FOR ALL YOU PRACTICING OPTOMETRISTS OR THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM OD SCHOOL.!!! WHAT IS THE JOB OPPORTUNITY OUTLOOK FOR OPTOMETRISTS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA OR MASSACHUSSETTS.?
The field is expected to grow beyond 2008. With the population getting older (baby boomers), there is going to be a large need for ocular care provided my OD's. I would not worry about the field too much.
As far as FL and MA, I don't have much input. FL has a verrrrrrrrry old population so I would expect they would really need OD's, but I'm not an expert.