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1) St. Petersburg is the 4th
largest city in Florida with 254,225 people
2) St. Petersburg is part of the 3rd
largest market in the Southeast United States
3) St. Petersburg is part of the No. 1
Mega-Market in the Southeast
4) St. Petersburg has a comparable
cost of living to the national average
5) St. Petersburg has been recognized
as:
“Top 10 Community for
Creative Class”
Southern Business & Development 2007
“Best Community for Young
People”
America’s Promise 2006, 2007 & 2008
“Most Livable
Community”
Partners for Livable Communities 2004
“Most Livable Downtown in the
Southeast” Southern Development Magazine 2003
6) St. Petersburg’s median age
is 39.8 (has
dropped by ten years over the past 20 years)
7) St. Petersburg issued in FY 2006
permits reflecting more than $563-million of construction, almost
$10-million per city square mile.
8) St. Petersburg’s workforce
composite: 9.5% of workforce is employed in the manufacturing
industry; 12.3% is employed in the health services industry.
9) St. Petersburg has a seven-mile
long downtown waterfront park system
10) The average household
income in St. Petersburg is $54,655
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