State of Florida FutureCast

This is the seasonally-adjusted U3 unemployment rate for the state of Florida.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

This is the rolling 12 month job creation number, in thousands

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

data and Florida Chamber Foundation calculations. Seasonally Adjusted.

Data created by subtracting previous year’s monthly level of employment in this county from the current month. Data is not seasonally adjusted.

Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics by county, February 2021

This is the Consumer Sentiment Index for Florida, published by the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

Bureau of Economic and Business Research

Housing Starts: This is New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits: 1 Unit Structures for Florida.

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Not seasonally adjusted.

Housing Sales. Closed sales by month.

Florida Realtors.

Housing permits issued for single-family homes.

U.S. Census Bureau.

This is the amount of state sales and use taxes collected, by month, in Florida.

Florida Department of Revenue

The amount of Adjusted Gross Income Florida gains or loses each hour from people migrating into and out of the state.

How Money Walks

U.S. Census Bureau

Florida Department of Education PK-12 Education Information Portal

Percentage of registered voters that vote, by year.

Florida Division of Elections

Poll answers to the question “Is Florida Headed in the Right or Wrong Direction?”

The Florida Chamber of Commerce.

This is the total of local, state, federal and private acres of conservation land, divided by the county area in acres -- March 2021.

https://www.fnai.org/conservationlands.cfm

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, State Totals.

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the state reported quarterly from the Bureau of Economic Analysis

https://www.bea.gov/iTable/index.cfm

These are reported as an annual rate

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Industry Diversification Index: Developed by Regional Economic Research Institute at Florida Gulf Coast University.

https://www.fgcu.edu/cob/reri/idp/

Percent of employees in the county that work for businesses with less than 100 employees The Florida number is the percent of net new jobs created by businesses with less than 100 employees

U.S. Census Bureau.

This is the number of patents awarded to Floridians, by year.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Florida’s national ranking in the number of patents awarded to Floridians, by year. For 2018, the following states were ranked ahead of Florida: California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Michigan and Illinois.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

This chart shows the aggregated investment dollars and the number of deals from 1995 to 2017. The graph is also being filtered by State: Florida

PwC/NVCA MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Reuters

Florida Visitors is the annual visitor numbers of people visiting Florida from other states and other countries.

Visit Florida.

Florida Visitor Spending is the amount of spending in Tourism/Recreation Sales in $Billion.

Visit Florida

These are the dollar amounts for imports to Florida and Florida-origin Exports.

U.S. Census Bureau U.S.A. Trade Online

Top Six Importing Countries for Florida-Origin Exports

USA Trade Online, U.S. Census Bureau.

This metric shows the share of the total Florida-origin exports that go to the top 6 countries. Currently, the top 6 countries for Florida-origin exports are: Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Germany, and Argentina.

USA Trade Online

International Visitors from Top 10 Countries

Visit Florida.

Total number of international visitors to Florida by year.

Visit Florida

Number of cruise passengers moving through Florida ports per year.

Florida Ports Council

This is the real, trade-weighted value of the US dollar weighted by Florida’s trading partners. Movements up in the index indicate Florida’s dollar is getting stronger, which would put downward pressure on Florida’s exports and the number of international visitors. It would also indicate that Florida’s imports might potentially see price decreases.

Dallas Federal Reserve

The number of employees in Florida of Majority-Owned U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Companies.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

GDP Per Capita

Bureau of Economic Analysis

U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Industry & Analysis, National Travel & Tourism Office

Cyberstates 2020, The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)

PwC MoneyTree Report

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

State ranking for Florida for numbers of Manufacturing Jobs

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Manufacturing share of private jobs

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Manufacturing Percent of Private Wages

This is the percentage of Florida's GDP that is produced by Florida's Rural Area of Opportunity (RAO) Counties

Census

The Milken Institute - State Technology and Science Index

Trade Partnership

US Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics

The Florida Scorecard™ is a dynamic online tool that identifies and tracks key metrics that are important to Florida’s economy today and into the future. The Florida Scorecard gives stakeholders the power to measure progress on a statewide level and within their own communities. Check back often as this information is updated regularly.

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