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Total
Area |
58,560 Square Miles |
|
Total
Land Area |
54,252 Square Miles |
|
Total
Water Area |
4,308 Square Miles |
|
Rank
among states in total area |
22nd |
|
Length
north and south |
447 miles (St. Marys
River to Key West) |
|
Width
east and west |
361 miles (Atlantic
Ocean to Perdido River) |
|
Distance from Pensacola to Key West |
792 miles (by road) |
|
Highest Natural Point |
345 feet near Lakewood
in NE Walton Co. |
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Geographic Center |
12 miles NW of
Brooksville, Hernando Co. |
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Coastline |
1,197 statute miles |
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Tidal
shoreline (general) |
2,276 statute miles |
|
Beaches |
663 miles |
|
Longest River |
St. Johns, 273 miles |
|
Largest Lake |
Lake Okeechobee, 700
square miles |
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Largest County |
Palm Beach, 2,578
square miles |
|
Smallest County |
Union, 245 square
miles |
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Number
of lakes, greater than 10 acres |
about 7,700 |
|
Number
of first-magnitude springs |
27 |
|
Number
of islands, greater than 10 acres |
about 4,500 |
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First
Permanent European settlement |
St. Augustine, 1561,
by Spain |
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U. S.
Territory |
1821 |
|
Admitted to US as State |
March 3, 1845 (27th
state) |
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Capital |
Tallahassee |
|
Population 1990 |
12,937,926 Rank 4th |
|
Population 1980 |
9,739,992 |
|
Population Growth Rate |
1980-90 32.83% |
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Number
of Counties |
67 |
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Form
of Government |
Governor and
independent cabinet consisting of secretary of state, attorney general,
comptroller, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, and commissioner of
education |
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State
sales tax |
6% |
|
State income tax |
None |
Source: Atlas of Florida, Copyright© 1992, Board
of Regents, State of Florida
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