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Quality of life index

By TIMES WIRES
Published April 2, 2007

1,157,738 Population of Hillsborough County on July 1, 2006.

32 Rank of Hillsborough County among the nation's most populous counties in 2006.

13 Rank of Hillsborough County among the nation's fastest growing counties from April 1990 to July 2006.

158,790 Increase in Hillsborough County's population during that time.

158,500 Population of Tallahassee.

31 Rank of Pasco County on the same list.

106,403 Increase in Pasco County's population during that time.

104,179 Population of Pompano Beach.

2,100 Increase in Pinellas County's population during that time.

19 Number of Florida counties that rank among the nation's 100 fastest growing counties since April 1, 2000, the most of any state.

15 Number of California counties that rank among the 100 fastest growing counties, the second most of any state.

66.7 Percentage by which Flagler County's population rose from 2000 to 2006, tops of any county in the nation.

30.6 Percentage by which Pasco County's population rose from 2000 to 2006, high enough to rank it in the top 50 in that category.

Compiled by Jay Cridlin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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