Deep South state of Florida and Georgia.
A free state. If it could have been admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California - it might have been possible to avert the civil war.
California's entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North. California's entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South. California's entrance as a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom. California's entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
California is huge and the South wanted California to be part of the Confederacy.
In the United States, the state of Texas leads in total production while the state of California has the highest yield per acre in the world. these states produce cotton now: Alabama Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Kansas Oklahoma Texas Arizona California New Mexico http://www.cottonusa.org/
Florida is farthest south
Florida
Florida
Florida.
The states due east of the state of Mississippi is Alabama, and farther east are Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
No part of the US state of California is farther south than latitude 32° 30' north latitude.
Minnesota is both farther north & farther south
If you at a map, you will see that Florida is a very large peninsula.
minnesota is both farther north & farther south
There is no state south of FL.
South Dakota
South America is not a US State, it is a Continent in the Southern and Western Hemispheres. Thus, Wyoming is farther north than South America.