TABLE 1.02B           POPULATION SERVED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS*

Hypothesis: Budget size has some correlation to Population Served

Local Government - Population Served

Population: 4/1/2006

1

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County

1,098,924

2

City of Jacksonville

834,789

3

Unincorporated Hillsborough County

777,670

4

Unincorporated Orange County

697,666

5

Unincorporated Palm Beach County

561,330

6

City of Miami

391,355

7

Unincorporated Pasco County

382,872

8

Unincorporated Polk County

354,143

9

City of Tampa

330,886

10

Unincorporated Lee County

308,667

11

Unincorporated Collier County

287,442

12

Unincorporated Pinellas County

280,487

13

Unincorporated Marion County

256,386

14

City of St. Petersburg

254,225

15

Unincorporated Escambia County

252,859

16

Unincorporated Sarasota County

249,601

17

Unincorporated Manatee County

228,622

18

City of Hialeah

228,344

19

City of Orlando

224,055

20

Unincorporated Brevard County

213,667

21

Unincorporated Seminole County

207,594

22

City of Tallahassee

176,336

23

City of Ft. Lauderdale

175,836

24

Unincorporated Osceola County

165,627

25

Unincorporated Clay County

159,442

26

City of Cape Coral

154,499

27

City of Pembroke Pines

151,786

28

Unincorporated Lake County

151,734

29

Unincorporated Hernando County

149,676

30

Unincorporated St. Johns County

145,025

31

City of Port St. Lucie

144,159

32

Unincorporated Charlotte County

143,363

33

City of Hollywood

143,287

34

City of Coral Springs

129,615

35

Unincorporated Santa Rosa County

127,411

36

Unincorporated Citrus County

125,772

37

Unincorporated Martin County

122,940

38

City of Gainesville

120,919

39

Unincorporated Volusia County

115,720

40

Unincorporated Okaloosa County

114,483

* 409 Incorporated Places + 67 Counties = 476 Local Governments

Source:   Bureau of Economic & Business Research (BEBR)                                            http://edr.state.fl.us/population.htm                                                               r:\plan\davidm\excel\stat0708\stat102b.xls