
242,820; the Capital city of Montgomery, 201,568; Mobile, 198,915; Huntsville, 158,216;
Tuscaloosa, 77,906; Hoover,
62,742; Dothan,
57,737; Decatur,
53,929; Auburn, 42,987; Gadsden,
38,978.
Today paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics, apparel and textiles, primary metals, and
automobile manufacturing constitute the leading industries of Alabama. Continuing as a
major manufacturer of coal, iron, and steel, Birmingham is also noted for its
world-renowned medical center. The state ranks high in the production of poultry,
soybeans, milk, vegetables, livestock, wheat, cattle, cotton, peanuts, fruits, hogs, and
corn.
State symbols are; Flower, Camellia. Bird, Yellowhammer. Song,
“Alabama”. Tree, Southern Longleaf Pine. Points of interest include the
Helen Keller birthplace at Tuscumbia, the Space and Rocket Center at Huntsville, the White
House of the Confederacy, the restored state Capitol, the Civil Rights Memorial, the Rosa
Parks Museum & Library, and the Shakespeare Festival Theater Complex in Montgomery;
the Civil Rights Institute and the McWane Center in Birmingham; the
Russell Cave near Bridgeport; the Bellingrath Gardens at Theodore; the USS Alabama at Mobile; Mound State
Monument near Tuscaloosa; and the Gulf Coast area.
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