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Here's some general statistics about the area. Please visit our other pages for real estate, home, and business information as well as things to see and do in Southwest Florida.
COUNTY SEAT: LaBelle COUNTY SIZE: 1,153 sq. mi. PERSONS PER SQUARE MILE: 31.4 POPULATION: 1980: 18,599 1993: 28,061 2001: 36,562 % POPULATION BY AGE GROUP 0-17: 30.OO% 18-64: 57.43% 65+: 10.19%
MEDIAN VALUE OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING: $71,500
INCOME Per Capita: $13,663 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 24.1%
UTILITIES Telephone: Sprint Electric: Florida Power & Light Co., Glades Electric Coop. Natural Gas: none Water: Cities of LaBelle, Clewiston, Port LaBelle Utility System
NONFARM EMPLOYMENT Agricultural Services: 2,545 Mining: * Trade: 1,620 Trans. Public Utilities: * Manufacturing: 928 Construction: 627 Fin Ins Real Estate: 509 Services: 1,539 Government: 2,082
EDUCATION Public Schools: 10 Nonpublic Schools: 2 Higher Education: Edison Comm. College, Florida Gulf Coast Univ., Votech: Belle Glade Vo-Tech, Lee County Vo-Tech, Palm Beach Vo-Tech
HEALTH CARE Physicians: 21 General Hospitals: 1
MAJOR HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATES I-75, US 27, SR 80, SR 29 AIR SERVICE Southwest Florida Regional Airport, LaBelle Municipal Airport