USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southwest Florida is a region in the U.S. state of Florida. It comprises the Gulf Coast counties of Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and Collier.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was not until 1924 that the current boundaries of the six counties of Southwest Florida (Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, and Sarasota) were established. Today, the Region contains approximately 6, 023 square miles of land area (Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -The region includes four metropolitan areas: the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota MSA, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers MSA, the Naples-Marco Island MSA, and the Punta Gorda MSA.

Detailed explanation-4: -South Florida refers to Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties . Treasure Coast refers to Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties . Click here for an overview of the demographic characteristics of the region made up of both South Florida and Treasure Coast, also referred to as Southeast Florida .