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 State:     Florida

City:       Naples

Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of 1 July 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653.  Naples is a principal city of the Naples--Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on 1 July 2007.  Although Naples is officially the county seat of Collier County,  the courthouse is located east of the city in unincorporated East Naples.

Naples was founded during the late 1880s by former Confederate general and Kentucky U.S. Senator John Stuart Williams and his partner, Louisville businessman Walter N. Haldeman, the publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Throughout the 1870s and '80's, magazine and newspaper stories telling of the area's mild climate and abundant fish and game likened it to the sunny Italian peninsula. The name Naples caught on when promoters described the bay as "surpassing the bay in Naples, Italy".

The economy of Naples is largely based on tourism. Along with Marco Island and the Everglades, the city makes up the popular vacation area known as the Paradise Coast. Fortune 1000 company Health Management Associates is located just north of the city limits. The area is also home to technology company Neighborhood America and medical equipment manufacturer Arthrex. In 2009 it was ranked as one of the 10 pricey cities worth its high cost.

Naples is home to several major land reserves, including the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and Picayune Strand State Forest. The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is known not only for its 11,000 acres (45 km²) of landscape and wildlife, but for a two and a half mile length boardwalk winding through the sanctuary.  The Naples area is also home to the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens, which dates back to 1919.

Tourism is a main industry for the City of Naples. Notable resorts and hotels within the city limits include the Hampton Inn Naples I-75, the Ritz-Carlton, the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, La Playa Beach and Golf Resort, the Naples Grande Beach Resort and Club (which will join The Waldorf-Astoria Collection in the fall of 2008), the Inn on Fifth and the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club.

The beach on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is more than 10 miles long, and is noted for its cleanliness and pristine white sand. In 2005, Naples was voted the best beach in America by the Travel Channel.

With more than 80 championship golf courses in the Naples area, Naples is the self-titled "Golf Capital of the World", claiming to have more holes per capita than any other community.

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2008: $83,144 (it was $65,641 in 2000)

Naples:	$83,144
Florida:	$47,778

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $75,941

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $844,600 (it was $363,400 in 2000)

Naples:	$844,600
Florida:	$218,700

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $1,068,946; Detached houses: $1,306,052; Townhouses or other attached units: $673,060; In 2-unit structures: $529,912; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $609,069; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $883,103; Mobile homes: $194,286

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Naples: 109.9 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)
 
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For the above information and photos, click this link:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Naples-Florida.html

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