On a white field emblazoned with a red X and the state seal, Florida's flag represents the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers and lakes. The seal features a brilliant sun, a cabbage palmetto tree, a steamboat sailing and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers. Flag adopted 1899.

Population, 2006 estimate 18,089,888, White persons 80.4%, Black persons 15.7%, American Indian and Alaska Native persons 0.4%, Asian persons 2.1%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander .01%, Persons reporting two or more races 1.2%, Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 19.5%.

Famous Floridians: Julian Cannonball Adderley jazz saxophonist, Tampa Pat Boone singer, Jacksonville Fernando Bujones ballet dancer, Miami Steve Carlton baseball player, Miami Howie Dorough singer, Orlando Fay Dunaway actress, Bascom Stepin Fetchit comedian, Key West Dwight Gooden baseball player, Tampa Zora Neale Hurston writer, Eatonville James Weldon Johnson author, educator, Jacksonville Frances Langford singer, Lakeland A. J. McLean singer, West Palm Beach Butterfly McQueen actress, Tampa Jim Morrison singer, Melbourne Osceola Seminole Indian leader Sidney Poitier actor, Miami A. Philip Randolph labor leader, Crescent City Janet Reno attorney general, Miami David Robinson basketball, Key West Joseph W. Stilwell army general, Palatka Don Sutton baseball player, Pensacola Norman E. Thargard astronaut Ben Vereen actor, Miami