GLADES COUNTY EDC
Maps and Demographics
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Population, workforce, and market area
The map below shows the market area for Americas Gateway Logistics Center, the premier mega-site in Glades County, outlined in red. The beige overlay indicates the labor shed, indicating that there is a workforce population in excess of 105,000 who live within 45 minutes of the site.
| Potential Workforce (2010 Population) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Within 45 minutes: | Within 60 minutes: | ||
|
18 - 21 year-olds 22 – 49 year-olds 50 – 64 year-olds |
4,037 24,435 10,580 |
18 - 21-year-olds 22 – 49-year-olds 50 – 64 year-olds |
6,333 39,611 20,430 |
In the six county inland south Florida region alone, of the 96,255 in the labor force, nearly 23 percent are prime working age.
The majority of the population has a high school degree. While 62 percent of the labor force is employed in white collar jobs (versus 37 percent blue collar) of those, more than 10,000 are employed or under-employed in retail. Career Source Heartland, for example, reports that the top growing positions in their service area are Food Prep/Servers, Retail Sales, Farmworkers, Cashiers and Customer Service Representatives and yet reports interviewing 21.1 candidates per one available job opening.
In Glades County, we can provide grant-funded training and assistance in identifying prospective employees, allowing you to tap into that underutilized talent pipeline.
South Florida Population Projections
If You Locate in the Center of the Southern Half of Florida You Capture All of the Most Significant Consumption Market
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