Amazing Facts about Florida That May Surprise You

Amazing Facts about Florida That May Surprise You

Nestor Gasset and Katerina GassetInternational Properties and Investments LLC

Florida is more than just sunshine and world famous beaches.

There are 19 million residents living in Florida.

Florida farmers produce around 1 BILLION ears of sweet corn every single year!!!

That is enough for each person living in Florida to be able to eat one ear

of corn every week.

Florida produces over 300 agriculture foods.

The agricultural industry in Florida provides jobs to over 750,000 people!

Florida agriculture produces over $100

BILLION in revenue to the state each year.

That is one of the reasons the citizens of Florida benefit from NO state income tax!

Florida ranks #1 NATIONALLY for sales

of snap beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, squash and watermelons.

Florida has 47,500 commercial farms.

There are over 9.25 million acres of land being used in Florida for agriculture.

Florida ranks second in value for vegetable

production.

Florida ranks #1 for value of oranges and grapefruits and sugarcane.

Florida ranks #2 for value in strawberries and tangerines.

We also rank 7th in agriculture exports at $ 4

BILLION!

This state also ranks #2 for greenhouse and nursery product sales.

Florida produces 65% of the total U.S. citrus production and California produces 32% while

Texas and Arizona together produce the remaining 3%.

If you put all the boxes of Florida tomatoes

that Florida ships end to end in a line- it would reach from Pensacola Florida to Moscow

Russia. That is just ONE year of tomatoes.

Florida farms and ranches produce over 1.66 million head of cattle ranking 12th overall.

Florida is #1 in the entire world in phosphate

rock production. They provide 65% of the country's supply and 10% of the world's supply.

Florida ranks among the top 12 states for fresh seafood

production.

Over 93 MILLION pounds of seafood is harvested here.

Florida fishermen catch over 84% of the U.S. supply

of grouper, pompano, mullet, stone crab, pink shrimp, spiny lobster and Spanish mackerel.

Florida harvests 100% of the spiny lobster

and 97% of the stone crab.

Florida aquaculturists produce the largest variety of aquatic species over every other state.

The countries that import from Florida the most

rank in the following order:

Canada, Netherlands, Bahamas, Dominican Republic and then Panama.

Who knew???

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