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Demographics
Race
As of 2003, the state had a population of 17,019,068.
White 65.4%
Hispanic 16.8%
Black 14.6%
Asian 1.7%
American Indian 0.3%
Mixed Race 2.4%
The five largest ancestries in the state are: African American (14.6%), German (11.8%), Irish (10.3%), English (9.2%), American (8%).
Religion:
Religiously, Florida is mostly Protestant, but with a growing Roman Catholic community due to Hispanic immigration.
Protestant 60%
Roman Catholic 23%
Other Christian 2%
Other Religions 4% (mainly Jewish)
Non-Religous 8%
The three largest Protestant denominations in Florida are: Baptist (22% of the total state population), Methodist (8%), Presbyterian (4%)
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| People QuickFacts | Florida | USA |
Population, 2003 estimate |
17,019,068 | 290,809,777 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
6.5% | 3.3% |
| Population, 2000 | 15,982,378 | 281,421,906 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 23.5% | 13.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 | 22.8% | 25.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 | 17.6% | 12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 | 51.2% | 50.9% |
| Mortgage, Real Estate Demographics | Florida | USA |
Housing units, 2002 |
7,624,378 | 119,302,132 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.1% | 66.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 29.9% | 26.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $105,500 | $119,600 |
| Households, 2000 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.46 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 1999 | $38,819 | $41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $21,557 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 12.5% | 12.4% |
Florida is a southern state in the United States. It is known as the Sunshine State. "Florida" is a Spanish adjective which means "flowery". The capital is Tallahassee, largest city is Jacksonville.
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Taxation
Florida is one of the nine states which does not impose personal income tax (list of others). The state sales tax rate is 6 percent. Local governments may levy a local option sales on top of that, so sales taxes vary by county between 6 and 7.5 percent. The state use tax is 6 percent on purchases made out of state and brought into Florida within 6 months of the purchase date.
Economy
The gross state product of Florida in 2003 was $550 billion. The per capita personal income was $30,098, ranking 26th in the nation.
Florida's economy is heavily based on tourism. Warm weather most of the year and hundreds of miles of beach provide a thriving vacation spot for travelers from around the world. The large Walt Disney World theme park and resort complex, located near Orlando, drives the economy of that area, along with more recent entries into the theme park arena such as the Universal Orlando Resort. The great amount of sales tax revenue is what allows the state to be one of the few to not levy a personal income tax. Other major industries include citrus fruit and juice production, banking, and phosphate mining. With the arrival of the space program at Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s, Florida has attracted a large number of aerospace and military industries to the state. Florida did not have any state minimum wage laws until November 2, 2004, when voters passed a Constitutional Amendment requiring inflationary increases to the minimum wage every six months.
In 2005 Spamhaus declared Florida the spam capital of the world [1] (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-sbspammain08may08,0,7702631.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines). Experts have estimated that Florida is an attractive place of business for Spammers due to the gorgeous weather, low key atmosphere, nearby Internet data centers and the state's reputation as "a good place to do dirty business". Spammers are not the first business men of questionable ethics to use Florida as a home base. Historically Florida has also been home to large telemarketing firms. Today most of the spam businesses appear to be operating out of South Florida.
Wealthiest Cities
Ranked by per capita income
1 Fisher Island, Florida $236,238
2 Jupiter Island, Florida $200,087
3 Golf, Florida $144,956
4 Manalapan, Florida $143,729
5 Indian Creek, Florida $137,382
6 Orchid, Florida $135,870
7 Gulf Stream, Florida $133,651
8 Palm Beach, Florida $109,219
9 Indian River Shores, Florida $102,511
10 South Beach, Florida $90,938
11 Pelican Bay, Florida $89,063
12 Oak Point, Florida $86,225
13 North Key Largo, Florida $83,199
14 Longboat Key, Florida $80,963
15 Weston, Florida $80,920
16 North Beach, Florida $79,269
17 Captiva, Florida $76,139
18 Ocean Ridge, Florida $76,088
19 Golden Beach, Florida $73,053
20 Bal Harbour, Florida $67,680
21 Highland Beach, Florida $67,288
22 Sanibel, Florida $66,912
23 Boca Pointe, Florida $66,797
24 Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida $66,713
25 Sawgrass, Florida $64,798
26 Belleair Beach, Florida $61,569
Regions of Florida
Central Florida | Emerald Riviera | First Coast | Florida Panhandle | Florida Keys | Lee Island Coast | Nature Coast | Orlando Area | Redneck Riviera | Space Coast | Treasure Coast | South Florida | Sun Coast | Tampa Bay Area
Largest Cities
Cape Coral | Clearwater | Coral Springs | Fort Lauderdale | Hialeah | Hollywood | Jacksonville | Miami | Miramar | North Miami | Orlando | Pembroke Pines | Plantation | Pompano Beach | Port St. Lucie | St. Petersburg | Sunrise | Tallahassee | Tampa | West Palm Beach
Counties
Alachua | Baker | Bay | Bradford | Brevard | Broward | Calhoun | Charlotte | Citrus | Clay | Collier | Columbia | DeSoto | Dixie | Duval | Escambia | Flagler | Franklin | Gadsden | Gilchrist | Glades | Gulf | Hamilton | Hardee | Hendry | Hernando | Highlands | Hillsborough | Holmes | Indian River | Jackson | Jefferson | Lafayette | Lake | Lee | Leon | Levy | Liberty | Madison | Manatee | Marion | Martin | Miami-Dade | Monroe | Nassau | Okaloosa | Okeechobee | Orange | Osceola | Palm Beach | Pasco | Pinellas | Polk | Putnam | Santa Rosa | Sarasota | Seminole | St. Johns | St. Lucie | Sumter | Suwannee | Taylor | Union | Volusia | Wakulla | Walton | Washington