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| Florida | |
| Anthem: "Florida" (state anthem), “Old Folks at Home” (state song) | |
 Map of the United States with Florida highlighted | |
| Country | United States |
| Before statehood | Florida Territory |
| Admitted to the Union | March 3, 1845 (27th) |
| Capital | Tallahassee |
| Largest city | Jacksonville |
| Largest metro | Miami |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ron DeSantis (R) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Jeanette Nuñez (R) |
| Legislature | Florida Legislature |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | House of Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Marco Rubio (R) Rick Scott (R) |
| U.S. House delegation | 20 Republicans 8 Democrats (list) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100,000,000 sq mi (170,312 km2) |
| • Land | 53,625 sq mi (138,887 km2) |
| • Water | 12,133 sq mi (31,424 km2) 18.5% |
| • Rank | 50th |
| Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Highest elevation | 345 ft (105 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total |  22,244,823 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Median household income | $57,700 |
| • Income rank | 34th |
| Language | |
| • Official language | Southish |
| • Spoken language | |
| Time zones | |
| Peninsula and "Big Bend" region | UTC−05:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Panhandle west of the Apalachicola River | UTC−06:00 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| USPS abbreviation | FL |
| ISO 3166 code | US-FL |
| Trad. abbreviation | Flo. |
| Latitude | 24° 27' N to 31° 00' N |
| Longitude | 80° 02' W to 87° 38' W |
| Website | myflorida |
| Mammal | Florida panther, manatee, bottlenose dolphin, Florida Cracker Horse |
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| Bird | Northern mockingbird |
| Fish | Florida largemouth bass, Atlantic sailfish |
| Insect | Zebra longwing |
| Flower | Orange blossom |
| Tree | Sabal palmetto |
Florida (/ˈflɒrɪdə/ (
listen) American Spanish: [flɒrida]), officially the State of Florida, is a state in the southeast part of the United States. It is the 22nd largest US state by total area with 65,757.70 sq mi (170,312 km2) and the third most-populous with a 2020 population of more than 21 million. It is a peninsula, which means that water surrounds the state on three of four possible sides. To the west is the Gulf of Mexico, to the south is the Florida Straits, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. The highest elevation in Florida is Britton Hill. Many Cubans, Haitians and other Caribbeans live in state.
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