Florida
Florida: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 23,000,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Florida at a glance
Rolled up from the 94 regions inside Florida on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population21,928,881
census
Places inside94
64 with a full /local page
Businesses on file623,136
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered637
in the company directory
Who represents them23
places with a /politics page
Property & employers23 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Florida, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 23,462,518 persons (Census Vintage 2025, as given in the Wikipedia infobox) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 1,805,620.2 USD millions, current dollars (BEA, via FRED series FLNGSP) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.4 % (seasonally adjusted, preliminary; BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 77,920 USD, current dollars (Census CPS ASEC, via FRED MEHOINUSFLA646N) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 66.2 % (Census HVS, via FRED FLHOWN) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 62,800 USD per capita (NY Fed Household Debt and Credit Report, as reported by WUSF/WLRN; 'around $62,800') (2026-Q2) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach MSA ↗ | 659,000 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater MSA ↗ | 400,000 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford MSA ↗ | 441,860 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Jacksonville MSA ↗ | 404,495 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton MSA ↗ | 485,000 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers MSA ↗ | 375,500 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 68% | most often at home (ACS, speak only English at home) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 23.4% | most often at home (ACS, language spoken at home) | 2024 |
| Other languages ↗ | 8.7% | most often at home (ACS, language spoken at home) | 2024 |
| English ↗ | official status (Constitution of Florida, Art. II §9) | 1988 | |
| Spanish ↗ | 73% | % of people 5+ who speak a non-English language at home (7.11M people, about one in 3 Floridians; ACS 2024 via USAFacts) | 2024 |
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Largest companies in Florida
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publix Super Markets (Lakeland) ↗ | revenue | 63.2 USD billions | 2025 |
| TD Synnex (Clearwater; dual HQ with Fremont, CA) ↗ | revenue | 62.5 USD billions (FY ended 2025-11-30) | 2025 |
| Lennar Corporation (Miami) ↗ | revenue | 34.19 USD billions | 2025 |
| Jabil (St. Petersburg) ↗ | revenue | 28.9 USD billions | 2024 |
| AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale) ↗ | revenue | 27.6 USD billions | 2025 |
| NextEra Energy (Juno Beach) ↗ | revenue | 24.8 USD billions | 2024 |
| Carrier Global (Palm Beach Gardens) ↗ | revenue | 21.7 USD billions | 2025 |
| Royal Caribbean Group (Miami) ↗ | revenue | 17.9 USD billions | 2025 |
| Raymond James Financial (St. Petersburg) ↗ | revenue | 15.9 USD billions (FY ended 2025-09-30) | 2025 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-11Republican Byron Donalds won the November 3, 2026 governor's race over Democrat David Jolly, 50.02% to 48.71% (99% reporting, unofficial); he succeeds term-limited Ron DeSantis in January 2027 and will be Florida's first African American governor. ↗
- 2026-09Florida led all states in 2025 personal consumption expenditure growth at 7.0% (current dollars), with health care and housing/utilities the leading contributors. ↗
- 2026-09Statewide single-family median sale price was $415,000 in September 2026 (+1.2% y/y) on 20,537 closed sales (−3.5% y/y); Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island was the priciest MSA at $785,000. ↗
- 2026-08About 4% of Florida household debt balances were at least 90 days delinquent in Q2 2026, above the national rate in every debt type; per-capita auto-loan balances were $6,690 vs $5,790 nationally. ↗
- 2026-03The homeownership rate fell to 66.2% in 2025 from 68.4% in 2024 (Census Housing Vacancy Survey). ↗
- 2026-09Florida's unemployment rate eased from 4.8% in April 2026 to 4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary). ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$71,711
Median rent$1,564/mo
Immigrants21.4%
Renters32.7%
Aged 65+21.1%
Unemployment4.8%
Low income12.6%
Speak a language other than English28.6%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish4,618,042 · 21.1%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun552,720 · 2.5%
- Other Indo-European languages388,005 · 1.8%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages137,501 · 0.6%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages98,525 · 0.4%
- Other and unspecified languages86,902 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages78,501 · 0.4%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)74,217 · 0.3%
- Arabic73,579 · 0.3%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)71,768 · 0.3%
- Vietnamese69,399 · 0.3%
- Korean16,663 · 0.1%
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Largest places in Florida
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Jacksonville, Florida full949,611
- 2.Miami, Florida full442,241
- 3.Tampa, Florida full403,364
- 4.Orlando, Florida full307,573
- 5.St. Petersburg, Florida full258,308
- 6.Hialeah, Florida full223,109
- 7.Tallahassee, Florida full205,089
- 8.Port St. Lucie, Florida full204,851
- 9.Fort Lauderdale, Florida full182,760
- 10.Hollywood, Florida full153,067
- 11.Gainesville, Florida full141,085
- 12.Coral Springs, FL134,394
- 13.Clearwater, Florida full117,292
- 14.Lakeland, Florida full112,641
- 15.Pompano Beach, Florida full112,046
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Inside Florida
86 regions have Florida as their parent.
- Amelia Island, FL
- Aventura, FL
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Bonita Springs, Florida
- Boynton Beach, Florida
- Bradenton Beach, Florida
- Bradenton-Palmetto, Florida
- Cape Canaveral, Florida island
- Chattahoochee, Florida
- Clearwater, Florida
- Clermont-Minneola, Florida
- Cocoa Beach, FL town
- Coral Springs, FL
- Dade City, Florida
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Delray Beach, Florida
- Destin, Florida
- Doral, Florida
- Everglades City, Florida
- Fernandina Beach, Florida
- Florida Keys
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Fort Myers Beach, Florida
- Fort Myers-Cape, Florida
- Fort Pierce, Florida
- Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- Gainesville, Florida
- Gulf Breeze, Florida
- Hialeah, Florida
- Hollywood, Florida
- Homestead, Florida
- Jacksonville Beach, Florida
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Jupiter, Florida
- Key Biscayne, Florida
- Kissimmee, Florida
- Lady Lake, Florida
- Lake City, Florida
- Lakeland, Florida
- Longboat Key, Florida island
- Lynn Haven, Florida
- Marathon, Florida
- Marco Island, Florida
- Marianna, FL
- Melbourne & Palm Bay, Florida
- Merritt Island, Florida island
- Miami South Beach, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Miramar, Florida
- Naples, Florida
- Navarre, Florida
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida
- Niceville-Valparaiso, Florida
- North Naples, Florida
- North Port, Florida
- Ocala, Florida
- Opa-Locka, Florida
- Orange Park, Florida
- Orlando, Florida
- Ormond Beach, Florida
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Palm Coast, Florida
- Panama City Beach, Florida
- Panama City, Florida
- Pensacola, Florida
- Pompano Beach, Florida
- Port Charlotte, Florida
- Port St. Lucie, Florida
- Punta Gorda, Florida
- Rosemary Beach, Florida town
- Sanford, Florida
- Sarasota, Florida
- Satellite Beach, Florida island
- Sebring, Florida
- Siesta Key, FL
- St. Augustine, Florida
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stuart, Florida
- Sunrise, Florida
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Tampa, Florida
- Titusville, Florida
- Venice, Florida
- Vero Beach, Florida
- West Palm Beach, Florida
- Zephyrhills, Florida
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Companies based in Florida
23 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 637 across Florida and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Star Tomato | Agribusiness | 1975 |
| Al-Rite | ||
| Bealls | Fashion | 1915 |
| Chewy | Retail | 2011 |
| Duda Foods | Agribusiness | 1926 |
| Gargiulo | 1963 | |
| Green Sentry | ||
| Hundley Farms | 1969 | |
| Kennco | Manufacturing | 1973 |
| Lipman Produce | 1947 | |
| Long Farms | 1952 | |
| Pero Family Farms | 1986 | |
| Pouch Fill | ||
| PSG Construction | Construction | 1987 |
| RC Hatton | 1948 | |
| Southeast Bottling Company | ||
| Suwanee Farms/Eagle Island Farms | 1979 | |
| Taylor & Fulton | Food | 1953 |
| Thomas Produce Co. | Agribusiness | 1910 |
| TKM Bengard Farms | 1996 | |
| Triple E Produce | 1982 | |
| West Coast Tomato | Agribusiness | 1973 |
| WingHouse | Dining | 1994 |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Florida are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.