Capital: Tallahassee
Population: 18,089,888
Total Area: 65,795 square miles
Top Industry: Tourism

The fourth most populous state in the country, Florida is known as a warm vacation destination with miles of sandy shoreline, balmy temperatures, and beach-side resorts.  As a result, the top industry in the state is tourism and nearly 60 million tourists visit the Sunshine State every single year.

There are a number of other key industries in the state, namely agriculture, and all of them are largely dependant on the truck driving industry.  For example, nearly 75-percent of all oranges grown in the United States com from Florida; so truck drivers are needed to transport the oranges (and other economical goods).  In fact, since Florida is surrounded by the ocean on three sides, truck drivers are in high demand to transport the goods throughout Florida and to the rest of the nation.

 

Florida Transportation

Florida has approximately 1,473 miles of interstate highway. 

• Interstate 4 is located entirely within the state of Florida.  At a length of 132 miles, its runs through the central portion of the state, from Tampa on the east coast to Daytona Beach on the west.

• Interstate 10 is the southern most east and west interstate in the U.S.  It runs from California to Jacksonville, Florida, crossing through the panhandle of the state.

• Interstate 75 is a major north and south interstate that runs from Michigan all the way down to southern Florida.  I-75 runs approximately 470 miles in Florida before it crosses into the state of Georgia.

 

Major Metropolitan Areas

• Jacksonville – The largest city in Florida has a population of nearly 795,000 with an additional 1.2 million in the surrounding metro area.

• Miami – This Florida city has more than 404,000 residents and the largest metropolitan area in the entire Southeastern United States, with a population of 5.5 million.

• Tampa – The city of Tampa has a population of 333,000 and a metro area population of 2.7 million.