· Mosquito County was created in 1824. It was renamed Orange County in 1845 for the fruit that constituted the county's main product.
· Orange County is currently the 6th largest county in the State of Florida.
· Orlando International Airport code is MCO because it was originally an Air Force base named for Colonel Michael McCoy, who died during a training flight in 1957. Orlando pledged to retain the name McCoy.
· Other than Orange County’s major theme parks, it is also home to over 100 parks, museums, cultural and wildlife experiences.
· Orlando’s Tinker field is named for baseball great Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs, who moved to Orlando in 1920.
· Orange County had 400,250 Real Property Parcels in 2006.
2009 Regional Progress Report - Orange County Facts:
· The percentage of babies born with low birth weight in Orange County declined between 2002 and 2007.
· The number of high tech companies in Orange County increased at an annual rate of 3.4% between 2001 and 2007.
· Graduation rate for Orange County public high school students increased by 26% between 2000 and 2008.
Click Here for further information on how Orange County compares to the rest of Central Florida in the six Regional Priority areas in Where in the World Are We? The 2009 Progress Report for the Central Florida Region.
Link to Orange County website.