CNNMoney.com: Best places to live 2006: Florida

Winners

Florida
Top 100 finalists
City	Population
Boca Raton	86,600
Coral Springs	128,800
Miramar	106,600
Pembroke Pines	151,700
Other cities
City	Population
Boynton Beach	66,458
Bradenton	53,806
Brandon	88,386
Cape Coral	135,031
Carol City	63,383
Clearwater	112,033
Coconut Creek	50,004
Davie	84,143
Daytona Beach	66,465
Deerfield Beach	71,601
Delray Beach	67,121
Deltona	80,171
Fort Lauderdale	163,893
Fort Myers	50,575
Fountainbleau	67,108
Gainesville	95,056
Hialeah	238,105
Hollywood	148,288
Jacksonville	790,689
Kendale Lakes	58,674
Kendall	77,523
Kissimmee	58,167
Lakeland	81,166
Largo	69,521
Lauderhill	61,075
Margate	58,811
Melbourne	75,091
Miami	378,914
Miami Beach	93,402
North Miami	60,315
Ocala	49,724
Orlando	199,817
Palm Bay	88,705
Palm Harbor	60,127
Pensacola	53,751
Plantation	90,901
Pompano Beach	83,724
Port Charlotte	49,790
Port Orange	50,006
Port St. Lucie	112,365
Sarasota	55,147
Spring Hill	81,362
St. Petersburg	243,615
Sunrise	93,117
Tallahassee	149,906
Tamarac	61,742
Tamiami	55,584
Tampa	326,593
The Hammocks	52,617
Town 'n' Country	80,309
West Palm Beach	89,905
Weston	66,230

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Pick a state
State	No. of finalists
Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	3
Arkansas	1
California	6
Colorado	4
Connecticut	2
Delaware	0
District of Columbia	0
Florida	4
Georgia	0
Hawaii	0
Idaho	1
Illinois	4
Indiana	1
Iowa	3
Kansas	3
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	1
Maryland	2
Massachusetts	1
Michigan	5
Minnesota	4
Mississippi	0
Missouri	3
Montana	0
Nebraska	2
Nevada	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	5
New Mexico	2
New York	2
North Carolina	2
North Dakota	2
Ohio	2
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	3
Pennsylvania	1
Rhode Island	2
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	1
Texas	10
Utah	3
Vermont	0
Virginia	3
Washington	1
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	4
Wyoming	0

Florida companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company	Best Companies 2006 Rank
Baptist Health Care	18
JM Family Enterprises	40
Publix Super Markets	56
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FORTUNE 500
Company	F500 rank
Publix Super Markets	104
Tech Data	107
AutoNation	115
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Biggest employers
Company	Employees
Ameriplan Eastern Division Tra	75,000
Ucf	43,000
Modern Business Associates Inc	16,000

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	Avg. high temp in July (°F)
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	Median price
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Most educated
	% residents with graduate degrees
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Most singles
	% single residents
Bloomington, IN	58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ	54.6%
College Station, TX	54.3%
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	Median age
Jacksonville, NC	22.90
Provo, UT	23.28
New Brunswick, NJ	24.16
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