Alabama’s economy in the 21st century is based on automotive, finance, tourism, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.

By 1903, only 2,980 African Americans were registered to vote in Alabama, despite at least 74,000 being literate. This was a sharp decline from the more than 181,000 eligible to vote in 1900.

Alabama has 93 reptile species.

The largest city in Alabama by population and area is Huntsville.

Alabama was under military rule from the end of the war in May 1865 until its official restoration to the Union in 1868.

Alabama has a coastline along the Gulf of Mexico on the extreme southern edge of the state.

During Reconstruction, Alabama was represented in Congress by three African-American congressmen: Jeremiah Haralson, Benjamin S. Turner, and James T. Rapier.

Baldwin and Mobile counties became part of Spanish West Florida in 1783, part of the independent Republic of West Florida in 1810, and finally part of the Mississippi Territory in 1812.

The first Constitutional Convention for Alabama was held in Huntsville from July 5 to August 2, 1819.

Yes, Alabama is prone to tropical storms and hurricanes, with areas far from the Gulf also being affected by heavy rain from these storms.