newbitech

Originally Posted by newbitech

I wish the educated people on this forum would drop the Florida Chamber of Commerse MEME that says "Florida is an Old People State".

I hear people talk about Florida as being "nothing but old people" and other similar type phrases that characterize the marjority of Florida's population as retirees and old people and this is just flat wrong.

If you want to get educated about Florida, and not swallow the Real Estate and Chamber of Commerce catch phrases to attract older people to this state, a good place to start is downloading this excel file from the census. http://www.census.gov/compendia/stat...es/12s0016.xls

He is some cursory research provided for you.

Median age is 40.7 which ranks 5th. Florida is NOT the state with the oldest median population!
"over 65" population ranks 2nd. Florida is NOT the state with the MOST "over 65 population!
"45-54" ranks 4th, "55-64" ranks 3rd
"55-59" ranks 4th, "60-64" ranks 3rd
"65-74" ranks 2nd
"75-84" ranks 2nd
"85+" ranks 2nd

THE ONLY category that Florida Ranks the Highest is a percentage based category!
17.3 PERCENT of the population in Florida is over 65.

What exactly does that say? Well I will tell you what it DOES NOT SAY.
It doesn't say that there are MORE old people than young people.

So what about young people in Florida?

"18-24" Ranks 4th - That is equal to the 11th (North Carolina) and 12th (Virginia) ranked states "18-24" COMBINED
"25-34" Ranks 4th - That is ALSO equal to the 11th (Michigan) and 12th (New Jersey) ranked states "25-34" COMBINED
"35-44" Ranks 4th - Ditto the above

Florida has 6.5 MILLION People "18-44" That is more than the TOTAL populations of 36 STATES!
Florida has 4 MILLION People "18-34" That is more than the TOTAL populations of 24 STATES!

As a percentage of TOTAL USA population "18-44" (5.7%), "18-34"(5.6%), "18-24"(5.7%) Ranks 4th.

Florida just 1 of 43 States that has "45+" GREATER THAN "18-44". In other words, only 7 states have "18-44" populations larger than "45+"

Yes, Florida does have a higher ratio of "45+" : "18-44" my question is...

SO WHAT? Almost every state has a higher ratio. This does not mean that the other statistics in regards to the YOUTH in this state should be ignored! That is just ludicrous!

ESPECIALLY in a campaign that touts the youth vote!

Come on people, you are smart, lose the meme and stop ostricizing the VAST majority of your peers if YOU are YOUNG and do NOT live in FLORIDA!