References

Every factual claim on OviedoAuthority.com traces to a public federal dataset. This page consolidates all sources cited across the site. Data is current as of April 2026 and updated annually.

Federal Data Sources

  1. CMS Hospital Compare 2026 — hospital ratings and services: cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc
  2. City of Oviedo official site: cityofoviedo.net
  3. EIA Electricity Data: eia.gov/electricity
  4. FBI UCR/NIBRS — crime rates: ucr.fbi.gov
  5. FCC Broadband Data Collection — broadband coverage: broadbandmap.fcc.gov
  6. FEMA Disaster Declarations — Seminole County history: fema.gov/disasters
  7. Florida DBPR — contractor and trades licensing: myfloridalicense.com
  8. HIFLD (Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data) — emergency services: hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com
  9. HUD Fair Market Rents: huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html
  10. Municode — City of Oviedo municipal code: library.municode.com
  11. NOAA ACIS / RCC-ACIS — climate normals, Orlando Sanford AP: rcc-acis.org
  12. NPI Registry — healthcare providers: npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov
  13. NWS Melbourne — local forecasts and alerts: weather.gov/mlb
  14. Seminole County Government: seminolecountyfl.gov
  15. U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022–2024 — demographics, income, housing, commuting: data.census.gov
  16. USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map — zone 9a: planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
  17. USGS Elevation Point Query Service — elevation 74 ft: nationalmap.gov
  18. Craft beverage producer dataset — documented absence; no data matched for Oviedo, FL.
  19. Disc golf course dataset — documented absence; no data matched for Oviedo, FL.
  20. Diversity index (Simpson index) derived from Census ACS 2022 race/ethnicity data, Tables B02001 and B03001. Oviedo city, Florida.
  21. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) via EPA Envirofacts. Public water system records for Oviedo, FL area (FL3590970, FL3590988, FL3594241, FL3484175). As of April 13, 2026.
  22. FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), Fixed Broadband Availability — June 2025. City-level coverage summary for Oviedo, FL; 15,677 total units. fcc.gov/BDC
  23. FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), Mobile Broadband Availability — June 2024. 4G/5G/3G coverage percentages for Oviedo, FL.
  24. Federal Election Commission, FEC API schedule_a/by_state — Florida campaign finance contributions aggregated by state, 2024 election cycle.
  25. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (myfloridalicense.com) — CILB, ECLB, FREC, and Home Inspector Licensing program pages, verified April 11, 2026; Florida Board of Professional Engineers (fbpe.org), verified April 11, 2026; Florida Department of Environmental Protection (floridadep.gov) — Operator Certification Program, verified April 11, 2026.
  26. Florida State Parks data — documented absence; no data found for Oviedo area.
  27. Florida State Statutes and Florida Constitution — compiled from official state code: Chapters 83, 440, 489, 501, 553, 627, 720; FL Constitution Art. VIII §2 (Home Rule); Art. X §4 (Homestead Exemption).
  28. HIFLD Amtrak Stations dataset. Nearest station: Winter Park, Florida, 10.3 miles from Oviedo.
  29. Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD), Transit Stations. 0 stations matched within Oviedo city limits; Seminole County total: 1.
  30. IRS Exempt Organization Business Master File (EO BMF), NTEE Code B (Education) — Oviedo, FL.
  31. IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Migration Data, 2022–2023. County-to-county migration flows, Seminole County, Florida. https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-migration-data
  32. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Public Libraries Survey 2022 — East Branch Library, Oviedo, FL.
  33. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Boys Town (ID: 120171001195).
  34. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Carillon Elementary School (ID: 120171003126).
  35. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Chiles Middle School (ID: 120171004450).
  36. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Evans Elementary School (ID: 120171004449).
  37. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Hagerty High School (ID: 120171005736).
  38. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Jackson Heights Middle School (ID: 120171001881).
  39. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Lawton Elementary School (ID: 120171001869).
  40. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Oviedo High School (ID: 120171001886).
  41. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Partin Elementary School (ID: 120171002906).
  42. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Stenstrom Elementary School (ID: 120171002636).
  43. NCES CCD 2022, School Detail: Tuskawilla Middle School (ID: 120171001894).
  44. NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), Local Education Agency Directory, 2022 — Seminole County School District.
  45. NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School-Level Aggregates, calculated from Oviedo, FL school records, 2022.
  46. NCES IPEDS 2022, Institution Detail: Paul Mitchell the School–Orlando (Unit ID: 445212).
  47. NCES IPEDS 2022, Nearest postsecondary institution by coordinates: L3Harris Flight Academy, Sanford, FL — 8.7 miles.
  48. NCES Private School Survey (PSS), 2023–2024 — Oviedo, FL city match.
  49. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), K-12 Directory 2022 — Congressional and state legislative district assignments for Oviedo-area schools: Congressional District 7 (118th Congress), State Senate District 12009, State House District 12028.
  50. National Park Service / RIDB, Middle Dredge Campsite — campground record. Distance: 26.7 miles.
  51. National Park Service / RIDB, River Forest Group Site — campground record. Distance: 27.6 miles. Phone: 352-625-2520.
  52. National Park Service, Apollo Beach Visitor Center — NPS Recreation Information Database (RIDB), facility record. Distance: 29.3 miles. Phone: (386) 428-3384.
  53. National Park Service, Canaveral National Seashore Backcountry Island Camping — NPS RIDB campground record. 14 reservable sites, 0 first-come-first-served. Distance: 29.3 miles. https://www.nps.gov/cana/planyourvisit/camping.htm
  54. National Park Service, Canaveral National Seashore Turtle Watch Tours — NPS RIDB, ticket facility record. Distance: 28.2 miles. Phone: (386) 428-3384.
  55. National Park Service, Canaveral National Seashore — NPS API 2026. Park location and type data. https://www.nps.gov/cana/index.htm
  56. OpenStreetMap Overpass API, golf course query — Oviedo, FL area, April 2026. No results returned within 10-mile radius.
  57. OurAirports.com — nearest airport by coordinates to Oviedo, FL. Rybolt Ranch Airport, general aviation, 5.3 miles.
  58. Tax Foundation; Rockefeller Institute of Government; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Florida state GDP, federal taxes paid per capita, federal spending received per capita, 2022–2023 data compilation.
  59. The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)*
  60. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022, Tables B29001 and B05003 — Citizen voting age population, Oviedo, FL.
  61. U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments 2022 — General Purpose Government Units, City of Oviedo (FIPS 12-53575); municipal code URL from Municode public directory.
  62. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024, Table B08201 — Household Size by Vehicles Available. Oviedo, FL. 13,550 total households; 290 with no vehicle.
  63. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024, Table B08301 — Means of Transportation to Work. Oviedo, FL. 20,159 total workers; 13,272 drove alone; 1,601 carpooled; 0 public transit; 163 walked; 4,845 worked from home. Aggregate travel time from B08135: 411,515 minutes.
  64. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024, Tables B08303 and B08135 — Travel Time to Work. Oviedo, FL. Mean commute: 26.5 minutes; under 20 min: 5,504 workers (36.6%); 35+ min: 4,234 workers (28.2%).
  65. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024. Work-from-home rate: 27.0% of workers. Oviedo, FL.
  66. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024, Table B28002 — Internet Subscriptions in Household. Oviedo, FL. 12,694 broadband households; 114 no internet; 12,925 total.
  67. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, 2024. Data
  68. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, 2024. Data Profile Table DP03 — Selected Economic Characteristics. Oviedo city, Florida. https://data.census.gov
  69. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 5-Year Estimates, Table DP05 — Demographic and Housing Estimates. Oviedo city, Florida. https://data.census.gov
  70. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022, Table B05006 — Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population. Oviedo city, Florida.
  71. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022, Table B18101 — Sex by Age by Disability Status. Oviedo city, Florida.
  72. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022, Tables B04006 (People Reporting Ancestry) and B03001 (Hispanic or Latino Origin by Specific Origin). Oviedo city, Florida. https://data.census.gov
  73. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022/2024, Family and household composition data. Oviedo city, Florida.
  74. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022/2024, Veteran status. Oviedo city, Florida.
  75. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Marital status. Oviedo city, Florida. Note: reported figures appear anomalous and should be verified against full published table.
  76. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Nativity and place of birth. Oviedo city, Florida.
  77. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Selected age/sex cohorts. Oviedo city, Florida.
  78. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Table DP02 — Educational Attainment for Population 25 and Over.
  79. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Table DP02 — School Enrollment by Level of School.
  80. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Table DP02 — School Enrollment.
  81. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Tables DP02/DP03 — Citizenship status. Oviedo city, Florida.
  82. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Tables DP02/DP04 — Enrollment distribution by school type.
  83. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024, Tables DP02/DP04 — Fertility indicators. Oviedo city, Florida.
  84. U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 — Seminole County, FL. NAICS 72 (Accommodation and Food Services). Total establishments: 1,017; total employees: 18,748.
  85. U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 — Seminole County, FL. NAICS codes 722 (Food Services and Drinking Places). Full-service restaurants: 364; fast food: 420; bars: 42; coffee/snacks: 89.
  86. U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Station Locator (AFDC). EV charging station counts for Oviedo, FL. Retrieved via DOE AFDC API.
  87. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, HIFLD Law Enforcement Locations dataset — Oviedo City Police Department; Census Government Units 2022 (building dept. contact: not available).
  88. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electric Power Annual — Retail Sales of Electricity 2024. State/utility-level pricing and customer data for Florida territory. Average retail price: 14.14 cents/kWh.
  89. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wildlife refuge data — documented absence; no match found for Oviedo area.
  90. United States Senate, senate.gov — Senator roster as of April 14, 2026: Rick Scott (R, since 2019); Ashley Moody (R, since 2025).

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