Florida - Facts and Figures.

Florida - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Tallahassee March 3, 1845 the 27th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Sunshine State Floridians In God We Trust FL LAND Total area 170,305 sq km 65,755 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 23rd 139,697 sq km 53,938 sq mi Highest point Walton County 105 m/345 ft Forested land as a share of total area 47.2 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 13.3 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 18,251,243 (2007 estimate) 4th 23.5 percent (1990-2000) 130 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 335 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 89.3 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Jacksonville 794,555 (2006) Miami 404,048 (2006) Tampa 332,888 (2006) Saint Petersburg 248,098 (2006) Hialeah 217,141 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 78 percent (2000) Blacks 14.6 percent (2000) Asians 1.7 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.3 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 5.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 16.8 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75.8 years (1989-1991) 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 410 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 347 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 21.2 percent (2006) 17.9 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $7,773 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 12.2 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 84.5 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Charlie Crist (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 40 members House of Representatives, 120 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 25 Electoral votes 27 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $714 billion (2006) $31,460 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.9 percent (2004) Industry Construction 6.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing 5.4 percent (2004) Mining 0.1 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 4.8 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 22.9 percent (2004) G overnment 11.9 percent (2004) Information technology 4 percent (2004) Retail trade 8.2 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 6.6 percent (2004) Other services 28.7 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 8,989,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 3.3 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 5.4 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 2.6 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 0.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 13.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 84.3 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 167 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 55.6 percent (2003 estimate) 5.3 books per person (2002) 194,018 km (2005) 120,557 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 2,367 km (2005) 1,471 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 4,571 km (2004) 2,840 mi (2004) Airports 25 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.