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Quality of life index

By Times staff writer
Published March 19, 2007

$31,469 Per capita income of the average Florida resident in 2004.

$3,654 Per capita income of the average Florida resident in 1969.

$31,667 Per capita income of the average Tampa Bay resident in 2004.

$3,436 Per capita income of the average Tampa Bay resident in 1969.

$31,671 Per capita income of the average Hillsborough County resident in 2004.

$25,153 Per capita income of the average Pasco County resident in 2004.

$35,607 Per capita income of the average Pinellas County resident in 2004.

8 Number of Florida counties whose residents had a higher per capita income than those in Pinellas in 2004.

$44,518 Per capita income of the average Palm Beach County resident in 2004, the highest of any county in Florida.

$14,535 Per capita income of the average Union County resident in 2004, the lowest of any county in Florida.

1983 Last year in which the per capita income of the average Pinellas County resident was as low as that of the average Union County resident.

Compiled by Jay Cridlin.

Source: University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

OVERHEARD

"Green makes you happy, and makes you smile. So I would love to do that. I would give incentives so that we would have a happy, loving caring and smiling city."

Gwen Miller, pledging her support for environmentally sound building design at a forum for City Council candidates.

"Something is going to happen and it's going to be enormous."

Ken Hagan, after he and fellow commissioners heard gloomy fiscal predictions for county government because of state tax reform.

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