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The state ranks 23rd in population with 4.7 million residents in 2009.
Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie".
Historically, African Americans were brought to Alabama as slaves, in greatest numbers in the cotton-producing plantation region known as the Black Belt. This region remains predominantly African American, where many freedmen settled to work at agriculture after the Civil War.
In its new constitution of 1901, the legislature effectively disfranchised African Americans through voting restrictions. By 1941, a total of more whites than blacks had been disfranchised: 600,000 whites to 520,000 blacks.
The disfranchisement was ended by African Americans' leading the Civil Rights Movement and gaining Federal legislation in the mid-1960s to protect their voting and civil rights.
African Americans' left Alabama in the early 20th century as part of the Great Migration to industrial jobs and better futures in northern industrial cities. The population growth rate in Alabama dropped by nearly half from 1910–1920.
While Alabama's public education system has improved, it lags behind in achievement compared to other states.
The state has heavily invested in aerospace, education, health care, and banking, and various heavy industries, including automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication.
According to the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, the 2008 total gross state product was $170 billion, or $29,411 per capita.
According to the 2011 U.S. News and World Report, Alabama had three universities ranked in the top 100 Public Schools in America (University of Alabama at 31, Auburn University at 36, and University of Alabama at Birmingham at 73).
An estimated 100,000 tourists annually from other countries visit the state, including from Canada, England, Germany and Japan. In 2006, 22.3 million tourists spent $8.3 billion providing an estimated 162,000 jobs in the state.
Generally, Alabama has very hot summers and mild winters with copious precipitation throughout the year.
New Life Christian Center Marriage Ministry Dances to Stevie Wonder's "As" 3-13-11. Opelika, Alabama.
Radar Magazine presents Rock the Runway fashion show, produced by Who's Hot TV.
This important program features original news footage of segregation and violence against blacks that took place in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.
Mike sales the Kutkre8tor Alabama's # 1 barber how to cut a fade.
DEMOGRAPHICS & QUICK FACTS
Demographics of Alabama
By Race
White
Black
American Indian
Asian
Hispanic
total population
70.4%
26.2%
0.5%
1.0%
2.7%
Because Hispanics could be counted in other races, the totals above could possibly be more than 100%. If you would like a detailed listing of all ethnic groups in the U.S., please Click Here.
Quick Facts:
Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Alabama ranks: 7th in its percentage of Blacks.
51.7% of Alabamians are female and 48.3% are male.
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