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Florida's Charter Counties

County Population
(1999)

Adopted

% Uninc.

 Number Cities Districting Scheme Administrative
Structure		 Constitutional Officers Countywide Powers
Alachua 216,249 1987 45 9 5 at-large administrator no change no
Brevard 474,803 1994 39 15 5 single administrator no change no
Broward 1,490,289 1975 9 29 9 single administrator revised yes
Charlotte 136,773 1986 90 1 5 at-large administrator residency req yes
Clay 139,631 1991 88 4 5 at-large administrator revised no
Duval 762,846 1967 31 5 mixed (14/5) executive revised yes
Hillsborough 967,511 1983 64 3 mixed (4/3) administrator no change yes
Lee 417,114 1996 63 4 5 at-large administrator no change no
Miami-Dade 2,126,702 1957 52 30 13 single executive revised yes
Orange 846,328 1986 66 13 6 single chairman no change yes
Osceola 157,376 1992 62 2 5 at-large administrator revised no
Palm Beach 1,042,196 1985 45 38 7 single administrator no change yes
Pinellas 898,784 1980 31 24 mixed (4/3) administrator no change yes
Polk 474,704 1998 63 17 5 at-large administrator recall no
Sarasota 321,044 1971 71 4 5 at-large administrator no change no
Seminole 354,148 1989 50 7 5 at-large administrator no change no
Volusia 426,815 1971 25 16 mixed (5/2) manager revised yes

Columbia

58,372

 2003 83 2 5 single manager no change no
Leon 235,760 2003 36 1 mixed (15/2) administrator no change no