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Florida Population Trend Line Graph Link: https://www.datawrapper.de/_/qHvfM/ This line graph shows us the trend of the population in Florida from the years 1850-2020. Here we are able to clearly see the severe increase of population in the Miami-Dade County, with a large spike starting in the year 1880, and continuing to present day.
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Florida State Population, 1790-2000 Okaloosa County vs. Orange County Source: IPUMS NHGIS; https://www.nhgis.org/ Interesting Info on the state of Florida orlandos-fast-growth-in-a-category-all-its-own “Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole County – grew by 2.4 percent to reach a population of just above 2.5 million people. That is four times the rate of growth of the United States, and the second-fastest growth rate of the 30 largest cities in America. Part of the reason Orlando has gained so many new residents from outside the region is thanks to Florida’s overall growth and popularity as nationwide demographics continue to shift from the Northeast south into Sun Belt states and west.” History_of_Miami “When World War II began, Miami played an important role in the battle against German submarines due to its location on the southern coast of Florida. The war helped to increase Miami's population to almost half a million. After Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959, many Cubans ...