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Since gaining statehood
in 1845,
Florida has come a
long way. Apartments Florida and Florida apartment rentals
have flourished as well. Some great
Florida apartments locations include:
Daytona Beach -
Gainesville -
Jacksonville -
Melbourne -
Ocala -
Orlando -
Pensacola -
Tallahassee -
Tampa and
St. Petersburg. Counties include:
St. Lucie County -
Miami-Dade County -
Palm Beach
County -
Sarasota County -
Manatee County -
Okaloosa County - Indian River County -
Broward
County - Lee County and Collier County.
The
overall population of Florida was 15,982,378 at the start of the new millennium. During the 1990s population
grew by 23.5% and is projected to reach 17,718,800 by 2010. The average
cost for apartments or apartment rentals is approximately $700.
Florida’s public education system includes 67 school districts.
There were 2,591,033 students enrolled in Florida public schools in
2003-04. The University of Florida in Gainesville is the state’s oldest
and largest institution of higher education. The State University System
of Florida has 10 branches with its main campus in the capital city of
Tallahassee.
Florida covers nearly 60,000 square miles and has 67 counties.
Florida has over 1,300 miles of
coastline with 800 miles of beaches.
Tourism
accounts for 20% of the state’s economy with
Orlando being a popular destination year-round and South Florida an annual trek
for spring breakers. The Sunshine State has the highest percentage of
elderly and retired residents in the nation, and the number of younger
families with children is on the rise. Florida
is the nation's largest producer of oranges and second in the world. The Kennedy Space Center in
Cape Canaveral is NASA’s launch headquarters. The Everglades National
Park located at
southern tip
of the Florida peninsula is the only subtropical preserve in North
America.
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