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Last update: March 19, 2010

Population

Population Estimate

	2000 Census	2004 Estimate	2005 ACS	2006 ACS	2009 ACS
Unincorporated	127,283	139,817	137,954	137,312
City of Punta Gorda	14,344	17,168	16,762	17,126
Charlotte County Total	141,627	156,985	154,716	154,438	156,952

Source: US Census Bureau Population Division and American Community Survey

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Charlotte County
July 2002	July 2003	July 2004	July 2005	July 2006
149,832	152,659	156,057	154,142	152,804

July 2007	July 2008	July 2009
152,479	150,060

Source: US Census Bureau Population Division, released March 2009

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Population by Age

	2008 ACS	Percent
Total	150,060	100%
Under 5	5,393	3.6%
5-9	6,955	4.6%
10-14	6,834	4.6%
15-19	6,943	4.6%
20-24	5,905	3.9%
25-34	14,793	9.9%
35-44	16,875	11.2%
45-54	20,270	13.5%
55-59	9,286	6.2%
60-64	11,835	7.9%
65-74	19,586	13.1%
75-84	18,440	12.3%
85 years and over	6,945	4.6%
Median Age	50.8

Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2008

Population by Race*
2009

	Charlotte County	Florida
White	91.3%	79.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	15.9%
Some othere race	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	21.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	86.2%	60.3%

Source: US Census Bureau QuickFacts 2009, * Does not equal 100%

Population Trends

	Population
2030 Projection	232,600
2025 Projection	219,400
2020 Projection	205,300
2015 Projection	189,500
2010 Projection	172,300
2006 Estimate	154,438
2005 Estimate	154,340
2004 Estimate	157,092
2000 Census	141,627
1990 Census	110,975
1980 Census	58,460

Source: US Census Bureau Dicennial Census and Annual Estimates and University of Florida's BEBR Florida Statistical Abstract 2006 Table 1.41(Medium Projection)

Southwest Florida Population Growth
County	2009 Population Estimate	% Growth 2006-2009
Charlotte	156,952	1.6%
Collier	318,537	1.2%
Lee	586,408	13.3%
Sarasota	369,765	.06%
Florida	18,537,969	2.8%

Source: US Census QuickFacts 2009

Exchanged Migration by Area to Charlotte County

Area	Number of In-Migrants	Number of Out-Migrants	Net In-Migration

Other FL Counties	4,897	4,578	+521
Other States	4,875	74,397	+478
Foreign Migration	75	31	+44
Total	9,847	8,806	1,043

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Source: IRS County Migration Report, 2007-2008 (latest report, next one Nov 2010)

Educational Attainment of Population

	Number	Percent
Population 18 to 24 years	8,971
Less than high school graduate		17.5%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)		49.9%
Some college or associate's degree		29.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher		2.8%
Population 25 years and over	118,466
Less than 9th grade		2.5%
To 12th grade, no diploma		9.1%
High school graduate includes equivalency		36.3%
Some college, no degree		23.4%
Associate's degree		7.8%
Bachelor's degree		13.5%
Graduate or Professional degree		7.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2006-2008

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Charlotte County Economic Development Office

18501 Murdock Circle, Suite 502

Port Charlotte, FL 33948

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