Is the job market that bad and is there really a land/housing crisis?

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There were 68,468 households out of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.2% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.8% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.97. The median income for a household in the county was $41,691, and the median income for a family was $50,531. Males had a median income of $36,741 versus $28,529 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,170. About 8.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those ages 65 or over.

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for Miami-Dade County of $45,200:

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In July, area’s median price for was $380,400, a 1 percent dip from the previous year, according to the Florida Association of Realtors.

source (http://www.floridahomeloan.com/2006/08/home-prices-finally-fall-in-broward.html - broken link)

In Miami-Dade, single-family home sales were more than cut in half for the month, dropping 53 percent from September 2006. Condo sales were similarly off 47 percent. Home prices were mostly flat at $372,300, and median condo prices rose 2 percent to $275,000.

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2006 median income data for broward

#21 Median Household Income $46,673

#22 Median Family Income $55,151 #23

Per Capita Income $26,281

source (http://www.broward.org/planningservices/quickfacts.htm - broken link)

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The 1st is based off of outdated data. Unfortunate that we lead the nation in new HIV/AIDs cases.