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As of November 2006, there are 412 cities, towns and villages in Florida – one of which is inactive (Islandia).
The median population is 5,510.
Sixty percent of Florida's municipalities have a population of 10,000 or less.
The largest city is Jacksonville, by population (816,648) and square miles (800-plus).
The smallest cities are Marineland (population 10) and Weekie Wachee (population eight).
Cities represent 50.5 percent of the state population; 49.5 percent of the state is unincorporated.
Forty-five cities have a population of 500 or less; 19 cities have a population of 100,000 or more.
Since 1990, 23 cities have incorporated.
Source: 2005 population data from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida (www.bebr.ufl.edu/).
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