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Florida QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
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Geography QuickFacts
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Florida
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USA
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Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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53,927
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3,537,438
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Persons per square mile, 2000
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296.4
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79.6
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FIPS Code
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12
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People QuickFacts
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Florida
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USA
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Population, 2004 estimate
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17,397,161
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293,655,404
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004
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8.8%
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4.3%
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Population, 2000
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15,982,378
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281,421,906
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
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23.5%
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13.1%
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
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5.9%
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6.8%
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
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22.8%
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25.7%
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
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17.6%
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12.4%
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Female persons, percent, 2000
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51.2%
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50.9%
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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78.0%
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75.1%
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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14.6%
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12.3%
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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0.3%
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0.9%
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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1.7%
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3.6%
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)
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0.1%
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0.1%
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)
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3.0%
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5.5%
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000
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2.4%
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2.4%
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000
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65.4%
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69.1%
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)
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16.8%
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12.5%
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000
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48.9%
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54.1%
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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16.7%
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11.1%
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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23.1%
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17.9%
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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79.9%
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80.4%
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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22.3%
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24.4%
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
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3,274,566
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49,746,248
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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26.2
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25.5
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Housing units, 2002
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7,624,378
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119,302,132
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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70.1%
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66.2%
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
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29.9%
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26.4%
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$105,500
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$119,600
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Households, 2000
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6,337,929
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105,480,101
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.46
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2.59
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Median household income, 1999
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$38,819
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$41,994
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$21,557
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$21,587
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
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12.5%
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12.4%
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