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> IN THE GROUND - MINING
In contrast to the tourist industry which features Florida's above ground assets, phosphate and building materials exploit Florida's below ground resources. Since 1900, Florida has been a world leader in phosphate, but the industry, now concentrated in Central Florida, is sensitive to new resources in the Middle East and Russia, transportation costs, and Florida's wage scale. Many of the foreign competitors are American firms that purchased fields in Morocco and Tunisia. Florida's crushed stone faces a nearby foe in the Yucatan.
If local phosphate resources decline. Florida has the firms to process foreign phosphate into fertilizer and by-products. Offshore oil drilling ideas were quelled in the 1970's and is not unlikely to be a factor.
TRAVEL BY LAND, BY AIR, AND BY SEA
Transportation is vital for the tourism industry and ,with Miami the "Number One Cruise Port" in the world, transportation is a tourist industry. Florida's location with Latin America continues to make the state the gateway to Central and South America, and with the increased standard of living in Latin America, Florida's exports of machinery, automobiles, and electronics will continue to grow.
Light industry, citrus, and phosphate are still important products for Florida ports. Tampa is still a major phosphate port. Miami supplies the growing tourist industry of the Bahamas with vital food, fuel, and supplies. The rest of the Caribbean Basin is a major market for the transport of goods from Florida.
The aviation industry is still a major part of the Florida landscape despite the death of airlines that were born in Florida in the 1940's. Florida's location assures its place as the access point to Latin America and Africa, two areas where air traffic will increase as standard of living increases. The greatest airport boom has been in Orlando where Walt Disney World has created a huge charter and international flight boom.
NEW ECONOMIC FORCES
While Florida is still regarded as a tourist and agrarian state, residents know that since World War II Florida's job growth has developed with light industry and the service industry. The per capita income in Florida surpassed its Southern neighbors in the 1950's, but low labor costs, good climate, and the governmental support continue to help Florida grow in manufacturing. Only retail, health, and personal services has increased more percentage wise than manufacturing, but there has been a shift in the nature of manufacturing since the decline of NASA growth and the end of the Cold War.
In the 1950's and 1960's Florida gained many of the glamour industries in the nation, thanks to the selection ofCape Canaveral for the space program and Florida's natural climate for aviation and large scale construction. Electronics, jet engines, nuclear research, and space communications meant important educational resources for Florida.
Among the leading lights in Florida's technological revolution included the huge Martin Company, who brought 35,000 jobs to the Orlando area and the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft complex near West Palm Beach. Vero Beach was the home of Piper Aircraftwhich saw a boom in the 1950's. Honeywell make Pinellas County home, Sperry Microwave came to Clearwater and United States Industries arrived in Pompano Beach. Traditional state industries continued to operate, such as the pleasure boat industry in the Manatee-Sarasota area and the mobile home industry in North Central and Panhandle areas. After 1980, there was a shift to computer technology, telecommunications, and electronics.