Quality of life index

By TIMES WIRES
Published April 30, 2007

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12 Number of Florida companies on this year's Fortune 500 list of the biggest companies in America

12 Number of states that are headquarters to more Fortune 500 companies than Florida, which tied with Colorado on the list

3 Number of individual cities (New York City, Houston, Atlanta) that have at least 12 Fortune 500 companies

109 Ranking of the only Tampa Bay business on this year's Fortune 500 list, Tech Data Corp. of Clearwater

$21.4-billion Tech Data's revenues in 2006

$97-million Tech Data's actual bottom-line losses in 2006

4 Number of Florida companies on Fortune's list of the best companies to work for

1 Number of Florida companies (Publix) that made both this year's Fortune 500 list and the magazine's list of the best companies to work for

$51,170 Average cash bonus given out to salaried employees at Publix, the third-highest such bonus among all of Fortune's best companies to work for

$351.1-billion Revenues in 2006 of Wal-Mart, the No. 1 company on the Fortune 500 list

$354.1-billion Gross domestic product of Sweden

252 Number of Wal-Mart supercenters, stores, distribution centers and Sam's Club stores in Florida

Compiled by Jay Cridlin.

Sources: Fortune, Wal-Mart, World Bank Group