High Need LEAS 2000
Public
Census
Census
Poverty
Percent
Alachua
31,896
5,059
15.86%
Baker
4,475
679
15.17%
Bay
27,386
4,648
16.97%
Bradford
4,229
779
18.42%
Brevard
83,397
9,629
11.55%
Broward
306,758
42,793
13.95%
Calhoun
2,150
467
21.72%
Charlotte
18,719
2,561
13.68%
Citrus
17,019
3,156
18.54%
Clay
32,007
2,510
7.84%
Collier
42,139
5,476
13.00%
Columbia
10,915
2,380
21.80%
Dade
417,064
95,822
22.98%
DeSoto
5,450
1,475
27.06%
Dixie 2,184
586
26.83%
Duval
156,418
22,220
14.21%
Escambia 51,105
9,988
19.54%
Flagler
8,578
1,115
13.00%
Franklin
1,468
313
21.32%
Gadsden
8,415
1,995
23.71%
Gilchrist
2,764
537
19.43%
Glades
1,741
297
17.06%
Gulf
2,134
388
18.18%
Hamilton
2,257
567
25.12%
Hardee
5,393
1,509
27.98%
Hendry
8,171
1,945
23.80%
Hernando
21,004
3,651
17.38%
Highlands
13,038
2,673
20.50%
Hillsborough
199,791
32,172
16.10%
Holmes
3,214
780
24.27%
Indian River
17,319
2,338
13.50%
Jackson
7,464
1,409
18.88%
Jefferson
2,154
430
19.96%
Lafayette 1,124
259
23.04%
Lake
37,272
5,625
15.09%
Lee
73,298
10,138
13.83%
Leon
36,634
4,850
13.24%
Levy
6,262
1,428
22.80%
Liberty
1,133
233
20.56%
Madison 3,432
738
21.50%
Manatee
44,836
6,307
14.07%
Marion
44,865
9,275
20.67%
Martin
19,319
2,139
11.07%
Monroe 9,653
1,274
13.20%
Nassau
11,184
1,147
10.26%
Okaloosa
32,518
4,113
12.65%
Okeechobee
6,869
1,428
20.79%
Orange
178,371
28,678
16.08%
Osceola
40,404
7,198
17.82%
Palm Beach
193,685
24,984
12.90%
Pasco
60,510
9,501
15.70%
Pinellas
135,911
19,354
14.24%
Polk
92,122
16,393
17.79%
Putnam
13,040
3,278
25.14%
St. Johns
24,521
1,943
7.92%
St. Lucie
36,230
6,074
16.77%
Santa Rosa
25,605
3,048
11.90%
Sarasota
43,599
4,491
10.30%
Seminole
72,493
6,800
9.38%
Sumter
7,066
1,557
22.04%
Suwannee
6,170
1,391
22.54%
Taylor
3,365
725
21.55%
Union
2,169
358
16.51%
Volusia
71,618
11,105
15.51%
Wakulla
4,603
646
14.03%
Walton
7,440
1,632
21.94%
Washington
3,721
816
21.93%
Totals
2,869,258
461,273