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Components of Population Chance <br />1980 Census.......................................................... 59,896 <br />1990 Census.......................................................... 90,208 <br />Percent Change ................................................... 50.61% <br />Components of Change due to Natural increase ............................... 573 <br />Components of Change due to Net Migration ................................. 29,739 <br />Percentage of Change due to Natural Increase ................................. 1.89% <br />Percentage of Change due to Net Migration .................................. 98.11% <br />Source: University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. <br />Industry <br />The economy of Indian River County is based upon agriculture (citrus and cattle), tourism, light <br />manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and commercial fishing. In the crop year 1990-1991 Indian River <br />County had 66,116 acres of citrus which produced 21,866,000 boxes of oranges, grapefruit and specialty fruit. <br />The County was third among all Florida Counties in total citrus production, but second in grapefruit production. <br />Part of the citrus fruit is sold to the fresh fruit market, and there are also 21 major packing houses and one citrus <br />juice processing plant located in the County. Approximately 71,809 acres of improved pasture and rangeland <br />are utilized for dairy farming and beef cattle production, while approximately 22,873 acres remain as forest and <br />woodlands. <br />Sun Ag, Inc. has extensive citrus and agriculture interests in the County, employing approximately 750 <br />persons at the peak of the citrus season. Their agricultural properties, including a citrus packing plant, are <br />located west of Fellsmere in the central part of the County. <br />Other industries include lumber and millwork plants, cabinets and millwork plants, machine shops, <br />welding shops, sheet metal fabricators, mattress ticking, construction, architectural and ornamental iron works, <br />stone and marble products, asphalt plant, pilot training school, welding school, television antennas, wholesale <br />seafood, metal windows and awnings, printing, air handling systems, ready mix concrete, concrete blocks, precast <br />concrete products, electronic components, plating and machine shop equipment, screw machine parts, aircraft <br />parts and supplies, factory built homes, dairy products, newspaper, radio stations and temperature controls. <br />Nine banks, eleven savings and loan associations and twenty securities brokerage offices provide financial <br />services within the County. <br />Tourism and Recreation <br />The Atlantic beaches and the excellent climate in the County provide the basis for a year-round tourist <br />industry. There are numerous hotels and motels in the County as well as retail and service establishments geared <br />to serving the tourist trade. <br />Forty-six miles of riverfront on the Indian River, many miles of canals and lakefront and approximately <br />23 miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches as well as two state parks, five county parks, and eight public and six private <br />golf courses provide ample opportunity for outdoor recreation. <br />The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club trains at Dodgertown in Vero Beach. The 340 -acre complex <br />is also home to the largest and most advanced baseball school in the world, conducted by the Dodger <br />organization. <br />A-3 <br />