TABLES 



Number Page 

 Population and Demographic Characteristics 



1 The population and percentage increase in the counties of 



Southwest Florida at 10-year intervals 4 



2 Population projections for different levels of growth i^ . . . . . 5 



3 The population of ethnic/racial minority groups 7 



4 Per capita income 9 



5 Median family income 9 



6 Percentage of the population in Southwest Florida 



in different levels of income 10 



7 Education data for number of public K-12 schools 12 



8 Adult basic education enrollment by race and age 65 and over ... 13 



9 Percentage of the different sexes and age groups in the 



labor force and rate of unemployment 14 



10 Percentage of the available work force working 



in different occupations 15 



11 Percentage unemployed 15 



12 The number of males and females employed 16 



13 Number of employees in Southwest Florida 18 



14 The number of licensed health professionals for 1980 19 



15 The number of licensed general hospitals 20 



16 The number and sales volume of wholesale and retail sal es^ . ... 21 



Transportation 



1 Annual throughput capacity for the port of Tampa 29 



2 Port of Tampa annual freight tonnage 29 



3 Forecast of export, import, and throughput general cargo 30 



4 Forecast of phosphate exports and 



petroleum imports for the port of Tampa 30 



5 Throughput capacity for the port of Manatee 31 



6 Type of public airports, number of runways, locally based 



airplanes, and aircraft operations 33 



7 Number of past and projected air carrier enpl anements 



for three major airports 37 



8 Number of aircraft operations and projections, 



among general aviation airports 38 



9 The highways in the counties and some of 



their traffic characteristics 44 



10 Average daily traffic at Florida Department of 



Transportation permanent traffic recording station 46 



11 Volume transmissions of interstate natural 



gas pipeline companies 51 



