If you want to know why you should be doing business in Florida, take a moment to consider the state’s trajectory.

Florida boasts the nation’s fourth-highest population growth rate over the past 15 years. That expanding population feeds the nation’s fourth-largest economy with an annual GDP of $1.3 trillion.

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Describing Florida's $1.4 trillion economy — the 15th largest in the world — economists often use words like “expansionary,” “robust,” “diversified” and “powerhouse.”