Data visualizations that tell the story of our changing region.
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NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Golf courses

The week of The Players Championship is as big a reminder as there is that golf is a big business…

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March 7, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Building the First Coast’s Roads

The Florida Department of Transportation lists 43 active contracts in Duval County.…

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February 28, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Public Works’ work

A look at the sheer volume of trash picked up in Jacksonville, along with grass mowed and roads paved.…

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February 21, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Duval’s hungry children

Our Number of the Week is the portion of children in Duval County who don’t have consistent, reliable access to…

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February 14, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Leaving on a jet plane

Jacksonville’s airport is in its busiest era yet. Our number of the week is the amount of travelers in December…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed budget | Chart by Megan Mallicoat
February 7, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Spending Florida’s money

What’s in Gov. DeSantis’ proposed budget, plus a look at how past final state budgets have compared to the governor’s…

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January 31, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Visiting Jacksonville

The Number of the Week reflects the effect of the 8 million people who visited Jacksonville last year.…

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Chart by Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
January 24, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Snowy Day

See the previous snow records in Florida counties before historic Winter Storm Enzo blasted the Panhandle this week.…

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Chart by Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
January 17, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Concealed weapon permits

See what percentage of each Florida county’s residents have concealed weapons permits.…

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January 10, 2025

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Duval class sizes

Here’s a look at how class sizes in Duval County have changed since a constitutional amendment limited them.…

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December 19, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Downtown progress

A look at employment and office vacancy in Downtown Jacksonville.…

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Jacksonville's animal shelter has been consistently over capacity
December 13, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Jacksonville’s overcrowded animal shelter

A LOT of animals are sitting in the city of Jacksonville’s animal shelter right now — capacity is 362, but…

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December 6, 2024

Number of the Week | Let’s all go to the movies

Our Number of the Week is the number of First Coast residents per movie theater in our region.…

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Florida Sen. Gayle Harrell displays designs for a specialty license plate to honor iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffet on Jan. 10, 2024. The plate is available for preorder. | AP Photo/Brendan Farrington
November 21, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Florida license plates

Which specialty license plates are the most popular in Duval County, and which are some of the rarest on the…

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November 15, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | St. Johns County’s housing boom

After the St. Johns County elections, the County Commission has a majority of commissioners who campaigned on a platform of…

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A sign on the Jacksonville Jaguars' field on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, encourages Duval County residents to vote. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
November 8, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Duval’s presidential preferences

Republicans, who make up about 36% of Duval’s registered voters, overperformed, with 41% of the ballots in Tuesday’s election.…

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The Duval Schools administration building. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
November 1, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | What it costs to run a school

The schools that are slated to close aren’t necessarily the most expensive to operate.…

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The Duval County Supervisor of Elections office provides signs in English and Spanish outside the Duval County Public Library Mandarin Branch location to notify voters where they can cast their ballot. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 25, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Early voter turnout

Early voting is going on now in counties around Florida’s First Coast.…

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October 18, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Florida voter registration

See how Florida voter party affiliation has changed each election since 2008.…

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St. Augustine Beach as seen at high tide on Oct. 10, 2024, after the passage of Hurricane Milton. | Dave Gales, special to Jacksonville Today
October 11, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Milton’s local impacts

The St. Johns River reached record high level for mid-October in Downtown Jacksonville because of Hurricane Milton.…

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Hubbard House CEO Gail Patin plants a row of purple flags in front of the Duval County Courthouse on Sept. 29, 2023. Each flag represented a victim of domestic abuse who filed an injunction against their abuser. | Dan Scanlan
October 4, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Domestic violence is down

Domestic violence homicides were down in Duval last year.…

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Annie R. Morgan Elementary may be forever padlocked if the Duval County School Board approves a district plan to close the school after the end of the 2024 academic year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 26, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Proposed school closures

Two dozen more schools could close in Duval County over the next 15 years.…

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September 20, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | County sales surtaxes

See the local sales tax add-ons in each Florida county.…

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The Mathews Bridge, as seen from the Arlington Marina, connects Downtown Jacksonville with Arlington. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 13, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Jacksonville’s Bridges

How many people drive across each of Jacksonville’s bridges on an average day…