Florida’s Population Is On The Rise
Florida has left New York in the dust….
On Wednesday. the U.S. Census Bureau released new numbers showing Florida had about 21.3 million residents as of July 1, cementing Florida’s place as the third most-populous state behind California and Texas… Sounds like a lot of traffic in our future….
Florida also had the fifth-highest growth rate from July 2017 to July 2018, with all of the fastest-growing states in the southern and western parts of the country. Puerto Rico and nine states had population declines during the period, according to the Census Bureau… This probably had something to do with the past storms that hit the Caribbean.
Florida has seen its population steadily increase from 18.8 million in 2010 to 21.3 million this year. It climbed ahead of New York to move into third place nationally in 2014 and has steadily expanded the gap, with New York at 19.54 million people this year.
But Florida is nowhere close to overtaking California, which had an estimated 39.56 million people, or Texas, with 28.7 million… Good.
The trends indicate many people are looking to live where it is warm or where they can enjoy the mountains… I do not blame them!
It’s great to have more residents for the economy but our roads are going to be packed.
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