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  • a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
  • one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

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    Otheruses1the U.S. State US state Name = Florida Fullname = State of Florida Flag = Florida state flag.png Flaglink = Flag of Florida Seal = Florida state seal.png Map = Map of USA highlighting Florida.png Nickname = Sunshine State Capital = Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee Senators = Bill Nelson (politician)Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) LargestCity = Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville UnincorporatedPlace = Brandon, FloridaBrandon Governor = Jeb Bush (R) PostalAbbreviation = FL OfficialLang = English languageEnglish AreaRank = 22nd TotalArea = 170,451 LandArea = 137,374 WaterArea = 30,486 PCWater = 17.9 PopRank = 4th 2000Pop = 15,982,378 DensityRank = 8th 2000Density = 114.43 AdmittanceOrder = 27th AdmittanceDate = March 3, 1845 TimeZone = Eastern Standard Time ZoneEastern: UTC-5/Daylight saving time-4
    Central Standard Time ZoneCentral: UTC-6/Daylight saving time-5 (western panhandle) Latitude = 24°30'N to 31°N Longitude = 79°48'W to 87°38'W Width = 260 Length = 800 HighestElev = 105 MeanElev = 30 LowestElev = 0 ISOCode = US-FL Website = www.myflorida.com Florida is a U.S. Southern StatesSouthern U.S. statestate in the United States, situated upon a large peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. "Florida" is a Spanish languageSpanish adjective which means "flowery." The peninsula was discovered and settled by Juan Ponce de León on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1513, which is known as ''Pascua Florida'' in Spanish. Its U.S. Postal abbreviation is FL.

    History - mainHistory of Florida Archaeological finds indicate that Florida had been inhabited for many thousands of years prior to any European settlements. Of the many indigenous people, the largest tribes were the Calusa, Tequesta, Timucuan, and the Tocobago tribes. Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish navigator, named this new land in honor of his discovery of the land on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1513, which is called by Spaniards Pascua Florida, "Holy Day of Flowers." From that date forward, the land became known as "La Florida." Over the following century, the Spanish and FranceFrench both established settlements in Florida, with varying degrees of success. Spanish Pensacola was established by Don Tristan de Luna as the first European settlement in the current United States in 1559 (its settlement was interrupted by a hurricane). Six years later, in 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established Saint Augustine as the first permanent European settlement. These two cities would come to be the capitals of the British and Spanish colonies of East FloridaEast and West FloridaWest Florida.The area of Florida diminished with the establishment of Great BritainBritish colonies to the north and FranceFrench colonies to the west. Control of parts of Florida passed among Spanish, British, and American control. Spain finally ceded Florida to the United States with the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, in exchange for the U.S. renouncing any claims on Texas. On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America. Florida seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861 and was one of the founding members of the Confederate States of America (CSA, also known as the Confederacy). Florida joined the CSA on February 10, 1861. After the fall of the Confederacy in 1865, Florida was readmitted into the Union on June 25, 1868. Until the mid-twentieth century, Florida was the least populous Southern state. Today, Florida is the fourth most populous state in the Union and second most populous in the South.The USS FloridaUSS ''Florida'' was named in honor of this state.

    Law and Government - mainGovernment of Florida The basic structure, duties, function, and operations of the Government of the State of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution, which also establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people. The state government consists of three separate branches, the judicial, executive and legislative. The Florida Legislature enacts legislation, such as those in the Florida Statutes, which are signed into law by the Governor of Florida.The Florida Legislature has a Senate of 40 members and a House of 120 members. The current governor is United States Republican PartyRepublican Jeb Bush, brother of President George W. Bush and son of former President George H. W. Bush.Though Florida has traditionally been a United States Democratic PartyDemocratic state, in recent years explosive population growth has brought with it many United States Republican PartyRepublicans, leaving the state approximately evenly split between the two parties. Despite this demographic parity, Republicans control the governorship and most other statewide elected offices, both houses of the state legislature, 18 of the state's 25 seats in the United States House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives, and one of the state's two United States SenateSenate seats. The U.S. presidential election, 2000, in Florida2000 Presidential election in Florida was extremely close. As such, and because of its high population and large number of electoral votes, Florida is considered by political analysts to be a key swing state in President of the United StatesPresidential elections. The Tampa, FloridaTampa area, once a major center of Democratic trade unionunion support, is now almost evenly split between registered Republicans and Democrats, making it part of the important Interstate 4I-4 Corridor swing region. seealso3List of Florida GovernorsU.S. presidential election, 2000, in FloridaU.S. presidential election, 2004, in Florida

    Taxation - Florida is one of the nine states which do not impose a personal income tax (list of states without personal income taxlist of others). The state sales tax rate is 6.5 percent. Local governments may levy an additional local option sales tax of up to 1.0 percent. A locale's use tax rate is the same as its sales tax rate, including local options if any. Use taxes are payable for purchases made out of state and brought into Florida within 6 months of the purchase date.

    Geography - ussmflorida.PNGfl seeList of counties in Florida Florida consists of the Florida PanhandlePanhandle extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico and the large Florida PeninsulaPeninsula with the Atlantic Ocean as its eastern border and the Gulf of Mexico as its western border. It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia and Alabama and on the west, at the end of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is near the countries of the Caribbean, particularly the Bahamas and Cuba.At 345 feet (105 metres) above mean sea level, Britton Hill is the highest point in Florida. This is also the lowest highpoint of any U.S. state. Contrary to popular belief, however, Florida is not an entirely "flat" state. Some places, such as Clearwater, feature relatively high vistas rising 50 to 100 feet above the water. Much of the interior of Florida, typically 25 miles or more away from the coastline, features rolling hills with elevations ranging from 100 to 250 feet in many locations. Lake County holds the highest point of peninsular Florida, Sugarloaf Mountain , at 312 feet. The amount of topographical change will surprise many visitors.

    Boundaries - The state line begins at the Atlantic, traveling west, south, and north up the thalweg of the Saint Mary's River (Florida/Georgia)Saint Mary's River. At the origin of that river, it then follows a straight line nearly due-west and slightly north, to the point where the confluence of the Flint River (Georgia)Flint River (from Georgia) and the Chattahoochee River (down the Alabama/Georgia line) used to form Florida's Apalachicola River. (This point is now under Lake Seminole since Woodruff Dam was built.) The border with Georgia continues north through the lake for a short distance up the former thalweg of the Chattahoochee, then with Alabama runs due west along latitude 31°N to the Perdido River, then south along its thalweg to the Gulf via Perdido Bay.

    Climate - 1998.]]The climate of Florida is tempered somewhat by its proximity to water. Most of the state has a humid subtropical climate with the extreme tip of Florida and the Florida Keys bordering on a true tropical climate. However, Florida averages 300 days of full sunshine a year. The seasons in Florida often called "Hot and Hotter" are actually determined more by precipitation (meteorology)precipitation than by temperature with warm, relatively dry winterwinters and autumnautumns (the dry season) and hot, wet spring (season)springs and especially the summersummers (the wet season). The Gulf Stream has a moderating effect on Florida climate and although it is common for much of Florida to see a high summer temperature over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, it is not common for the mercury to go above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Florida. The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state was 109 °F set on June 29, 1931 in Monticello, FloridaMonticello. The coldest was 2 °F below zero, on February 13, 1899 just 25 miles away, in Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee. Mean high temperatures for late July are primarily in the low 90's. Mean low temperatures for late January range from the low 40's in North Florida to the mid-50's in South Florida.While Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State", severe weather is a common occurrence in Florida. Central Florida is known as the Lightning capital of the U.S. as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country. Statewide, Florida has the highest average precipitation of any state, due in large part to afternoon thunderstorms which are common throughout most of the state from late spring until the early autumn. However, a sunny day may be interrupted with a storm only to return to regular gorgeous weather. These thunderstorms, which are caused by airflow from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean colliding over the peninsula, seemingly "pop up" in the early afternoon and can often bring heavy downpours, high winds and sometimes tornadoes. This is frequently due to "onshore flow," or a collision of sea breezes from the east and west coasts. Florida leads the nation in tornadoes per square mile, although the tornadoes in Florida do not get as large as those in the Midwest or Great Plains. Hail is not an uncommon occurrence in some of the more severe thunderstorms.Snow is a rare occurrence in Florida. During the Great Blizzard of 1899, Florida experienced blizzard conditions for possibly the first time since explorers had arrived. During that time, the Tampa Bay area had "Gulf effect" snow, similar to lake effect snowfall. The Great Blizzard of 1899 was also the only time the temperature has fallen below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, registering -2° F in Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee on February 13, 1899. The most widespread snowfall in Florida history happened in February 1978 with snow falling over much of the state in different times of the month, extending as far south as Homestead, FloridaHomestead. Snow flurries fell on Miami Beach for the only time in recorded history. In 1989, there was a severe hard freeze that created lots of ice and also caused minor flurries in sections of the state and resulted in rolling blackouts due to power failures caused by massive demands on the power grid for heating.Although some storms have formed out of season, Hurricanehurricanes pose a threat during hurricane season, which is from June 1 to November 30. Florida saw a slew of destruction in 2004 when it was hit by a record four hurricanes. Hurricanes Hurricane CharleyCharley (August 13), Hurricane FrancesFrances (September 4-September 55), Hurricane IvanIvan (September 16), and Hurricane JeanneJeanne (September 25-September 2626) cumulatively cost forty-two billion dollars to the state. In 2005, Hurricane Dennis (July 10) became the fifth storm to strike Florida within 11 months. Later, Hurricane Katrina (August 25) passed through South Florida and Hurricane Rita (September 20) swept through the Florida Keys. Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida in the early morning of October 24 as a Saffir-Simpson Scalecategory 3 hurricane, with storm's eye hitting near Cape Romano, just south of Marco Island, FloridaMarco Island, according to National Hurricane Center.Florida was also the site of the second most costly single weather disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Andrew, which caused more than twenty-five billion dollars ($25,000,000,000) in damage when it struck on August 24, 1992. Among a long list of other infamous hurricane strikes were the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane, the Lake Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Hurricane Donna in 1960, and Hurricane Opal in 1995.seealso3Catastrophic Florida Hurricanes: 1900-1960Catastrophic Florida Hurricanes: 1961-presentList of All-Time High and Low Temperatures by State

    Economy - launch from Kennedy Space Center.]]The gross state product of Florida in 2003 was $550 billion. The per capita personal income was $30,098, ranking 26th in the nation.Florida's economy is heavily based on tourism. Warm weather most of the year and hundreds of miles of beach provide a thriving vacation spot for travelers from around the world. The large Walt Disney World Resort with four theme parks and over twenty hotels plus countless water parks, shopping centers and other facilities, located in Lake Buena Vista, FloridaLake Buena Vista drives the economy of that area, along with more recent entries into the theme park arena such as the Universal Orlando Resort. The great amount of sales and tourist tax revenue is what allows the state to be one of the few to not levy a personal income tax. Other major industries include citrus fruit and juice production, banking, and phosphate mining within the Bone Valley region. With the arrival of the space program at Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s, Florida has attracted a large number of aerospace and military industries to the state. Florida did not have any state minimum wage laws until November 2, 2004, when voters passed a Constitutional Amendment requiring inflationary increases to the minimum wage every six months.Historically, Florida's economy was based upon cattle farming and agriculture (especially sugar cane, citrus, tomatoes, and strawberries). As land speculators discovered Florida in the early 1900's, and when Plant and Flagler developed the railway systems, more people moved in, drawn by the usually good weather. From then on, tourism boomed, fueling a cycle of development and tourism that overwhelmed a great deal of farmland. Other key industries, commercial fishing and water-based tourist activities (sports fishing and diving) are threatened by severe Red Tide outbreaks in 2004 and 2005 off the west coast.

    Demographics - As of 2004, the state's population was estimated to be 17,397,161.

    Race and Ancestry - ? !&l t;td>? ? ? Blacks,? who during the cotton and sugar plantation era made up fully 50 percent of the state's population, have a large presence in the deeply southern middle Florida region of North Florida and in the cities of Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Fort Lauderdale. Transplanted Northerners are prominent on the West Coast, particularly in the Tampa suburbs. Floridians of British ancestry are dominant in most coastal cities, while Floridians of white American ancestry dominate the culturally Southern areas of inland North Florida. Florida's large and diverse Hispanic community consists particularly of Cubans in Miami and Tampa, Puerto Ricans in Tampa and Orlando as well as Dominicans in the latter, and Mexican migrant workers in inland West-Central and South Florida. There is also a number of Haitian Americans in Miami and other parts of Florida.Native Floridians who have descended from long-time Florida families are affectionately referred to as "Crackers." This is because many early settlers were cattle farmers, and used bullwhips to "crack" over the cattle to move them.Florida is one of the only states in which Hispanics predominantly vote Republican Party (United States)Republican. This descrepancy arises because people classified as "Hispanic" come from widely diverse backgrounds. People whose race is identified as "Hispanic" in Florida are mostly of CubaCuban descent, as opposed to MexicoMexican descent (who live largely in the Southwestern United Statessouthwest of the U.S.) or Puerto Rican descent (who live largely in the Northeastern United Statesnortheast of the U.S.). Florida's fast-growing Hispanic population is heaviest in Miami, Orlando, FloridaOrlando, and the Gulf of MexicoGulf Coast. Black (people)Black Floridians are overwhelmingly Democratic Party (United States)Democratic voters. Blacks comprise a large fraction of the populations of North Central FloridaNorth Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaFort Lauderdale, and the Tampa Bay Area.

    Languages - As of 2000, 76.9% of Florida residents age 5 and older speak English languageEnglish at home and 16.5% speak Spanish languageSpanish. French languageFrench is the third most spoken language at 2.2%, followed by German languageGerman at 0.6% and Italian languageItalian at 0.4%.Article II, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution provides that "English is the official language of the State of Florida." This was adopted in 1988 by a vote following an Initiative Petition.

    Religion - Florida is mostly Protestant, but with a growing Roman Catholic community due to immigration. There is also a sizable Jewish community in some parts of Florida which makes Florida unique among Southern states (no other Southern state has a large Jewish community). Florida's current religious affiliations are shown in the table below:
  • ChristianityChristian – 82%
  • *ProtestantismProtestant – 54%
  • **Baptist – 19%
  • **MethodismMethodist – 6%
  • **PresbyterianismPresbyterian – 4%
  • **Episcopal – 3%
  • **LutheranismLutheran – 3%
  • **PentecostalismPentecostal – 3%
  • **Other Protestant – 16%
  • *Roman Catholicism in the United StatesRoman Catholic – 26%
  • *Other Christian – 2%
  • JudaismJewish – 4%
  • Other Religions – 1%
  • Non-Religious – 13%

    Important cities, towns, and communities - ]] ]] ]] ]] ]] ]]main2List of cities in FloridaFlorida locations by per capita income
    •   Whites!White65.4 %
    Hispanics Hispanic !16.8%< /td>
    Blacks!Black14.6 %
    Asian American!Asian1.7%
    Native American (U.S. Census)Native !American0 .3%
    ? Mixed !Race2.4%& lt;/td>
    & lt;/table>

    Miscellaneous information -
  • State Bird: Mockingbird
  • State Flower: Orange blossom - (Citrus sinensis)
  • State Insect: Zebra HeliconianZebra Longwinged Butterfly
  • State Song: "Old folks at home (Suwannee River)" by Stephen C. Foster
  • State Tree: Sabal Palm
  • State Reptile: American Alligator
  • State Animal: The Puma#SubspeciesFlorida Panther
  • State Saltwater Mammal: The Manatee
  • State Drink: Orange Juice
  • State Fruit: Orange (fruit)Orange
  • State Shell: The ConchHorse Conch (The great band shell)
  • State Saltwater Fish: The Sailfish
  • State Freshwater Fish: Florida Largemouth Bass
  • Highest Point: Britton Hill; 345 feet, 50th
  • State Motto: "In God We Trust" is the unofficial State Motto, Florida has no official Motto.

    Transportation - ]]Florida's interstates, Florida State Roadsstate highways and U.S. Highways are maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation.Florida's interstate highways include:
  • Interstate 4I-4, which bisects the state, connecting Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, FloridaOrlando, and Daytona Beach
  • Interstate 10I-10, which traverses the panhandle, connecting Jacksonville, Lake City, Tallahassee, and Pensacola
  • Interstate 75I-75, which enters the state near Lake City and continues southward through Gainesville, Ocala, and Tampa's eastern suburbs to Naples, where, as a toll road it crosses the "Alligator Alley" to Ft. Lauderdale
  • Interstate 95I-95, which enters the state near Jacksonville and continues along the Atlantic Coast through Daytona Beach, Melbourne, FloridaMelbourne, West Palm Beach, and Ft. Lauderdale before terminating near Miami
  • Interstate 110 (Florida)I-110, a spur from I-10 into downtown Pensacola.
  • Interstate 175 (Florida)I-175, which connects I-275 to southern downtown St. Petersburg, FloridaSt. Petersburg
  • Interstate 195 (Florida)I-195
  • Interstate 275 (Florida)I-275
  • Interstate 295 (Florida)I-295, a beltway in Jacksonville
  • Interstate 375 (Florida)I-375, which connects I-275 to northern downtown St. Petersburg, FloridaSt. Petersburg
  • Interstate 395 (Florida)I-395
  • Interstate 595 (Florida)I-595, which connects I-75, I-95, and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
  • Interstate 795 (Florida)I-795, proposed near JacksonvilleFlorida's interstate highway system contains 1,473 miles of highway, and there are 9,934 miles of non-interstate highway in the state, such as Florida State RoadsFlorida state highways and U.S. Highways.Florida has several toll roads. The state has 515 miles of toll roads in the state highway system. The section of Interstate 75 passing through the Everglades is a toll road. The Florida Turnpike, which begins off of Interstate 75 just south of Ocala, continues southeast to Orlando, FloridaOrlando, and down to West Palm Beach is also a toll road. Connecting I-75 to the southwest Tampa area is the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway.Florida has nearly 100 different specialty license plates to choose from for automobiles. There are plates for various issues and causes, such as environmental, and as well for various organizations and colleges. In 2000, voters approved a constitutional amendment to construct a high speed rail system to interconnect Florida's major cities. A committee was formed by the Florida Legislature to oversee the project. However, Jeb Bush and other lawmakers pushed for an amendment in 2004 to remove the amendment, which succeeded. They stated that the cost would have been too high to construct the system; however, proponents of the system have said the claims regarding high cost were exaggerated and taken out of context, compared with the cost of building roads, maintaining automobiles, and so forth.Amtrak service exists in Florida, but it is considered by many not to be extensive or convenient enough for anything but vacation travel. Public transportation systems exist in many major cities. Miami has a monorail system, and most cities have bus service. However, the bus service is often criticized for being poorly funded, and too infrequent, sparse, inconvenient and spotty for serious use. Efforts, such as the high speed rail system, monorails, and improved bus service, have been proposed by many to help remedy this situation. Greyhound LinesGreyhound provides bus service between different cities in Florida. The service here as well is said to be too infrequent and slow. A trip between Tampa and Miami can take 10 hours, for instance. All major cities in Florida have airports, such as Miami International Airport, Orlando International Airport, Tampa International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Jacksonville International Airport. There are many other smaller regional and international airports, including one in Key West.

    Education and culture - Florida's public school revenue per student and spending per $1000 of personal income usually ranks in the bottom 25% of U.S. states. Average teacher salaries rank near the middle of U.S. states. Florida public schools have consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of many national surveys and average test score rankings. It should be noted that many education surveys are not scientific, but do measure prestige. Governor Jeb Bush has been criticized by many Florida educators for a program that penalizes underperforming schools (as indicated by standardized tests, such as the FCAT) with fewer funding dollars. Major testing organizations frequently discount the use of state average test score rankings, or any average of scaled scores, as a valid metric (see psychometrics for more details on scaled test scores). In 2000, Governor Bush and the state legislature acted to abolish the Board of Regents that governed the State University System of Florida. Instead, each public university is now controlled by its own Board of Trustees who are directly appointed by the governor. As is typical of executive-appointed government boards, the appointees so far have been overwhelmingly Republican. This has not been without controversy. sptimes.com In 2002, United States Democratic PartyDemocratic Senator Bob Graham started a ballot referendum designed to revert to the Board of Regents system.

    Colleges and universities - .]] .]]

    Sports -

    Professional sports teams in Florida -

    Spring training - Florida is the traditional home for Major League Baseball spring training, with teams informally organized into the "Grapefruit League." As of 2004, Florida hosts the following major league teams for spring training:
  • Atlanta Braves at Walt Disney World
  • Baltimore Orioles in Fort Lauderdale
  • Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers
  • Cincinnati Reds in Sarasota
  • Cleveland Indians in Winter Haven
  • Detroit Tigers in Lakeland
  • Florida Marlins in Jupiter
  • Houston Astros in Kissimmee
  • Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach
  • Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers
  • New York Mets in Port St. Lucie
  • New York Yankees in Tampa
  • Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater
  • Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton
  • Saint Louis Cardinals in Jupiter
  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St. Petersburg
  • Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin
  • Washington Nationals in Viera

    Minor League teams - Florida also hosts the following minor league baseball teams:

    External links - CommonscatFlorida
  • fla.us - Gateway to Florida
  • myflorida.com - The Official Portal of the State of Florida
  • floridamemory.com - Florida Memory Project Over 300,000 photographs and documents from the State Library & Archives of Florida
  • !magicmomentproductions.com - Florida Entertainment
  • floridazest.com - Florida Information
  • ecofloridamag.com - Florida Nature Travel/Ecotourism
  • mediatico.com - Florida Newspapers
  • obit.obitlinkspage.com - Florida Obituary Links Page
  • floridarivers.org - Florida Rivers Discussion Forum
  • flsouthern.edu - Florida Southern College
  • fsu.edu - Florida State University
  • flausa.com - Florida Tourism
  • floridavisiting.com - Florida Visiting
  • genealogybuff.com - GenealogyBuff.com - Florida Library of Files
  • iespana.es - la Voie de Miami News
  • roamingfeet.com - Palm trees in Florida
  • terragalleria.com - Photos of Florida - Terra Galleria
  • anhinga.info - Roundtrips with a lot of pictures
  • ufl.edu - University of Florida
  • quickfacts.census.gov - U.S. Census Bureau
  • floridacountiesmap.com - Florida Counties Maps
  • blinkbits.com - Wikipedia Florida RSS Feed - Externally hosted United_States Florida Category:Florida*Category:States of the United !Statesid:Floridams:Floridabg: лоридаca:Floridacs:Flor idada:Floridade:Floridael:Φλ όρινταes:Floridaeo:Flori dofa:فلوریداfr:Florideg a:Floridagd:Floridagl:Floridak o:플로리다? !주it:Floridahe:פלורידה la:Floridalv:Floridanl:Florida ? !(staat)ja:フロリダ州no:Fl oridann:Floridaos:Флорид æpl:Floryda? (stan w !USA)pt:Flóridaru:Флорид аsimple:Floridask:Floridasl:F loridasr:Флоридаfi:Flor idasv:Floridath:มลรั ฟลอริดาtr:Flori davi:Floridauk:Флоридаz h:佛罗里达州
    • Metropolitan Area Population > 5,000,000
  • Miami, FloridaMiami-Ft.LauderdaleMetropolitan Area Population > 2,500,000
  • Tampa, FloridaTampa-St. PetersburgMetropolitan Area Population > 1,000,000
  • Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville
  • Orlando, FloridaOrlando
  • West Palm Beach, FloridaWest Palm BeachMetropolitan Area Population > 400,000
  • Sarasota, FloridaSarasota-Bradenton
  • Lakeland, FloridaLakeland
  • Melbourne, FloridaMelbourne-Titusville
  • Cape Coral, FloridaCape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
  • Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach
  • Port Saint Lucie, FloridaPort Saint Lucie-Fort Pierce-Stuart
  • Pensacola, FloridaPensacolaCity Population > 200,000
  • Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville
  • Miami, FloridaMiami
  • Tampa, FloridaTampa
  • Saint Petersburg, FloridaSt. Petersburg
  • Hialeah, FloridaHialeah
  • Orlando, FloridaOrlandoCity Population > 100,000
  • Cape Coral, FloridaCape Coral
  • Clearwater, FloridaClearwater
  • Coral Springs, FloridaCoral Springs
  • Fort Lauderdale, FloridaFort Lauderdale
  • Gainesville, FloridaGainesville
  • Hollywood, FloridaHollywood
  • Miami Gardens, FloridaMiami Gardens
  • Pembroke Pines, FloridaPembroke Pines
  • Miramar, FloridaMiramar
  • Port Saint Lucie, FloridaPort Saint Lucie
  • Pompano Beach, FloridaPompano Beach
  • Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee
    		• City Population > 75,000
  • Boca Raton, FloridaBoca Raton
  • Brandon, FloridaBrandon
  • Davie, FloridaDavie
  • Deltona, FloridaDeltona
  • Kendall, FloridaKendall
  • Lakeland, FloridaLakeland
  • Miami Beach, FloridaMiami Beach
  • Palm Bay, FloridaPalm Bay
  • Plantation, FloridaPlantation
  • Sunrise, FloridaSunrise
  • West Palm Beach, FloridaWest Palm BeachCity Population > 50,000
  • Boynton Beach, FloridaBoynton Beach
  • Bradenton, FloridaBradenton
  • Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach
  • Deerfield Beach, FloridaDeerfield Beach
  • Delray Beach, FloridaDelray Beach
  • Fort Myers, FloridaFort Myers
  • Fountainbleau, FloridaFountainbleau
  • Kendale Lakes, FloridaKendale Lakes
  • Kissimmee, FloridaKissimmee
  • Largo, FloridaLargo
  • Lauderhill, FloridaLauderhill
  • Lehigh Acres, FloridaLehigh Acres
  • Margate, FloridaMargate
  • Melbourne, FloridaMelbourne
  • North Miami, FloridaNorth Miami
  • North Miami Beach, FloridaNorth Miami Beach
  • Palm Harbor, FloridaPalm Harbor
  • Pensacola, FloridaPensacola
  • Sarasota, FloridaSarasota
  • Spring Hill, FloridaSpring Hill
  • Tamarac, FloridaTamarac
  • Tamiami, FloridaTamiami
  • Town 'n' Country, FloridaTown 'n' Country
  • Weston, FloridaWeston
    		• City Population > 25,000
  • Altamonte Springs, FloridaAltamonte Springs
  • Aventura, FloridaAventura
  • Apopka, FloridaApopka
  • Bonita Springs, FloridaBonita Springs
  • Coconut Creek, FloridaCoconut Creek
  • Cooper City, FloridaCooper City
  • Coral Gables, FloridaCoral Gables
  • Dunedin, FloridaDunedin
  • East Lake, FloridaEast Lake
  • Egypt Lake-Leto, FloridaEgypt Lake-Leto
  • Fort Pierce, FloridaFort Pierce
  • Greater Carrollwood, FloridaGreater Carrollwood
  • Greenacres, FloridaGreenacres
  • Hallandale Beach, FloridaHallandale Beach
  • Homestead, FloridaHomestead
  • Jupiter, FloridaJupiter
  • Kendall West, FloridaKendall West
  • Lake Magdalene, FloridaLake Magdalene
  • Lake Worth, FloridaLake Worth
  • Lauderdale Lakes, FloridaLauderdale Lakes
  • North Fort Myers, FloridaNorth Fort Myers
  • North Lauderdale, FloridaNorth Lauderdale
  • Ocala, FloridaOcala
  • Ocoee, FloridaOcoee
  • Oakland Park, FloridaOakland Park
  • Ormond Beach, FloridaOrmond Beach
  • Oviedo, FloridaOveido
  • Palm Beach Gardens, FloridaPalm Beach Gardens
  • Panama City, FloridaPanama City
  • Pinellas Park, FloridaPinellas Park
  • Plant City, FloridaPlant City
  • Port Orange, FloridaPort Orange
  • Port Charlotte, FloridaPort Charlotte
  • Riviera Beach, FloridaRiviera Beach
  • Sanford, FloridaSanford
  • Titusville, FloridaTitusville
  • University, FloridaUniversity
  • Wellington, FloridaWellington
  • Westchester, FloridaWestchester
  • Winter Haven, FloridaWinter Haven
  • Winter Park, FloridaWinter Park
  • Winter Springs, FloridaWinter !Springs
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