Thanks to all the many people who responded:
Commercial offerings, like DataMetrix and Channel Marketing had what I
needed and more for $250 (minimum order size), and included forecasted
data. Geolytics also has this for sale.
Many offered to send me the data for free.
Others sent URL's including
CIESIN:
ftp://ftp.ciesin.org/pub/census/usa/stf/fl
http://sedac.ciesin.org/plue/cenguide.html
http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ddcarto/
Where I finally got the data was the ESRI site:
http://www.esri.com/data/online/browse.html
Lots of data there, and easy to use. Plus their x-fer speed was primo. Just
be careful during the translation from SHP to TAB. They say their files are
in NAD83, but the projection was not stored with these files (I opened them
in ArcView, and they say "unknown"). The only way to get rid of a 100+
positional error in translation was to use the Universal Translator and
pick "long/lat <no datum>" as the projection. After you convert the files
and open them into MapInfo, save them to new filenames with NAD83 projection.
Don't get me started on all the problems with the MapInfo "lont/lat"
'projection' -- it is nothing but a headache -- but it did have a use in
this instance.
Steve Wallace
GIS & Market Information Manager
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
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