Population Trend Graphs and Pie Charts of Racial demographics for Florida from 2000 to 2012

The population of Florida went from 16,047,118 to 19,317,568 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 370,174. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. Florida had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 20.4 percent which was faster than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and Florida can be seen on the graph below. The graph which is logarithmic indicates that Florida's growth was much faster than the United States from the years 2000 to 2012 although in the more recent years the growth rate for Florida's population has slowed considerably due to high unemployment and weak job market for more recent years (Ostrowski, 2011). Florida's population growth for 2013 is at 1 percent (Ostrowski, 2013).

Population of Florida and the United States Annually from 2000 to 2012
Territory	7/1/2012	7/1/2011	7/1/2010	7/1/2009	7/1/2008	7/1/2007	7/1/2006	7/1/2005	7/1/2004	7/1/2003	7/1/2002	7/1/2001	7/1/2000
United States	313,914,040	311,591,917	309,330,219	307,006,550	304,374,846	301,579,895	298,593,212	295,753,151	293,045,739	290,326,418	287,803,914	285,081,556	282,171,957
Florida	19,317,568	19,057,542	18,838,613	18,537,969	18,423,878	18,277,888	18,088,505	17,783,868	17,375,259	16,981,183	16,680,309	16,353,869	16,047,118

Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2009
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (NST-EST2011-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2011

Graph of population growth trends for Florida.

The racial demographics for Florida are shown with the table and charts below that indicate there have been changes from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has decreased from 65.6 to 57.1. The percent of the black only population has increased from 14.5 to 15.9. The percent of population of hispanic / mixed has increased from 16.9% to 23.2% and other/mixed races have increased from 2.9% to 3.8%.

Population by Race for Florida
Race	July 1, 2000	% of Total	July 1, 2012	% of Total
White Only	10,526,083	65.6	11,249,848	57.1
Black Only	2,333,824	14.5	3,136,157	15.9
Hispanic* / Mixed	2,717,081	16.9	4,570,972	23.2
Other / Mixed Non-Hispanic	470,527	2.9	753,212	3.8
Total Races with Hispanic*	16,047,515**	100.00	19,710,189**	100.0

*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity.
**Note the slight difference of the population used in race chart from population chart above. Totals were taken from U.S. Census bureau which contained differences between it's total population table for the states and population totals for the state with the breakdown of the races.

Representative pie charts for the different racial demographics of the Florida for it's population.

2000 Pie chart for the population of the different races for Florida. Breakdown of races for Florida as of July 1, 2012.

References:

Ostrowski, J., 2013, Florida population growth at 1 percent, UF says, Palm Beach Post, http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/realtime/2013/08/05/florida-population-growth-at-1-percent-uf-says/

Ostrowski, J., 2011, Florida population growth slows with economy, pick up coming, Palm Beach Post, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-06-17/business/fl-florida-population-growth-20110616_1_population-growth-job-seekers-florida

Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html

List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

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