PB Post:: Florida Population decreases

About 58,000 people left the state, leaving Florida with an estimated population of 18.7 million, said Stan Smith, head of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Smith blamed the twin banes of Florida’s economy: a soaring jobless rate and a hapless housing market.

For decades, Florida was adding jobs, which lured migrants. But the state has shed jobs in the past year, and the unemployment rate has increased

Population Decrease First time since 1940's