Jacksonville

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Jacksonville Louisvilledemographic and
economic comparisons

• Paul Coomes, Ph.D.
• Professor of Economics, and
• National City Research Fellow
• And
• Margaret Maginnis
• University of Louisville
• GLIDE to Jacksonville
• September 3, 2004

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Topics Today

• Jacksonville and metro area
• Population and growth
• Economic structure
• Human capital measures
• Tax climate

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Component counties of Jacksonville MSA
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Demographic/Economic Comparison

• Louisville and Jacksonville fairly similar at
  first blush size, age, education, income,
  housing, colleges
• but Jacksonville growing three times as fast
• Louisville much stronger in manufacturing
• Jacksonville stronger in professional services,
  headquarters

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Pretty similar, except for Jacksonvilles much
higher growth rate.
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Education Measures

• Louisville stands out in doctoral, professional,
  and masters degree production
• Jacksonville stands out in associate degree
  production
• Louisville much more active in research, due to
  medical school, B4B

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College Enrollees, 2000 Census (by place of
residence) Jacksonville MSA 58,856 Louisville
MSA 50,942
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College Degrees Granted, by Institutions in Each
MSA
Source US Department of Education, IPEDS
database.
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Source US Department of Education, IPEDS
database.
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Source US Department of Education, IPEDS
database.
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Source US Department of Education, IPEDS
database.
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Source US Department of Education, IPEDS
database.
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University of North Florida had less than 1
million in NIH Funding.
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Tax Climate
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for research reports, see http//monitor.louisvil
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