Florida Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff


People QuickFacts Florida USA
Population, 2005 estimate 17,789,864 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 11.3% 5.3%
Population, 2000 15,982,378 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.3% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 22.9% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 16.8% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 80.4% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 15.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.4% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 2.1% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.2% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 19.5% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 62.1% 66.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 48.9% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 16.7% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 23.1% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.9% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.3% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 3,274,566 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.2 25.5
Housing units, 2005 8,256,847 124,521,886
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, 2003 $38,985 $43,318
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,557 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 13.0% 12.5%
Business QuickFacts Florida USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 484,9382 7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 6,864,9872 115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 10.4%2 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 1,369,0021 19,523,741
Total number of firms, 2002 1,539,207 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.6% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.6% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.7% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 17.3% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.4% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 78,474,770 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 219,490,896 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 191,805,685 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,498 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 29,366,940 449,498,718
Building permits, 2005 287,250 2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 121,933,5022 2,143,781,7273
Geography QuickFacts Florida USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 53,926 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 296.4 79.6
FIPS Code 12
1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.
3: Includes data not distributed by state.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:42 EST
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