Florida Trend names Martin, Indian River counties as two of state's richest

Two Treasure Coast counties are some of the state's richest, according to a state business magazine.

Martin and Indian River counties rank third and fifth, respectively, according to Florida Trend, a monthly magazine that covers business, industry, education and leisure. It is based in St. Petersburg.

Collier and Monroe counties are first and second, respectively, and Palm Beach ranks fourth.

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Florida Trend also estimates that by 2022, population growth in Martin and St. Lucie counties will outpace Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

There are more than 21 million people in Florida now, and in just a year, 430,000 moved here, up 2 percent from 2017.

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Florida Trend, created in 1958, was the nation's first regional business magazine. This week and next week, it will publish its 2018 Economic Yearbook that features an economic profile for each of Florida's six regions, Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southwest, Southeast and Miami-Dade.

Findings in the first part of "Florida's Report Card," which focuses on statewide demographics, include:

Population

State total: 21,162,207

Biggest counties

Miami-Dade (2,786,142) Broward (1,977,435) Palm Beach (1,502,518) Hillsborough (1,418,100) Orange (1,353,553)

Smallest counties

Liberty (8,631) Lafayette (8,897) Franklin (12,195) Glades (14,128) Hamilton (14,444)

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Median age

State average: 42.2

Oldest counties

Sumter (68.6) Charlotte (59.6) Citrus (57.2) Sarasota (56.3) Highlands (53.4)

Youngest counties

Leon (30) Alachua (31) Hendry (34.2) Orange (35.3) Hardee (35.3)

Per capita income

State average: $48,515

Richest counties

Collier ($85,421) Monroe ($81,211) Martin ($77,258) Palm Beach ($74,980) Indian River ($73,564)

Poorest counties

Union ($19,749) Glades ($22,246) Lafayette ($23,795) DeSoto ($24,921) Calhoun ($26,010)

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Unemployment rate

State average: 3.7 percent

Highest counties

Hendry (6.5 percent) Hardee (5.5 percent) Citrus (5.4 percent) Sumter (5 percent) Glades (4.9 percent)

Lowest counties

St. Johns (2.8 percent) Wakulla (3 percent) Monroe (3 percent) Okaloosa (3 percent) Orange and Seminole counties (tie) (3.1 percent)

Age in Florida

0-14 (15.92 percent)

15-19 (5.48 percent)

20-39 (24.59 percent)

40-64 (31.93 (percent)

65 and older (22.09 percent)

Maureen Kenyon is TCPalm's trends reporter, keeping Treasure Coast residents updated on hot topics and happenings. Do you have a story to tell? Want to start a conversation? Send an email to maureen.kenyon@tcpalm.com, call 772-221-4249 or follow her on Twitter @_MaureenKenyon_.