Profiles of Florida

The second volume of the Profiles of... series, this guide is an expansion of the chapter on Florida from the publisher's Profiles of America, a four-volume reference of 42,000 places across the country. The six sections consist of profiles, education, ancestry, and weather, with special sections on the Hispanic and Asian populations, but omitting other ethnicities. The reference provides Census data on 874 places and 67 counties in categories of geography, economy, ancestry, housing, transportation, industry, education, population, health, religion, weather, and safety; school district information, rankings, and test scores; ethnic demographics and rankings; and weather stations. Profiles are alphabetical by county then city, while ancestry statistics are alphabetical by city. The volume includes 16 maps, an extensive user's guide, comparative statistics, and a place index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR