Frostproof shrinks in population with an increase in land size
Frostproof was the only municipality outside of the small, self-contained community of Hillcrest Heights that had a population drop.
Frostproof had 75 fewer residents than its 2000 census numbers of 2,975, for a3 percent decrease.
Cargill Juice, at one time the city’s largest employer, had troubles first from hurricanes and then a later downturn in the market. Late last year, it announced it was closing down juice processing in the town.
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