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Florida At A Glance
Last Updated July 14, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 65,755 square miles
- Population in 2000: 15,982,378; 89.3% urban; 10.7% rural
- Population in 1990: 12,937,926
- Population Change: Up
23.5% 1990-2000; Up
32.7% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 4th of 50; 5.7% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Jacksonville (735,617);
Miami (362,470);
Tampa (303,447);
St. Petersburg (248,232);
Hialeah (226,419)
- Registered Voters:
3,958,910 D
(42.6%);
3,599,053 R
(38.7%);
1,744,397 unaffiliated and minor parties
(18.8%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 26 R 14 D
- State House: 81 R 39 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: Yes
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
10,458,509 (65.4%) white;
2,264,268 (14.2%) black;
261,693 (1.6%) Asian;
42,358 (0.3%) American Indian;
6,887 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
236,954 (1.5%) two-plus races;
28,994 (0.2%) other;
2,682,715 (16.8%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
9.5% German,
8.3% Irish,
7.4% English,
6.4% USA,
5.0% Italian
- State Natives: 32.7% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 9.2% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 76.2% English;
15.7% Spanish;
6.3% Other Eur.
- Education:
79.9% high school graduates;
22.3% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
1,875,597 (15.2%);
WWII: (25.6%);
Korea: (15.0%);
Vietnam: (28.0%);
First Gulf War: (9.2%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.3% agriculture;
8.0% construction;
8.1% finance;
3.1% information;
12.6% manufacturing;
28.7% professional;
5.2% public administration;
17.5% trade;
15.6% other
- Work Force: 21.1% blue collar; 61.1% white collar; 17.8% gray collar
- Work Sector: 79.8% private; 13.7% government; 6.2% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 5.5% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$38,819
- 12.5% are below the poverty line
- 16.3% less than $15,000
- 28.7% $15-35,000
- 17.4% $35-50,000
- 27.2% $50-100,000
- 6.3% $100-150,000
- 4.1% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $93,200
- 16.5% less than $50,000
- 38.7% $50-100,000
- 32.1% $100-200,000
- 7.1% $200-300,000
- 3.6% $300-500,000
- 2.1% more than $500,000
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