About Orlando

The Orlando Population is exploding, and it's not really that surprising. With a mixture of business growth, tourism, retirement communities, and other factors that are making people want to move there or stay there for retirement. The only problem is that the resources are not growing as quickly as they are needed to keep up with population growth. There's more demand for everything from housing to groceries. The thing with Orlando was always how much it would grow without growing too fast so this recent boom has been tough on the city trying to keep up with all of these new people coming in daily.

The Orlando population is around 2.4 million people. That's about 15% of the Florida's total population. There are around 100,000 people who live in this city, which is a lot when you compare it to other cities that are similar in size. The area was once completely wilderness and became a land mass by the 1800s because of Native Americans and Spanish explorers settling on the site. The name "Orlando" comes from the United States Army Major General Francis Throckmorton who purchased 500 acres of land from Osceola Musquito King for $50...