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Greater Orlando

January 09, 2023

The Orlando metropolitan area, commonly referred to as Greater Orlando, Metro Orlando, Central Florida as well as for U.S. Census purposes as the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida.[2] Its principal cities are Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford.[2] The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines it as consisting of the counties of Lake, Orange (including Orlando), Osceola, and Seminole.[2]

Greater Orlando
Metropolitan statistical area
Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
Orlando skyline
Dark red shows counties with lots of suburbs; light red shows counties with few suburbs
Coordinates: 28°32′N 81°23′W / 28.54°N 81.38°W / 28.54; -81.38
CountryUnited States
State(s)Florida
Largest cityOrlando
Other citiesKissimmee
Sanford
Saint Cloud
Winter Garden
Daytona Beach
Winter Park
Windermere
Apopka
Ocoee
Casselberry
Oviedo
Clermont
Winter Springs
Altamonte Springs
Lake Mary
Leesburg
Bay Lake
Lake Buena Vista
Area
 • Total4,012 sq mi (10,390 km2)
Highest elevation
Sugarloaf Mountain
312 ft (95 m)
Lowest elevation
Sea level
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,673,376[1]
 • Rank22nd in the U.S.

According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Greater Orlando is 2,673,376, an increase of nearly 540,000 new residents between 2010 and 2020.

By population, it is the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida, the seventh-largest in the southeastern United States, and the 23rd largest in the United States. The MSA encompasses 4,012 square miles (10,400 km2) of total area (both land and water areas).

The Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford MSA is further listed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as part of the Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona, Florida Combined Statistical Area. This includes the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (Volusia and Flagler counties) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (Polk County), as well as the micropolitan areas of The Villages (Sumter County) and Wauchula (Hardee County).[3][2][4] As of the 2010 census, the Combined Statistical Area population was 3,447,946, with a 2018 estimate at 4,096,575.[3]

Cities

Principal cities

 
Greater Orlando urban area
Historical populations for Orange County
Census Pop. %±
190011,374—
191019,10768.0%
192019,8904.1%
193049,737150.1%
194070,07440.9%
1950114,95064.0%
1960263,540129.3%
1970344,31130.6%
1980471,01636.8%
1990677,49143.8%
2000896,34432.3%
20101,145,96527.8%
20201,429,90824.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]
1900–1990[6]
1990–2000[7]

Principal cities (sometimes called primary cities) are defined by the OMB based on population size and employment. In general, a principal city has more non-residents commuting into the city to work than residents commuting out of the city to work.[8]

Suburbs with more than 10,000 inhabitants

Suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

County 2021 Estimate 2020 Census Change Area Density
Orange County 1,422,746 1,429,908 −0.50% 903.43 sq mi (2,339.9 km2) 1,575/sq mi (608/km2)
Seminole County 478,093 470,856 +1.54% 309.22 sq mi (800.9 km2) 1,520/sq mi (587/km2)
Osceola County 403,282 388,656 +3.76% 1,327.45 sq mi (3,438.1 km2) 304/sq mi (117/km2)
Lake County 395,804 383,956 +3.09% 938.38 sq mi (2,430.4 km2) 422/sq mi (163/km2)
Total 2,691,925 2,673,376 +0.69% 3,478.48 sq mi (9,009.2 km2) 774/sq mi (299/km2)

Economy

See also: List of amusement parks in Central Florida and List of tourist attractions in Greater Orlando

Greater Orlando is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world thanks to the many theme parks in the area. Famous attractions include Walt Disney World, SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Orlando. Millions of tourists visit these and other attractions every year.

In 2015, the Orlando area attracted 68 million people.[10]

The citrus industry historically dominated the Orlando area economy, but has declined over the past 100 years. The Christmas 1989 impact freeze proved particularly damaging to commercial citrus farming within Greater Orlando.[11] There are still three major orange juice plants remaining in the area: Cutrale Citrus Juices in Leesburg; Florida's Natural Growers in Umatilla; and Silver Springs Citrus in Howey-in-the-Hills. Minute Maid maintains a major juice flavoring plant in Apopka.

Other agricultural pursuits, particularly cattle farming, remain important parts of the Central Florida economy, but are now all located on the outer fringes of the metro area. Orlando is also a major food processing center.

Metro Orlando has served as a major military defense and aerospace center since World War II. The most prominent defense contractor in the area is Lockheed Martin, which operates both a laboratory and a manufacturing facility in Orlando. Military presence began in the 1940s, with the opening of McCoy Air Force Base and the Orlando Naval Training Center.

McCoy AFB was a major hub of B-52 Stratofortress operations. McCoy AFB was split between the city and NTC Orlando in 1974, and NTC Orlando closed in the mid-1990s. McCoy AFB is now the location of the Orlando International Airport. Farther north in Sanford, the Orlando Sanford International Airport was originally Naval Air Station Sanford.

Metro Orlando's economy has greatly diversified from tourism, and the area is now considered a primary city for the modeling, simulation and training (MS&T) industry.[12] The University of Central Florida is home to more than 60,000 students, the second largest public university campus by enrollment,[13] and established the UCF College of Medicine in 2006. The Central Florida Research Park is the seventh largest research park in the United States by number of employees, and fourth largest by number of companies.[14] In addition to having a Lockheed Martin branch, it also hosts other major hi-tech companies such as Oracle Corporation, Electronic Arts, and Siemens.

Orlando is targeting the biotechnology and life sciences industries, with major new projects clustering in the Lake Nona Medical City. In addition to the UCF College of Medicine, a VA Hospital, a Sanford-Burnham Institute research center[when?] and a Nemours Foundation children's hospital are being constructed.[when?]

Industry

Tavistock Group, an investment firm that held 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) of land immediately southeast of Orlando International Airport began formulating new possibilities for its land use after the decline in tourism to the state. Tavistock decided to use part of the land to establish a bio-sciences cluster.

In 2005, the state of Florida along with Tavistock Group and the University of Central Florida agreed that Tavistock would donate 50 acres (20 ha) and $12.5 million (which the state would match for a total of $25 Million) to start the UCF College of Medicine and the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. The UCF College of Medicine won approval from the State Board of Governors in 2006. That decision was key to attracting Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute to Central Florida. Tavistock then donated another 50 acres (20 ha) and $17.5 million to Sanford-Burnham which allowed Sanford-Burnham's East Coast expansion.

In February and March 2007 respectively, Nemours and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announced Lake Nona as the site of two new hospitals.[citation needed] Other prospective tenants of the Lake Nona Medical City included MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, the University of Florida research center, and Valencia Community College.[citation needed] It was determined in 2008 from a study done by Arduin, Laffer and Moore Econometrics that the Lake Nona Medical City cluster has in two years reached 80% of the Milken Numbers which were based on the commitments made by the economic development statements. The study then released new projections for the 10-year period which included 30,000 jobs created and a $7.6 billion economic impact.[15]

In January 2020, KPMG completed construction of a $450 million, 55 acre, state-of-the-art training facility in the Lake Nona region of the Greater Orlando area.[16] The site hosts KPMG professionals for training from across the United States, and provides direct shuttles from Orlando International Airport to the training facility. Only the firm's employees are permitted on the grounds.

Transportation

Roads and freeways

Limited-access highways in Greater Orlando include:

The Beachline, Central Florida GreeneWay, East-West Expressway and Western Expressway are all run by the Central Florida Expressway Authority. Florida's Turnpike and portions of tollways not inside Orange County are run by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, a special district of the Florida Department of Transportation.

Major surface highways include US 17, US 92 and US 441 (which overlap through Orlando as Orange Blossom Trail), US 27 (Claude Pepper Highway), US 192 (Irlo Bronson Highway), SR 50 (Colonial Drive and Cheney Highway), John Young Parkway, and International Drive.

Transit systems

Bus transportation in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties is provided by LYNX. LYNX operates 88 routes as of January 28, 2019. LYNX provides service on local, limited-stop (FastLink), and neighborhood, on-demand circulator routes (NeighborLink).

Lynx had express routes into Clermont and Volusia County, but these were eliminated in 2014 due to the opening of SunRail. Volusia County is primarily served locally by Votran and Lake County is primarily served locally by LakeXpress.

The SunRail opened for operation in 2014 and the second phase expansion into Osceola County opened on July 30, 2018, with terminal stations at Poinciana and DeBary. Studies are being conducted to extend SunRail to Orlando International Airport (OIA) and Deland.

Rail

SunRail (formerly referred to as Central Florida Commuter Rail) is a commuter rail system in the Greater Orlando, Florida area, linking Poinciana to DeBary through Downtown Orlando. Phase 1 opened in May 2014, and ran between DeBary and Sand Lake Station. Phase II opened in July 2018 and extended to Poinciana through Osceola County with the addition of four new stations.

Church Street Station, once a stop along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, has since been redeveloped as an urban night life center, while the station itself will serve as Downtown Orlando's centerpiece SunRail stop.

Amtrak serves stations in the area in Kissimmee, Orlando, Winter Park, Sanford and DeLand. The Sanford station is the southern terminus for the Auto Train, which transports people and their vehicles, without intermediate station stops, directly to Washington, D.C., via Lorton, Virginia.

The other stations are served by the Silver Meteor and Silver Star, which both travel to New York City. The difference between the two lines is their paths through the states of South Carolina and North Carolina: Silver Meteor takes a coastal route through Charleston, South Carolina, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, while Silver Star moves inland through Columbia, South Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Orlando was eastern terminus of the Amtrak Sunset Limited, until damage to train bridges caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 halted service east of New Orleans. As of April 2017, restoration of Amtrak service from New Orleans to Orlando appears to be unlikely.[17]

Orlando is usually named as the initial focus of plans for a Florida High Speed Rail system in which the majority of its residents had supported, but 2.4 billion dollars of federal funding for this new system were refused by Governor Rick Scott of Florida after taking office in January 2011. Scott said that Florida taxpayers would be stuck with paying for expected large cost overruns if the rail system were built.[18]

Orlando will be served by Brightline at Orlando International Airport's new intermodal terminal. Current service runs from Miami to West Palm Beach, with construction to Orlando to begin in March 2019. In addition, an extension of Brightline to Tampa is also proposed.

Airports

The primary major airports of the area are Orlando International Airport, at SR 528 Exit 11/SR 417 Exit 17, and Orlando Sanford International Airport, at SR 417 Exit 49.

Orlando International (MCO) is a focus city of JetBlue and Southwest Airlines. AirTran Airways was headquartered in Orlando and had a major hub in Orlando but it was merged into Southwest. JetBlue also has a training facility known as JetBlue University, and is the main training center for JetBlue’s pilots, inflight crew, plus support training for its technical operations and customer service crew. JetBlue also provides general aircraft maintenance and LiveTV installation and maintenance in Orlando.

Orlando Sanford International (SFB) is generally served by charter flights from Europe, though it is also a hub for national small-city carrier Allegiant Air and home to Delta Connection Academy, a pilot training school.

In the Combined Statistical Area, Daytona Beach International Airport and Leesburg International Airport also serves the area, and is used by many tourists seeking to directly connect to Daytona Beach's many local offerings, such as Daytona Beach Bike Week, Speedweeks and Spring Break. It is located so its runways cradle Daytona International Speedway, making it convenient for some fans to arrive in Daytona, watch the Daytona 500 or Coke Zero 400, and then return home the same day. Daytona Beach International also serves as the main airport for pilot training at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Municipal airports in the region include Orlando Executive Airport, Kissimmee Gateway Airport, Ormond Beach Municipal Airport and DeLand Municipal Airport.

Culture

Orlando Chinatown

A Chinatown (Chinese: 奥兰多唐人街; pinyin: Àolánduō táng rén jiē) as of 2002 at 5060 West Colonial Drive (located outside city limits). According to the West Orlando News, the Chinatown features a monument of Sun Yat Sen, a donation from his granddaughter Dr. Lily Sun who unveiled it on the 87th anniversary of his death in 2012, making this the first commercial location to hold such a monument.[19] In March 2013, a paifang was unveiled at the entrance to the Chinatown plaza, "... helping legitimize the plaza as a center for Chinese commerce."[20] The Chinatown features an eclectic blend of Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and Indian cultures through its numerous pan-Asian businesses.[21][22]

According to an article by the Orlando Weekly, the location of Orlando's Chinatown was once the Westside Crossing Plaza, which was a Walmart shopping center with a Publix supermarket. In 2003, the old shopping center was converted to house "... 60 pan-Asian businesses and restaurants." Financing for the project came from Chinese investors.[23]

The Orlando Sentinel further states that "... by retrofitting the mostly vacant strip center, which includes a former Wal-Mart discount store and Publix supermarket, a group of out-of-state Chinese investors are hoping to draw more than 60 Asian-owned businesses to the site by the end of the year. " The article states that this is "... creating what the project's developers are calling the region's first Chinatown." The amenities include bakeries, restaurants, and an Asian grocery store. So the article further elaborates by saying "... finally, there's a place to buy cuttlefish and black chicken."[24]

Since the project was a success, its report on its conceptualization and development is used as a reference for the real estate and tourism industries.[25]

Media

The primary newspaper of the area is the daily Orlando Sentinel, owned by Tribune Company. It was created as the Orlando Sentinel-Star in 1973 when the Orlando Morning Sentinel and the Orlando Evening Star were merged. It dropped "Star" from the name in 1982. It is also served by various weekly and semi-weekly papers, including Orlando Weekly, The West Orange Times, The East Orlando Sun and the Osceola News-Gazette in Kissimmee.

The extended area is also covered by The Daytona Beach News-Journal and Florida Today.

Greater Orlando makes up a large portion of the "Orlando–Ocala–Daytona Beach, FL" DMA, which ranks No. 19 in size with 1,466,420 households in 2007–08 according to Nielsen Media Research.[26]

All six major broadcast networks are represented in Orlando with their own channels. WESH brought NBC to Orlando when it moved its main operations from Daytona Beach to Eatonville in 1991.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census".
  2. ^ a b c d "OMB Bulletin No. 10-02: Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. December 1, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2010 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ a b "OMB Bulletin No. 18-04:Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. September 14, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses, page 114
  5. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  6. ^ . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "Population Change for Counties in the United States and Municipios in Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010". US Census Bureau. September 2011. from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Census Bureau Geographic Concepts – retrieved July 2, 2009
  9. ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder2.census.gov. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  10. ^ Pedicini, Sandra. "Visit Orlando: Record 68 million people visited last year". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Timeline of Major Florida Freezes - Florida Citrus Mutual". flcitrusmutual.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-04-27.
  13. ^ "Freshman Class Sets New Records, Fall Enrollment May Top 60,000". UCF News - University of Central Florida Articles - Orlando, FL News. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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  15. ^ . City of Orlando. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  16. ^ "KPMG opens Lakehouse campus in Orlando". 14 January 2020.
  17. ^ MacCash, Doug (April 1, 2017). "Return of an Amtrak train to Orlando in further doubt". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  18. ^ Peltier, Michael (February 16, 2011). "Florida governor slams brakes on high-speed rail". Reuters. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-02-02.
  20. ^ http://www.thedailycity.com/2013/04/orlandos-chinatown-just-got-bit-more.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ^ "Orlando China Town - Best Shopping & Doing Business". orlandochinatown.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
  23. ^ "First comes 1st in new Chinatown".
  24. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  25. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-05-26.
  26. ^ . nielsenmedia.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

External links

  • The Orlando Travel & Visitors Bureau
  • The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • Orlando Welcome Center

Coordinates: 28°32′24″N 81°22′48″W / 28.54000°N 81.38000°W / 28.54000; -81.38000

January 09, 2023
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The Orlando metropolitan area commonly referred to as Greater Orlando Metro Orlando Central Florida as well as for U S Census purposes as the Orlando Kissimmee Sanford Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U S state of Florida 2 Its principal cities are Orlando Kissimmee and Sanford 2 The U S Office of Management and Budget defines it as consisting of the counties of Lake Orange including Orlando Osceola and Seminole 2 Greater OrlandoMetropolitan statistical areaOrlando Kissimmee Sanford Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaOrlando skylineDark red shows counties with lots of suburbs light red shows counties with few suburbsCoordinates 28 32 N 81 23 W 28 54 N 81 38 W 28 54 81 38CountryUnited StatesState s FloridaLargest cityOrlandoOther citiesKissimmeeSanfordSaint CloudWinter GardenDaytona BeachWinter ParkWindermereApopkaOcoeeCasselberryOviedoClermontWinter SpringsAltamonte SpringsLake Mary LeesburgBay LakeLake Buena VistaArea Total4 012 sq mi 10 390 km2 Highest elevationSugarloaf Mountain312 ft 95 m Lowest elevationSea level0 ft 0 m Population 2020 Total2 673 376 1 Rank22nd in the U S According to the 2020 U S Census the population of Greater Orlando is 2 673 376 an increase of nearly 540 000 new residents between 2010 and 2020 By population it is the third largest metropolitan area in Florida the seventh largest in the southeastern United States and the 23rd largest in the United States The MSA encompasses 4 012 square miles 10 400 km2 of total area both land and water areas The Orlando Kissimmee Sanford MSA is further listed by the U S Office of Management and Budget as part of the Orlando Lakeland Deltona Florida Combined Statistical Area This includes the Deltona Daytona Beach Ormond Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area Volusia and Flagler counties and Lakeland Winter Haven FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Polk County as well as the micropolitan areas of The Villages Sumter County and Wauchula Hardee County 3 2 4 As of the 2010 census the Combined Statistical Area population was 3 447 946 with a 2018 estimate at 4 096 575 3 Contents 1 Cities 1 1 Principal cities 1 2 Suburbs with more than 10 000 inhabitants 1 3 Suburbs with fewer than 10 000 inhabitants 2 Economy 2 1 Industry 3 Transportation 3 1 Roads and freeways 3 2 Transit systems 3 3 Rail 3 4 Airports 4 Culture 4 1 Orlando Chinatown 5 Media 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCities EditPrincipal cities Edit Greater Orlando urban area Historical populations for Orange CountyCensus Pop 190011 374 191019 10768 0 192019 8904 1 193049 737150 1 194070 07440 9 1950114 95064 0 1960263 540129 3 1970344 31130 6 1980471 01636 8 1990677 49143 8 2000896 34432 3 20101 145 96527 8 20201 429 90824 8 U S Decennial Census 5 1900 1990 6 1990 2000 7 Principal cities sometimes called primary cities are defined by the OMB based on population size and employment In general a principal city has more non residents commuting into the city to work than residents commuting out of the city to work 8 Orlando pop 307 573 Kissimmee pop 59 682 Sanford pop 53 570 9 Suburbs with more than 10 000 inhabitants Edit Alafaya Altamonte Springs Apopka Azalea Park Buenaventura Lakes Casselberry Clermont Celebration Conway Daytona Beach DeBary Deland Deltona Doctor Phillips Eustis Fairview Shores Four Corners Goldenrod Horizon West Hunter s Creek Lake Butler Lake Mary Lockhart Longwood Maitland Meadow Woods Mount Dora Oak Ridge Ocoee Ormond Beach Oviedo Pine Castle Pine Hills Poinciana Saint Cloud Southchase Tavares University Wekiva Springs Winter Garden Winter Park Winter Springs Suburbs with fewer than 10 000 inhabitants Edit Bay Lake Bay Hill Bithlo Belle Isle Campbell Chuluota Eatonville Edgewood Ferndale Fern Park Geneva Gotha Groveland Heathrow Holden Heights Lake Buena Vista Lake Hart Midway Minneola Montverde Mount Plymouth Oakland Okahumpka Orlo Vista Paradise Heights Sky Lake Sorrento South Apopka Taft Tangelo Park Tangerine Tildenville Union Park Vineland Wedgefield Williamsburg Windermere Zellwood County 2021 Estimate 2020 Census Change Area DensityOrange County 1 422 746 1 429 908 0 50 903 43 sq mi 2 339 9 km2 1 575 sq mi 608 km2 Seminole County 478 093 470 856 1 54 309 22 sq mi 800 9 km2 1 520 sq mi 587 km2 Osceola County 403 282 388 656 3 76 1 327 45 sq mi 3 438 1 km2 304 sq mi 117 km2 Lake County 395 804 383 956 3 09 938 38 sq mi 2 430 4 km2 422 sq mi 163 km2 Total 2 691 925 2 673 376 0 69 3 478 48 sq mi 9 009 2 km2 774 sq mi 299 km2 Economy EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also List of amusement parks in Central Florida and List of tourist attractions in Greater Orlando Greater Orlando is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world thanks to the many theme parks in the area Famous attractions include Walt Disney World SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Orlando Millions of tourists visit these and other attractions every year In 2015 the Orlando area attracted 68 million people 10 The citrus industry historically dominated the Orlando area economy but has declined over the past 100 years The Christmas 1989 impact freeze proved particularly damaging to commercial citrus farming within Greater Orlando 11 There are still three major orange juice plants remaining in the area Cutrale Citrus Juices in Leesburg Florida s Natural Growers in Umatilla and Silver Springs Citrus in Howey in the Hills Minute Maid maintains a major juice flavoring plant in Apopka Other agricultural pursuits particularly cattle farming remain important parts of the Central Florida economy but are now all located on the outer fringes of the metro area Orlando is also a major food processing center Metro Orlando has served as a major military defense and aerospace center since World War II The most prominent defense contractor in the area is Lockheed Martin which operates both a laboratory and a manufacturing facility in Orlando Military presence began in the 1940s with the opening of McCoy Air Force Base and the Orlando Naval Training Center McCoy AFB was a major hub of B 52 Stratofortress operations McCoy AFB was split between the city and NTC Orlando in 1974 and NTC Orlando closed in the mid 1990s McCoy AFB is now the location of the Orlando International Airport Farther north in Sanford the Orlando Sanford International Airport was originally Naval Air Station Sanford Metro Orlando s economy has greatly diversified from tourism and the area is now considered a primary city for the modeling simulation and training MS amp T industry 12 The University of Central Florida is home to more than 60 000 students the second largest public university campus by enrollment 13 and established the UCF College of Medicine in 2006 The Central Florida Research Park is the seventh largest research park in the United States by number of employees and fourth largest by number of companies 14 In addition to having a Lockheed Martin branch it also hosts other major hi tech companies such as Oracle Corporation Electronic Arts and Siemens Orlando is targeting the biotechnology and life sciences industries with major new projects clustering in the Lake Nona Medical City In addition to the UCF College of Medicine a VA Hospital a Sanford Burnham Institute research center when and a Nemours Foundation children s hospital are being constructed when Industry Edit Tavistock Group an investment firm that held 7 000 acres 2 800 ha of land immediately southeast of Orlando International Airport began formulating new possibilities for its land use after the decline in tourism to the state Tavistock decided to use part of the land to establish a bio sciences cluster In 2005 the state of Florida along with Tavistock Group and the University of Central Florida agreed that Tavistock would donate 50 acres 20 ha and 12 5 million which the state would match for a total of 25 Million to start the UCF College of Medicine and the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences The UCF College of Medicine won approval from the State Board of Governors in 2006 That decision was key to attracting Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute to Central Florida Tavistock then donated another 50 acres 20 ha and 17 5 million to Sanford Burnham which allowed Sanford Burnham s East Coast expansion In February and March 2007 respectively Nemours and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announced Lake Nona as the site of two new hospitals citation needed Other prospective tenants of the Lake Nona Medical City included MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando the University of Florida research center and Valencia Community College citation needed It was determined in 2008 from a study done by Arduin Laffer and Moore Econometrics that the Lake Nona Medical City cluster has in two years reached 80 of the Milken Numbers which were based on the commitments made by the economic development statements The study then released new projections for the 10 year period which included 30 000 jobs created and a 7 6 billion economic impact 15 In January 2020 KPMG completed construction of a 450 million 55 acre state of the art training facility in the Lake Nona region of the Greater Orlando area 16 The site hosts KPMG professionals for training from across the United States and provides direct shuttles from Orlando International Airport to the training facility Only the firm s employees are permitted on the grounds Transportation EditRoads and freeways Edit Limited access highways in Greater Orlando include Florida s Turnpike which heads southeast to the Treasure Coast and South Florida as well as northwest to connect to Interstate 75 south of Ocala Interstate 4 which meets Florida s Turnpike near the Universal Orlando Resort heads north through the Orlando area to Daytona Beach and southwest to Lakeland and Tampa the only entirely non tolled freeway in the area Interstate 95 Crosses Brevard County and Volusia County running south connecting Treasure Coast amp Miami Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach and North connecting Jacksonville St Marys Palatka amp Georgia The Beachline Formerly Bee Line Expressway SR 528 which meets I 4 near SeaWorld and connects to the Orlando International Airport Space Coast Cape Canaveral and the John F Kennedy Space Center The Central Florida GreeneWay SR 417 which passes around the edge of the eastern half of the area as a beltway and connects to both Orlando International Airport and Orlando Sanford International Airport The East West Expressway SR 408 which crosses the area from west where it connects to Florida s Turnpike to east where it connects to Colonial Drive south of University of Central Florida passing through downtown Orlando where it connects to Interstate 4 The Western Expressway SR 429 which is partially completed will eventually serve as a beltway in the western half of the area connecting to Interstate 4 on both ends from Sanford in the north through Apopka and Ocoee and around the west side of Walt Disney World to connect southwest of Kissimmee The Apopka Bypass SR 414 is a partial tollway beginning at US 441 Orange Blossom Trail west of Apopka to Maitland Blvd at US 441 south of Apopka From there the road continues as Maitland Blvd but is a surface road The spur west of Apopka will eventually run north to begin the Wekiva Expressway The Beachline Central Florida GreeneWay East West Expressway and Western Expressway are all run by the Central Florida Expressway Authority Florida s Turnpike and portions of tollways not inside Orange County are run by Florida s Turnpike Enterprise a special district of the Florida Department of Transportation Major surface highways include US 17 US 92 and US 441 which overlap through Orlando as Orange Blossom Trail US 27 Claude Pepper Highway US 192 Irlo Bronson Highway SR 50 Colonial Drive and Cheney Highway John Young Parkway and International Drive Transit systems Edit Bus transportation in Orange Osceola and Seminole counties is provided by LYNX LYNX operates 88 routes as of January 28 2019 LYNX provides service on local limited stop FastLink and neighborhood on demand circulator routes NeighborLink Lynx had express routes into Clermont and Volusia County but these were eliminated in 2014 due to the opening of SunRail Volusia County is primarily served locally by Votran and Lake County is primarily served locally by LakeXpress The SunRail opened for operation in 2014 and the second phase expansion into Osceola County opened on July 30 2018 with terminal stations at Poinciana and DeBary Studies are being conducted to extend SunRail to Orlando International Airport OIA and Deland Rail Edit SunRail formerly referred to as Central Florida Commuter Rail is a commuter rail system in the Greater Orlando Florida area linking Poinciana to DeBary through Downtown Orlando Phase 1 opened in May 2014 and ran between DeBary and Sand Lake Station Phase II opened in July 2018 and extended to Poinciana through Osceola County with the addition of four new stations Church Street Station once a stop along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has since been redeveloped as an urban night life center while the station itself will serve as Downtown Orlando s centerpiece SunRail stop Amtrak serves stations in the area in Kissimmee Orlando Winter Park Sanford and DeLand The Sanford station is the southern terminus for the Auto Train which transports people and their vehicles without intermediate station stops directly to Washington D C via Lorton Virginia The other stations are served by the Silver Meteor and Silver Star which both travel to New York City The difference between the two lines is their paths through the states of South Carolina and North Carolina Silver Meteor takes a coastal route through Charleston South Carolina and Fayetteville North Carolina while Silver Star moves inland through Columbia South Carolina and Raleigh North Carolina Orlando was eastern terminus of the Amtrak Sunset Limited until damage to train bridges caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 halted service east of New Orleans As of April 2017 update restoration of Amtrak service from New Orleans to Orlando appears to be unlikely 17 Orlando is usually named as the initial focus of plans for a Florida High Speed Rail system in which the majority of its residents had supported but 2 4 billion dollars of federal funding for this new system were refused by Governor Rick Scott of Florida after taking office in January 2011 Scott said that Florida taxpayers would be stuck with paying for expected large cost overruns if the rail system were built 18 Orlando will be served by Brightline at Orlando International Airport s new intermodal terminal Current service runs from Miami to West Palm Beach with construction to Orlando to begin in March 2019 In addition an extension of Brightline to Tampa is also proposed Airports Edit The primary major airports of the area are Orlando International Airport at SR 528 Exit 11 SR 417 Exit 17 and Orlando Sanford International Airport at SR 417 Exit 49 Orlando International MCO is a focus city of JetBlue and Southwest Airlines AirTran Airways was headquartered in Orlando and had a major hub in Orlando but it was merged into Southwest JetBlue also has a training facility known as JetBlue University and is the main training center for JetBlue s pilots inflight crew plus support training for its technical operations and customer service crew JetBlue also provides general aircraft maintenance and LiveTV installation and maintenance in Orlando Orlando Sanford International SFB is generally served by charter flights from Europe though it is also a hub for national small city carrier Allegiant Air and home to Delta Connection Academy a pilot training school In the Combined Statistical Area Daytona Beach International Airport and Leesburg International Airport also serves the area and is used by many tourists seeking to directly connect to Daytona Beach s many local offerings such as Daytona Beach Bike Week Speedweeks and Spring Break It is located so its runways cradle Daytona International Speedway making it convenient for some fans to arrive in Daytona watch the Daytona 500 or Coke Zero 400 and then return home the same day Daytona Beach International also serves as the main airport for pilot training at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Municipal airports in the region include Orlando Executive Airport Kissimmee Gateway Airport Ormond Beach Municipal Airport and DeLand Municipal Airport Culture EditOrlando Chinatown Edit A Chinatown Chinese 奥兰多唐人街 pinyin Aolanduō tang ren jie as of 2002 at 5060 West Colonial Drive located outside city limits According to the West Orlando News the Chinatown features a monument of Sun Yat Sen a donation from his granddaughter Dr Lily Sun who unveiled it on the 87th anniversary of his death in 2012 making this the first commercial location to hold such a monument 19 In March 2013 a paifang was unveiled at the entrance to the Chinatown plaza helping legitimize the plaza as a center for Chinese commerce 20 The Chinatown features an eclectic blend of Chinese Korean Filipino Vietnamese and Indian cultures through its numerous pan Asian businesses 21 22 According to an article by the Orlando Weekly the location of Orlando s Chinatown was once the Westside Crossing Plaza which was a Walmart shopping center with a Publix supermarket In 2003 the old shopping center was converted to house 60 pan Asian businesses and restaurants Financing for the project came from Chinese investors 23 The Orlando Sentinel further states that by retrofitting the mostly vacant strip center which includes a former Wal Mart discount store and Publix supermarket a group of out of state Chinese investors are hoping to draw more than 60 Asian owned businesses to the site by the end of the year The article states that this is creating what the project s developers are calling the region s first Chinatown The amenities include bakeries restaurants and an Asian grocery store So the article further elaborates by saying finally there s a place to buy cuttlefish and black chicken 24 Since the project was a success its report on its conceptualization and development is used as a reference for the real estate and tourism industries 25 Media EditThe primary newspaper of the area is the daily Orlando Sentinel owned by Tribune Company It was created as the Orlando Sentinel Star in 1973 when the Orlando Morning Sentinel and the Orlando Evening Star were merged It dropped Star from the name in 1982 It is also served by various weekly and semi weekly papers including Orlando Weekly The West Orange Times The East Orlando Sun and the Osceola News Gazette in Kissimmee The extended area is also covered by The Daytona Beach News Journal and Florida Today Greater Orlando makes up a large portion of the Orlando Ocala Daytona Beach FL DMA which ranks No 19 in size with 1 466 420 households in 2007 08 according to Nielsen Media Research 26 All six major broadcast networks are represented in Orlando with their own channels WESH brought NBC to Orlando when it moved its main operations from Daytona Beach to Eatonville in 1991 ABC WFTV Analog 9 Digital 39 CBS WKMG Analog 6 Digital 58 NBC WESH Analog 2 Digital 11 FOX WOFL Analog 35 Digital 22 The CW WKCF Analog 18 Digital 17 MNTV WRBW Analog 65 Digital 41 See also Edit Florida portalCentral Florida Sports in Orlando FloridaReferences Edit Orlando Kissimmee Sanford FL Metro Area Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census a b c d OMB Bulletin No 10 02 Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses PDF Office of Management and Budget December 1 2009 Retrieved August 3 2010 via National Archives a b OMB Bulletin No 18 04 Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas PDF United States Office of Management and Budget September 14 2018 Retrieved May 8 2019 Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses page 114 U S Decennial Census United States Census Bureau Retrieved May 18 2014 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 20 2014 Retrieved May 18 2014 Population Change for Counties in the United States and Municipios in Puerto Rico 2000 to 2010 US Census Bureau September 2011 Archived from the original on March 21 2021 Retrieved August 30 2022 Census Bureau Geographic Concepts retrieved July 2 2009 Bureau U S Census American FactFinder Results factfinder2 census gov Archived from the original on 12 February 2020 Retrieved 26 March 2018 Pedicini Sandra Visit Orlando Record 68 million people visited last year orlandosentinel com Retrieved 26 March 2018 Timeline of Major Florida Freezes Florida Citrus Mutual flcitrusmutual com Retrieved 26 March 2018 Orlando a model location for simulation industry event Orlando Business Journal Archived from the original on 2014 04 27 Freshman Class Sets New Records Fall Enrollment May Top 60 000 UCF News University of Central Florida Articles Orlando FL News 6 September 2012 Retrieved 26 March 2018 University Research Parks in Florida Research Park at Florida Atlantic University Archived from the original on 2014 03 11 Office of the Mayor City of Orlando Archived from the original on January 17 2013 Retrieved September 13 2013 KPMG opens Lakehouse campus in Orlando 14 January 2020 MacCash Doug April 1 2017 Return of an Amtrak train to Orlando in further doubt The New Orleans Times Picayune Retrieved October 24 2018 Peltier Michael February 16 2011 Florida governor slams brakes on high speed rail Reuters Retrieved October 24 2018 Dr Sun s Monument Unveiled at Orlando Chinatown Archived from the original on 2015 02 02 http www thedailycity com 2013 04 orlandos chinatown just got bit more html a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Orlando China Town Best Shopping amp Doing Business orlandochinatown com Retrieved 26 March 2018 Untitled Document Archived from the original on 2013 01 23 First comes 1st in new Chinatown Asian Themed Shops Restaurants to Create Chinatown in Orlando Fla Archived from the original on 2015 09 24 Orlando Chinatown A New Venture for Chinese Americans Archived from the original on 2015 05 26 What People Watch Listen To and Buy Nielsen nielsenmedia com Archived from the original on 23 May 2009 Retrieved 26 March 2018 External links EditThe Orlando Travel amp Visitors Bureau The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Orlando Welcome Center Coordinates 28 32 24 N 81 22 48 W 28 54000 N 81 38000 W 28 54000 81 38000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greater Orlando amp 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