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The economy of the state of Florida is the fourth-largest in the United States, with a $1.695 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2024. [1] If Florida were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank as the world's 15th-largest economy by nominal GDP according to the International Monetary Fund , ahead of Spain and behind South Korea .
In the 1959–1962 period, the poverty rate was over 20%, but declined to the all-time low of 11.1% in 1973 following the War on Poverty begun during the Lyndon Johnson presidency. [271] In June 2016, The IMF warned the United States that its high poverty rate needs to be tackled urgently. [272]
The United States Census Bureau currently conducts a comprehensive Economic Census [1] every five years. The results of this survey are tabulated according to the NAICS and provide statistics about the U.S. economy. The most recent data are from 2007. [2] The 2012 Economic Census is underway with the initial results to be available in December ...
Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida near Orlando PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port. Visitors at the beach in Naples, Florida. Tourism makes up one of the largest sectors of Florida's economy, with nearly 1.4 million people employed in the tourism industry in 2016 (a record for the state, surpassing the 1.2 million employment from 2015).
The higher birth rate was due to better employment opportunities. Many young adults in Europe delayed marriage for financial reasons, and many servants in Europe were not permitted to marry. [5]: 1–5 The population of white settlers grew from an estimated 40,000 in 1650 to 235,000 in 1700. In 1690, there were an estimated 13,000 black slaves.
A key strand of free market economic thinking is that the market's invisible hand guides an economy to prosperity more efficiently than central planning using an economic model. One reason, emphasized by Friedrich Hayek , is the claim that many of the true forces shaping the economy can never be captured in a single plan.
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The Economic Mind in American Civilization, 1606–1865 (1947) 2 vol; Eckes, Jr. Alfred E. "Opening America's Market—U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since (1995) University of North Carolina Press; Foner, Eric. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War