Florida Population

About 60 percent of Florida households have responded to this year’s U.S. Census, trailing 31 other states in response rates, according to information…

We’ve all seen the signs of Florida’s population growth: more housing complexes are being built, traveling to work takes a few minutes longer than before,…

More than 300,000 people have moved to Florida each year since 2015 and state economists are predicting the trend to continue into 2024.In a recent…

State demographers estimate Florida’s population will surpass 22 million residents as soon as 2022.Forecasts released earlier this month by the…

It wasn’t so long ago that Florida was trying catch New York. Now -- at least in the population game -- it has left New York in the dust. The U.S....

Looking from atop the ridge at U.S. Highway 27 as it follows the sandy central spine of the state, you can see brand-new red roofs roll in waves down the…

A new estimate shows Florida's population grew by almost 11 percent in the past eight years.The estimate released this week by the University of Florida's…

In 2011, Florida made sweeping changes to the laws regulating new development. Now legislators are re-examining how the state is juggling the needs of a...

Florida had the second-biggest population gain of any state in the nation in the past year.New figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows…

Earlier this year, PolitiFact Florida gave a "mostly false" grade to Senator Bill Nelson's claim that Florida had passed New York to become the nation's…

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson wants Florida to be ready if and when a hurricane strikes.That's why during a recent Senate Armed Services committee hearing,…