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Duval surpasses 1 million population. Why does it matter?

Fourth of July fireworks illuminate the sky over Downtown Jacksonville.
City of Jacksonville
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via Jacksonville Daily Record
Fourth of July fireworks illuminate the sky over Downtown Jacksonville.

Without a party, Duval County likely surpassed 1 million in population between 2020 and 2021.

Consider it another quiet moment during the coronavirus pandemic.

It was 25 years earlier, in January 1996, when the five-county metro area reached a million people and marked it with a community celebration featuring “I Dream of Jeannie” star Barbara Eden.

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a WJCT News partner.