NEW YEAR'S 2015 A LOOK BACK ON FLORIDA RANKED 2ND FOR NEW HOME PERMITS GAS PRICES FELL BY 37% 150,000 Source: U.S. Census As of November 2014 GAS PRICES HAVE FALLEN 79,000 BY 28.3% APR 2014 DEC 2014 $03.42 $03.73 $02.35 46,000 Texas Florida 3RD FLORIDA BECAME THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN U.S. FLORIDA IS THE 2ND BEST STATE FOR BUSINESS - Chief Executive Magazine JEFF ATWATER Jeff Atwater | Chief OFFICER CHIEF FINANCIAL Financial Officer 6.6% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FLORIDA RANKED 5TH BEST BUSINESS TAX CLIMATE IN NATION - Tax Foundation North Carolina Georgia CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AT 7-YEAR HIGH Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration As of December 29th FLORIDA HAS THE 3RD BEST WORKFORCE IN THE NATION -CNBC California 33,000 FLORIDA CREATED 229,900 NEW JOBS IN 12 MONTHS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY BOLSTERED JOB MARKET 9.7 9.6 6.3% 9.5 6.0% 9.4 FL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FL LABOR FORCE 5.7% NOV JAN MAR 2013 2014 2014 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics As of November 2014 9.3 MAY 2014 JUL 2014 SEP 2014 LABOR FORCE (Millions) JAN 2014 76,000 NOV 2014 For more information about Florida’s economy, please visit Florida’s Bottom Line 5 www.MyFloridaCFO.com/FloridasBottomLine/ .