Florida (usa)

Florida

Florida ranks 6,180th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chatham, New York, Valdosta, Georgia, and Rhinebeck (village), New York. Memorable people born in Florida include Peyton List, Felipe Alves, and Jazz Jennings. Memorable people who died in Florida include Jodi Rell, András Szente, and Tommaso Buscetta. Florida has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. Florida is located in United States.

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the third-most populous state in the United States and ranks seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans 65,758 square miles (170,310 km2), ranking 22nd in area among the states. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state's largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6.138 million; the most populous city is Jacksonville. Florida's other major population centers include Tampa Bay, Orlando, Cape Coral, and the state capital of Tallahassee. Read more on Wikipedia