Alabama’s population increased from under 10,000 people in 1810 to more than 300,000 people by 1830.

Alabama is home to roughly 307 native freshwater fish species.

Alabama was a Spanish territory in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763, and Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until 1813.

Huntsville served as Alabama’s temporary capital from 1819 to 1820.

The Spanish were the first Europeans to reach Alabama during their exploration of North America in the 16th century.

Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its economic center.

Alabama is 23rd in the amount of surface water in the United States.

The capital of Alabama is Montgomery.

The northern part of Alabama, along the Tennessee River Valley, is most vulnerable to tornadoes.