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Florida’s surging growth in the sixties and its implications
Florida’s growth rate outpaced other large states during the 1960s with population up 37 percent and personal income up 118 percent. Wages rose 132 percent, electricity output surged 159 percent, and banking assets, building permits, and tax collections all climbed around 160 percent. Public facility expansion is needed for the seventies.
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