Florida has strongest economy in the US

From the article:

The Sunshine State tops CNBC’s Economy rankings for a third consecutive year in 2025. Economic growth and job growth remain solidly in the top ten, state finances are strong, and the state is a leader in new business formations. Florida is a major player in international trade, but it comprises a relatively small percentage of the state’s overall economy. And only a small percentage of that international trade is with China, leaving the state in a better position than many when it comes to tariffs. Florida depends on the federal government for about 34% of its budget — and roughly two-thirds of its $34 billion Medicaid budget. That has Floridians keeping a wary eye on Washington.

Are those bolded numbers accurate? They seem higher to me than I would have guessed.

 

Good question. It would significantly improve the quality of such articles if links to the sources of such representations were embedded in these articles.

 

Guess who’s #1 ?

These are America's 10 strongest state economies best prepared for a recession

 

The economy is not great here in FL. Houses are unaffordable for most working class people and sales are way down. Older people on fixed incomes are being forced to leave the state due to insurance and condo fees etc growing out of control at a crazy pace. Many of these people even assumed things would rise up to like 8% a year but have seen their insurance and/or fees double on them in the past few years. The younger working people I know have less disposable income due to this and the crazy electricity and food inflation of the past few years. Inflation on essentials has went up way more than those comical inflation figures the govt puts out.

 

Nice to know that Florida is prepared for recession caused by Trump and his tariffs

 

DuhSantis is corrupt and at the same time we are taxed out the ying yang. Toll roads, high property taxes and insurance corruption allowed.

Florida has the most toll roads in the United States, with 29 toll roads, 8 tolled express lanes, and 13 toll bridges, totaling 734 miles. This is more than any other state, followed by Oklahoma, New York, and Pennsylvania.

I guess the state overall then makes more money off of the citizens backs.

https://floridianpress.com/2025/03/...nsurance-profit-report-raises-many-questions/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...t-it-means-for-the-desantises-future-00314289

DeSantis vetoes ‘anti-corruption’ bill that would’ve limited campaign contributions

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/...ccines-linked-to-political-donations-28923132

Maxwell: DeSantis spending orgy at Alligator Alcatraz benefits donors – Orlando Sentinel

He has taken away transparency in every corner of the government. He issues no bid contracts to his friends and he turned a blind eye to the insurance companies lying about their profits

 

Can u show some stats on this? We and all our competitors are up, as well as the pallet industry, which is a normal precursor of recessions/booms. Please help me out on this.
Rates definitely need to drop, but I don’t think anyone here in Florida is worried about a slowdown

 

horse manure

 

Are you claiming that the housing sector here isn't slowing down and that sells of existing homes are way down because sellers don't want to budge on asking prices as much as the market should be dictating now?

 

FIU Board Chair's Company Is an Alligator Alcatraz Contractor

Duart has made money hand over fist from desantis handing out contracts. I believe CDR was given a no bid contract to dispenser vaccines and monoclonal antibodies during covid. I personally worked at two locations but I did stop when they continued to push a combination of monoclonal antibodies that were proven not to work against the Omega strain. They kept doors open as long as they could well after the effectiveness had expired. Then FIU and now alligator Alcatraz.

Nothing to see here....

You dont even have to be partisan to know that politicians are corrupt grifters.....

Why defend it?

 

Yeah some of the sites she linked have a very heavy left leaning bias.

 

US States - Ranking by Population 2025

So basically the best states here are largely ranked higher based upon GDP growth, which the OP is asserting as evidence of their superiority. Not coincidently those states generally have the highest population growth.

But in the other thread I started about zero immigration leading to lower future economic growth, the response was generally “well GDP isn’t that important”.

 

A quick google search says on average states rely on the federal government for about a third of their spending.

Also the 4 most populated states get the most money. However Florida is he third most populated state but New York the fourth gets the second most federal dollars…

Which states rely the most on federal aid? | USAFacts

Nothing shocking about that really either though. Within what makes sense.

 

This was interesting to me as I love toll roads to avoid traffic and the overall idea. Granted some in Florida have lost that help (turnpike is a mess these days Orlando North if there is an issue).

That said…Florida might have the most mileage in toll roads. But it certainly is not the most expensive. Shoot it did not have one make the list for most expensive. Including bridges.

10 States Where It Costs the Most Just To Drive Through Them

 

The toll roads I use regularly save me a lot of time abd I’m more than willing to pay to use them.

if you don’t like toll roads stay the hell off them. No one makes you drive on them. To me it’s nice having a choice.

I use the Veterans and Selmon expressway in the Tampa area.

 

The 408 was supposed to only be a toll road for 5 years to help pay for it. I will take the 1-4 express at times if I'm heading to Kissimmee, it's cheap for now to get people to use it. I'm not going down 50 to get to Clermont, that's a shit show. You seriously have to use the toll roads around here. Florida is not the bargain it used to be.

 

I don’t get the I-4 expansion express lane. Though at rush hour it is probably worth it. The few times I have been around it the normal lanes ran just fine. But I love the 429 for getting to that part of town (not Disney but to cut through).

 

The probability of a recession has fallen to 40%
May 27, 2025

The recent de-escalation of trade tensions will likely reduce the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year.