Ft Myers

Metro area: Ft. Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs
Population: 400,542
Population growth since 1990: 19.5%
Poverty rate: 11.6%
Average annual pay: $25,267

Tampa

Metro Area: Four Counties including Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater
Population: 2,278,169
Population growth since 1990: 10.1%
Poverty rate: 16.5%
Average Annual Pay: $28,220

Mobile

Metro area: Mobile and Baldwin counties
Population: 535,382
Population growth since 1990: 12.2%
Unemployment rate: 5.2%
Poverty rate: 23.2%
Average annual pay: $25,842

Pensacola

Metro area: Escambia and Santa Rosa counties
Population: 403,384
Population growth since 1990: 17.1%
Unemployment rate: 3.5%
Poverty rate: 19%
Average annual pay: $24,854

Biloxi

Metro area: Biloxi, Gulfport and Pascagoula
Population: 353,205
Growth since 1990: 13%
Unemployment rate: 4.2%
Poverty rate: 16.8%
Average annual pay: $26,328

Galveston

Metro area: Galveston county
Population: 248,469
Population growth since 1990: 14.3%
Unemployment rate: 6.3%
Poverty rate: 15%
Average annual pay: $28,238

Corpus Christi

Metro area: Corpus Christi, San Patricio, Kleberg and Jim Wells counties
Population: 387,105
Population Growth since 1990: 10.6%
Average annual income: $21,326
Unemployment: 6.5%

Brownsville

Metro area: Brownsville, Harlingen, and South Padre Island
Population: 329,131
Growth since 1990: 26.5%
Unemployment rate: 8%
Poverty rate: 39.8%
Average annual pay: $20,962