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With an estimated 18% increase in population in the last few years, Santa Rosa County was the 84th fastest growing county in the nation between 2000 and 2005. Santa Rosa County as a whole can be divided into three distinct regions: South Santa Rosa, Central Santa Rose, and North Santa Rosa. South Santa Rosa County with Santa Rosa Sound, Pensacola Bay and East Bay, serves as a "bedroom community" for people who commute to Pensacola, Hurlburt Field and Elgin Air Force Base. Central Santa Rosa County is north of the bays and south of the extensive forests separating it from North Santa Rosa County. Today U.S. 90 parallels the "Old Spanish Trail" that ran from St. Augustine all the way to New Orleans. Interstate 10 also passes through North Central Santa Rosa making this section a fast growing area for many people who work in Escambia County. Northern Santa Rosa county is farming country dotted with forests. After a large oil and gas field depleted itself after 1980, many of the people who had become millionaires on the proceeds have returned to farming and forestry. Santa Rosa County, Florida is bordered by Escambia County and Okaloosa County. Citizens and visitors of Santa Rosa enjoy the serenity of the made up of white sand beaches like those of Navarre Beach to the unspoiled forests, pristine creeks, rivers and bays. Santa Rosa offers a serene place to enjoy Florida living. The climate is subtropical making a perfect setting for the recreational activities Santa Rosa has to offer such as golf, tennis, water sports, hiking, hunting, fishing and camping.