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Economic Yearbook 2005 - Southwest Florida
A Housing Surge
Two kinds of workers are particularly in demand in Southwest Florida: Service sector employees and construction workers needed to meet the demand created by a housing boom.
Amy Welch Brill | 4/1/2005
POPULATION BY AGE
Years of AgeCounty0-1415-1920-3940-6465+TotalCharlotte12.2%4.8%16.2%32.434.4%163,846Collier16.6%5.2%22.2%30.5%25.5%299,632De Soto19.0%6.8%28.8%27.0%18.4%34,953Glades17.6%6.3%26.1%30.8%19.0%11,488Hardee23.1%7.2%29.4%27.0%13.3%28,504Hendry24.6%8.4%31.2%25.6%10.2%39,430Highlands15.6%5.6%19.2%27.9%31.7%93,840Lee16.6%5.6%21.2%32.1%24.5%511,439Manatee18.2%5.8%22.0%31.5%22.5%307,113Sarasota13.2%5.0%17.8%33.6%30.4%360,776FLORIDA18.7%6.6%25.1%32.5%17.1%17,612,584
