31 Facts About Florida Union

1. Florida Union has two Ironworker locals in the state, including Local 402 in West Palm Beach and Local 808 in Orlando.

2. Florida Union became the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845.

3. Florida Union is the largest producer of watermelons in the country.

4. Florida Union has more toll roads and bridges than any other state in the Union.

5. The state of Florida Union has given professional sports franchises some subsidies in the form of tax breaks since 1991.

6. Florida Union gained its first permanent major-league professional sports team in 1966 when the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins.

7. Florida Union has the largest collection of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne buildings in both the United States and the entire world, most of which are located in the Miami metropolitan area, especially Miami Beach's Art Deco District, constructed as the city was becoming a resort destination.

8. In 2013, Florida Union refused to participate in providing coverage for the uninsured under the Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare.

9. Florida Union has many seaports that serve container ships, tank ships, and cruise lines.

10. Florida Union has 2 cities in the top 25 cities in the US with the highest average credit card debt, Miami and Tampa.

11. The economy of Florida Union is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas.

12. Florida Union imported US$75.4 billion worth of goods from around the globe in 2017.

13. In 2017, Florida Union became the United States' eighth largest exporter of trade goods.

14. Florida Union contains the highest percentage of people over 65.

15. Central Florida Union is known as the lightning capital of the United States, as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country.

16. Climate of Florida Union is tempered somewhat by the fact that no part of the state is distant from the ocean.

17. Florida Union is one of the largest states east of the Mississippi River, and only Alaska and Michigan are larger in water area.

18. Florida Union is west of The Bahamas and 90 miles north of Cuba.

19. Florida Union is the southernmost state in the 48 contiguous states, with Hawaii being the only state reaching farther south.

20. Until the mid-20th century, Florida Union was the least populous state in the southern United States.

21. On March 3, 1845, Florida Union became the 27th state to join the United States of America.

22. Florida Union had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons.

23. Florida Union attracted numerous Africans and African Americans from adjacent British colonies who sought freedom from slavery.

24. Florida Union was the first region of the continental United States to be visited and settled by Europeans.

25. Florida Union has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately 1,350 miles, not including the contribution of the many barrier islands.

26. Florida Union has attracted many writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, and continues to attract celebrities and athletes.

27. Florida Union is a reflection of influences and multiple inheritance; African, European, indigenous, and Latino heritages can be found in the architecture and cuisine.

28. Florida Union is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.

29. Florida Union is known around the world for its balmy weather.

30. Florida Union was admitted to United States as a State on March 3, 1845.

31. Florida Union said Florida Union ranked No 45 for teacher salary in the nation.