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[Brickell]

This came out of some research from another thread.  Thought everybody might be interested in it.  Source is here.

This took way more time than I thought it would.  Please add 2000 data, county maps for each decade or any other info you'd like.  I'll look for more later if i feel up to it.

* denotes first time on the list post 1900

1900 - 528,542 (total state pop.)

1   39,733 Duval
2   36,013 Hillsborough
3   32,245 Alachua
4   28,313 Escambia
5   24,403 Marion
6   23,377 Jackson
7   19,887 Leon
8   18,006 Monroe
9   17,094 Columbia
10 16,195 Jefferson

1910 - 752,619

1   78,374 Hillsborough
2   75,163 Duval
3   38,029 Escambia
4   34,305 Alachua
5   29,821 Jackson
6   26,941 Marion
7   24,148 Polk *
8   22,198 Gadsden *
9   21,563 Monroe
10 19,427 Leon

1920 - 968,470

1  113,540 Duval
2   88,257 Hillsborough
3   49,386 Escambia
4   42,753 Dade *
5   38,661 Polk
6   31,689 Alachua
7   31,224 Jackson
8   28,265 Pinellas *
9   25,434 DeSoto *
10 23,968 Marion

1930 - 1,468,211

1 155,503 Duval
2 153,519 Hillsborough
3 142,955 Dade
4 72,291 Polk
5 62,149 Pinellas
6 53,594 Escambia
7 51,781 Palm Beach *
8 49,737 Orange *
9 42,757 Volusia *
10 34,365 Alachua

1940 - 1,897,414

1 267,739 Dade
2 210,143 Duval
3 180,148 Hillsborough
4 91,852 Pinellas
5 86,665 Polk
6 79,989 Palm Beach
7 74,667 Escambia
8 70,074 Orange
9 53,710 Volusia
10 39,794 Broward *

1950 - 2,771,305

1 495,084 Dade
2 304,029 Duval
3 249,894 Hillsborough
4 159,249 Pinellas
5 123,997 Polk
6 114,950 Orange
7 114,688 Palm Beach
8 112,706 Escambia
9 83,933 Broward
10 74,229 Volusia

1960 - 4,951,560

1 935,047 Dade
2 455,411 Duval
3 397,788 Hillsborough
4 374,665 Pinellas
5 333,946 Broward
6 263,540 Orange
7 228,106 Palm Beach
8 195,139 Polk
9 173,829 Escambia
10 125,319 Volusia

1970 - 6,789,443

1 1,267,792 Dade
2 620,100 Broward
3 528,865 Duval
4 522,329 Pinellas
5 490,265 Hillsborough
6 348,753 Palm Beach
7 344,311 Orange
8 230,006 Brevard *
9 227,222 Polk
20 205,334 Escambia

1980 - 9,746,324

1 1,625,781 Dade
2 1,018,200 Broward
3 728,531 Pinellas
4 646,960 Hillsborough
5 576,863 Palm Beach
6 571,003 Duval
7 471,016 Orange
8 321,652 Polk
9 272,959 Brevard
10 258,762 Volusia

1990 - 12,937,926

1 1,937,094 Dade
2 1,255,488 Broward
3 863,518 Palm Beach
4 851,659 Pinellas
5 834,054 Hillsborough
6 677,491 Orange
7 672,971 Duval
8 405,382 Polk
9 398,978 Brevard
10 370,712 Volusia

[Aessotariq]

Florida's top 10 counties as of 2000:

2000 15,982,378
1 2,253,362 Dade
2 1,623,018 Broward
3 1,131,184 Palm Beach
4 998,948 Hillsborough
5 921,482 Pinellas
6 896,344 Orange
7 778,879 Duval
8 483,924 Polk
9 476,320 Brevard
10 443,343 Volusia

The growth rates are staggering. The top 10 remain the same from 1990, with only Hillsborough surpassing Pinellas.

[RiversideGator]

I guess Dade passed Duval back sometime in the 30s.  Back then, the licenses plates in the largest county started with the number 1 and I remember reading that Duval plates started with 1 in the 30s.  I was surprised to see that Duval was bigger than Hillsborough as late as 1970.  My family has been in Duval since 1901, by the way.

[bobliocatt]

What happened to Duval in the 1970's?  Its population growth during that era is pretty consistent with that of an old rustbelt city.

[Brickell]

Duval really dominated the state at 1920 but then look at the following decade.  Duval keeps growing but Hillsborough almost doubles and Dade gaines 100k people.  Amazing.


Here is a link to the county history

http://www.usgennet....ate/county.html

In 1900 most of Florida's counties were established but these were added since then.  The only difference maker in the population stats looks like the formation of Pinellas from Hillsborough.

County  -   Date  -  Cut From  -  County Seat
St Lucie   1905   Brevard   Fort Pierce
Palm Beach   1909   Dade   West Palm
Pinellas   1912   Hillsborough   Clearwater
Bay   1913   Calhoun & Washington   Panama City
Seminole   1913   Orange   Sanford
Broward   1915   Dade & Palm Beach   Fort Lauderdale
Okaloosa   1915   Santa Rosa   Crestview
Flagler   1917   St Johns, Volusia   Bunnell
Okeechobee   1917   Osceola, Palm Beach & St Lucie   Okeechobee
Charlotte   1921   DeSoto   Punta Gorda
Dixie   1921   Lafayette   Cross City
Glades   1921   DeSoto   Moore Haven
Hardee   1921   DeSoto   Wauchula
Highlands   1921   DeSoto   Sebring
Sarasota   1921   Manatee   Sarasota
Union   1921   Bradford   Lake Butler
Collier   1923   Lee & Monroe   Naples
Hendry   1923   Lee   La Belle
Gilchrist   1925   Alachua   Trenton
Gulf   1925   Calhoun   Port Saint Joe
IndianRiver   1925   St Lucie   Vero Beach
Martin   1925   Palm Beach & St Lucie   Stuart

[bobliocatt]

Brickell, on Feb 28 2005, 11:56 AM, said:

Duval really dominated the state at 1920 but then look at the following decade.  Duval keeps growing but Hillsborough almost doubles and Dade gaines 100k people.  Amazing.

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Duval and Hillsborough looked to be on each other heels and even traded places a couple of times, from 1900 up to 1970.  The extension of the railroad and losing its tourism industry down south to warmer climates was the downfall for Duval not being able to remain the largest.

Its amazing that Dade & Broward's growth have continued to be off charts for nearly 100 years now, despite the destruction from several hurricanes and the Great Depression.  Its also strange to see that Escambia County only added 4,000 residents during the booming 1920s.  With its history, I've always wondered why Pensacola hasn't grown to be any larger than what it is today.  Then look at Alachua.  It basically didn't see any growth for the first have of the 20th Century, while at the same time, the top metros doubled and in some cases tripled in population.  This is definately and interesting list that makes you want to know a little more about the reasons why certain places grew the way they did.

Something else that would be interesting to see, is what were the population estimates for these places, in the first half of the century.

[miamistreets]

Wow    those numbers are impressive.Dade grew by almost 500,000 from 1950 to 1960.Thats really amazing.I hope it keeps growing(thinking of the positive ofcourse).But in the other hand there are bad things for that too.But(eh)what the heck.Let the buildings rise.

[dgreen]

Alacuha went from top 3 to not even listed.
Sad.

[Florida]

Those figures aren't historically measureable prior to 1920's - 30s simply due to the fact that alot of county boundaries were redrawn, and counties were made from other counties. So it could be the case that Alachua was reshaped, or that another county made itself from a more densely populated portion of Alachua, resulting in a split in numbers causing that figure to drop from 3rd place.

[Viper]

That was what post number 5 fully illustrated.

[Florida]

I now see that! Thanks for pointing it out Viper! I'd only read the post prior to my own.... seems our friend was concerned and needed some comfort.

[neoanderz]

Here are the 2004 numbers from www.census.gov:

2004 17,397,161
1 2,363,600  Miami-Dade County  
2 1,754,893  Broward County        
3 1,243,230  Palm Beach County  
4 1,101,261  Hillsborough County  
5 989,926     Orange County          
6 928,537     Pinellas County          
7 821,338     Duval County            
8 524,389     Polk County                
9 519,387     Brevard County          
10 514,295   Lee County              

Changes from 2000:
- Hillsborough breaks 1,000,000
- Orange surpasses Pinellas
- Lee knocks out Volusia
- All top 10 counties have broken half a million

[Florida]

Those figures are awesome!

[Viper]

By the next census, Orange and Pinellas will also have passed 1,000,000 with Duval passing it around 2012-2013.

Edited by Viper, 28 June 2005 - 11:19 PM.

[depechecureguyorl]

If I'm not mistaken, Orange has already passed the 1 Million mark. I don't have any sources to back up that claim, other than what I've read in the "Slantinel".

[Viper]

Given that these were 2004 figures, I'm quite certain it has as well.

[neoanderz]

I just found these latest figures so I'll update this old thread.

2006 18,089,888
1. 2,402,208 Miami-Dade County   
2. 1,787,636 Broward County   
3. 1,274,013 Palm Beach County
4. 1,157,738 Hillsborough County
5. 1,043,500 Orange County   
6. 924,413 Pinellas County          
7. 837,964 Duval County
8. 571,344 Lee County
9. 561,606 Polk County
10. 534,359 Brevard County   

I thought I had 2005 figures up here, but I guess not.

Changes from 2004
- Orange passes 1 million
- Lee passes Polk and Brevard

Also here are the same counties by percentage growth since 2000:

Florida      13.18%
Miami-Dade County    6.59%
Broward County    10.14%
Palm Beach County 12.63%
Hillsborough County 15.90%
Orange County   16.42%
Pinellas County           0.32%
Duval County 7.59%
Lee County 29.59%
olk County 16.05%
Brevard County    12.21%

A few others...
11. 496,575 Volusia County 12.01%
12. 450,171 Pasco County 30.57%
13. 406,875 Seminole County 11.41%
19. 290,435 Lake County 37.96%
20. 252,724 St. Lucie County 31.15%
21. 245,625 Leon County 2.58%
22. 244,045 Osceola County 41.5%
23. 227,120 Alachua County 4.20%
35. 83,084 Flagler County 66.72%

Source: http://www.census.go...T2006-01-12.xls

Edited by neoanderz, 22 March 2007 - 08:20 PM.

[bobdreamz]

2000 15,982,378 Census :

1 2,253,362 Dade
2 1,623,018 Broward
3 1,131,184 Palm Beach
4 998,948 Hillsborough
5 921,482 Pinellas
6 896,344 Orange
7 778,879 Duval
8 483,924 Polk
9 476,320 Brevard
10 443,343 Volusia


2006 18,089,888 Estimates :

1. 2,402,208 Miami-Dade County
2. 1,787,636 Broward County
3. 1,274,013 Palm Beach County
4. 1,157,738 Hillsborough County
5. 1,043,500 Orange County
6. 924,413 Pinellas County
7. 837,964 Duval County
8. 571,344 Lee County
9. 561,606 Polk County
10. 534,359 Brevard County

so Pinellas barely grew since 2000 but Hillsborough & Orange both crossed the 1 million mark giving Florida 5 counties with 1 million + populations. The state as a whole gained another 2,107,510 people since 2000 which is incredible. At this rate we can expect another million plus by the 2010 Census.

Edited by bobdreamz, 23 March 2007 - 01:36 PM.

[BHCav]

St. John's County gained nearly 45,000 in 6 years.  Not bad.

[radiostatic102]

BHCav, on Mar 24 2007, 12:47 PM, said:

St. John's County gained nearly 45,000 in 6 years.  Not bad.

St. John's county is changing rapidly, this county out of all the others makes me worry about the future of Florida.  (maybe I'm being over dramatic about it, but there you have it)  I am torn - I like urbanity, but this actually makes me a bit sad, the kind of development I'm seeing in St John's, particularly around county road 210.  This used to be a nice quiet 2 lane country road but now it is being completely overhauled to be a 6 lane thoroughfare/main artery from Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley to I-95.  I literally don't recognize a lot of the road from 3 or 4 years ago, it has changed that quickly.  I really wish we would build UP instead of OUT, otherwise we're not going to have any countryside retreats left to refresh us during the weekends.  And with Jacksonville, there is SO much room to fill in, this is a smaller city by comparison to other American cities, but it is spread very thinly over a very large area.  I guess this is what to expect with an automobile-based society.