(Thousands) 
 
County 1971 1972 
Minerals produced in 1972 in order of value 
Alachua 
Bay                  
Bradford              
Brevard 
Broward 
Calhoun 
Charlotte 
Citrus                  
Clay 
 
Collier 
Dade 
Escambia              
Franklin 
Gadsden 
Gilchrist_______________ 
Gulf 
Hamilton 
Hendry 
Hernando 
Hillsborough             
Indian River 
Jackson                 
Lake                   
Lee 
Leon                   
Levy                   
Marion                 
Monroe 
Okaloosa              
Orange 
Palm Beach 
Pinellas 
Polk 
Putnam 
St. Lucie 
Santa Rosa 
Sarasota               
Sumter                 
Suwannee 
Taylor 
Walton 
Undistributed '          
W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
with "Undistributed." iThe following counties are not listed because no production
was reported: Baker, Columbia, Dc Soto, 
Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Holmes, Jefferson, Lafayette,
Liberty, Madison, Manatee, 
Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Osceola, Pasco, St. Johns, Seminole, Union, Volusia,
Wakulla, and Washington. 2 Includes value of petroleum and natural gas from
Escambia County. 
' Includes value of counties indicated by symbol W. 
4Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF FLORIDA 
 
 
Table 2.—Value of mineral production, in Florida, by county 1 
183 
 
 
 $1,596 $1,741 
 94 W 
 W W 
 W W 
 13,627 18,226 
 W W 
 W W 
 2,274 W 
 W W 
 W 5,548 
 55,022 67,982 
 W 9,079 
 4 3 
 11,803 9,563 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 -- W 
 W W 
 1,600 1,767 
 W .W 
 409 W 
 W W 
 2,634 3,205 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 1,038 W 
 W W 
 150,725 155,238 
 W 1,571 
 1,589 W 
 2W 35,625 
 -- W 
 W 7,135 
 W W 
 W W 
 W W 
 101,315 107,602 
Total4 343,731 424,287 
Stone. 
Sand and gravel. 
Natural gas liquids. 
Stone, sand and gravel. 
Stone, zircon concentrates, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. Do. 
Stone, clays, phosphate rock. 
Titanium concentrates, staurolite, clays, zircon concentrates, kyanite, rare-earth
metals. 
Stone, petroleum. 
Cement, stone, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel, clays. 
Peat, sand and gravel. 
Clays, sand and gravel. 
Phosphate rock. 
Magnesium compounds, lime. 
Phosphate rock. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas. 
Stone, lime, phosphate rock. 
Cement, sand and gravel, peat, phosphate rock. 
Sand and gravel. 
Stone, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. 
Stone, petroleum. 
Sand and gravel. 
Stone. 
Stone, clays, sand and gravel, phosphate rock. 
Stone. 
Sand and gravel. 
Peat. 
Stone. 
Stone, sand and gravel. 
Phosphate rock, sand and gravel, peat. 
Sand and gravel, clays, peat. 
Sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. 
Stone, lime, peat. 
Stone. 
Do. 
Sand and gravel. 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 3.—Indicators of Florida business activity. 
 
1971 
1972 '  
Change, 
 
 
 
percent 
Employment and labor force, annual average: 
 Total nonagricultural employment thousands.. Manufacturing do...... Mining
do...... Contract construction do...... Othernonagriculturalemployment' do...~..

Personal Income: 
2,249.2 
317.3 
9.2 
180.1 
1,742.6 
2,407.5 
334.7 
9.3 
203.9 
1,859.6 
+7.0 
+5.5 
+1.1 
+13.2 
+6.7 
   Total millions...   Per capita                                       
Construction activity:   Housing units authorized                       
             Value of nonresidential construction millions -   Highway construction
contract awards   do~....Farm marketing receipts   do......Mmeral production
value   do~..Exporttradevalue   do......Importtradevalue   do...... 
$27,611 
$3,930 
 
161,585 
$848.4 
$278.6 
$1,473.4 
$343.7 
$1,131.8 
$1,173.6 
$30,397 
$4,188 
 
282,279 
$1,190.4 
e $210.0 
$1,680.7 
$424.3 
$1,319.2 
$1,609.0 
+10.1 
+6.6 
 
+74.7 
+40.3 
—24.6 
+14.1 
+23.5 
+16.6 
+37.1 
 P Preliminary. ' Estimate. 
 ' Includes transportation and public utilities; services; wholesale and
retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and government. 
 
 Sources: Survey of Current Business; Employment and Earnings; Farm Income
Situation; Construction Review; Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment;
Roads and Streets; U.S. Bureau of Mines; and Highlights of U.S. Exports and
Imports Trade.