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Section sizes

Section size for Florida (44 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	14,270	14,270
History	1,172	46,679
European arrival	13,345	13,345
Statehood and Indian removal	12,535	12,535
Civil War and Reconstruction	5,291	5,291
20th century	7,048	7,048
21st century	7,288	7,288
Geography	5,084	55,830
Climate	16,137	16,137
Fauna	6,343	6,343
Flora	3,849	3,849
Reef	2,929	2,929
Environmental issues	7,121	7,121
Geology	7,136	7,136
Regions	1,238	1,238
Cities and towns	5,993	5,993
Demographics	85	30,078
Population	24,466	24,466
Languages	1,888	1,888
Religion	3,639	3,639
Governance	3,963	29,379
Elections history	6,797	18,568
2000–present	11,771	11,771
Statutes	6,773	6,773
Taxation	75	75
Economy	8,239	26,158
Transportation	57	17,919
Highways	7,025	7,025
Airports	4,182	4,182
Intercity rail	2,621	2,621
Public transit	4,034	4,034
Healthcare	5,192	5,192
Architecture	4,855	4,855
Education	2,008	10,922
Primary and secondary education	5,332	5,332
Higher education	3,582	3,582
Sports	5,563	5,563
State symbols	3,791	3,791
Sister states	526	526
See also	207	207
Notes	24	24
References	11,289	11,289
Bibliography	671	671
External links	3,748	3,748
Total	249,182	249,182

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Agriculture-by-the-Numbers-2019.pdf. Florida By The Numbers (for 2019-pdf)—could be useful for [Agriculture and Fishing] section as well as [Industry] section. )

Buggy citation

There is a citation that is broken. Can someone fix it? Floating Orb (talk) 19:53, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2025

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Florida was renamed to MoonPieTown 107.123.37.6 (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Sure was. Sadly, I don't think you're going to find a preponderance of reliable sources to support the edit. PianoDan (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Land of flowers" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Land of flowers has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 4 § Land of flowers until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 17:18, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2025

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Average high and low temperatures for various Florida cities 2605:4A80:2002:2030:C1F9:5ED2:3E57:94DB (talk) 20:20, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Untamed1910 (talk) 20:39, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2025

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Replace "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" 2601:45:503:2220:F9A2:8767:D8A7:66E3 (talk) 18:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: "Gulf of Mexico" is the common name for the body of water. For more information, see Talk: Gulf of Mexico. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 18:40, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Badly written sentence

In the population section, there is a sentence: "Out of the 16.0%, 4.0% (741,879) were West Indian or Afro-Caribbean American". This is egregiously bad composition, does the 4% mean 4% of the 16%, or 4% of the total referred to by the 16%? A more skilled writer would say something like "Out of the 16.0%, one quarter (741,879) were West Indian or Afro-Caribbean American", and avoid the ambiguity.

I'd change it, but the article is (not surprisingly) edit-locked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:300:C7C0:A473:F01C:3B31:48FF (talk) 22:38, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]