Orlando is a relatively large city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 185,984 people and 78 constituent neighborhoods, Orlando is the sixth largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Orlando is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orlando is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Orlando who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.01%), sales jobs (12.95%), and management occupations (9.03%).

Of important note, Orlando is also a city of artists. Orlando has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Orlando's character.

Orlando Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Orlando is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.21% of adults in Orlando have a college degree.

The per capita income in Orlando in 2000 was $21,216, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,864 for a family of four.

Orlando is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orlando home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orlando is White, followed by African-American. Orlando also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.69% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Orlando include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Orlando is English. Some people also speak Spanish.