FIU/Florida Poll
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Florida International University

The FIU/Florida Poll is a statewide survey of 1,200 Florida residents done by SJMC’s Institute for Public Opinion Research (IPOR) every year from 1988 to 2004. The 2004 Poll was done in December 2004 and January 2005, and the 2006 Poll was done in July 2006.

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And how would you rate your particular neighborhood -- would you say it is ideal for you as a place to live, that it is good for you but could be better in some respects, or would you say it has some major problems as a place to live?

Bar Chart

results by ethnic groups


rate neighborhood as place to live * Florida poll conducted in year Crosstabulation
% within Florida poll conducted in year


Florida poll conducted in year Total
94 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06
rate neighborhood as place to live ideal 46.6% 52.7% 46.9% 43.6% 43.5% 49.4% 50.4% 54.8% 51.9% 53.8% 51.1% 49.6%
could be better 46.3% 40.3% 46.3% 50.2% 52.2% 45.7% 44.1% 39.3% 42.8% 40.8% 44.3% 44.7%
major problems 7.2% 7.0% 6.8% 6.1% 4.3% 4.9% 5.4% 6.0% 5.3% 5.4% 4.6% 5.7%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


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