Florida's Flourishing Population is Growing Strong

Tampa Real Estate

Recent studies from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR), which are run by a research team at the University of Florida, indicate that the myths of a declining population here in Florida have been wildly exaggerated. You may have noticed that many recent news and media reports are suggesting that the state’s population is suffering from a serious decline, which according to research, is simply not true.

According to Stan Smith, director of the BEBR at UF, Florida’s economy is still strong and the thriving job market brings in new residents on a daily basis. To be exact, about 900 people move to Florida daily, which adds up to about 331,000 new residents per year. In fact, we can safely estimate that the population count of April 2007, which totaled in at 18,680,367 has grown tremendously in the last 9 months.

The studies by the BEBR also show us where all these people are moving to: Orange, Miami-Dade, and Hillsborough counties are taking the majority, while the counties of Flagler, Sumter, and Osceola actually hold the highest growth rates.

To read more about Florida’s population, check out www.bebr.ufl.edu

Date: Thursday, January, 31st 2008 @ 09:50:11 AM
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