Baker County (Florida)

administration
Baker County Courthouse
National emblem
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Macclenny
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Baker County Board of County Commissioners 55 North 3rd Street 5 Macclenny, Florida 32063
Foundation :	February 8, 1861
Made up from:	New River County
Area code :	001 904
Demographics
Residents :	27,115 (2010)
Population density :	17.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1525 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
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Website : www.bakercountyfl.org

The Baker County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Macclenny . The slogan of Baker County is: "The Small County With Big Ideas ..." (The small county with big ideas ...)

history

Baker County was formed from part of New River County on February 8, 1861 and named after James McNair Baker , a Confederate Senator and later judge. The first county seat was the city of Sanderson. On February 22, 1889 it was decided with 243 to 220 votes that Darbyville, the current Macclenny district capital should be. The first tax officer was DC Prescott. He found that there were 112 sane white men between the ages of 21 and 50. Likewise 212 slaves. For every white man and slave, 50 cents in taxes were set per year. The land was valued at 0.6 percent of its value as a tax.

The main source of income was the cultivation of cotton. When a pest destroyed the cotton seed pods, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, grain and vegetables were grown. Most of the grain came on the market in the form of bulbous bottles. Tobacco cultivation was added later.

geography

The county has an area of 1,525 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Nassau County , Duval County , Clay County , Bradford County , Union County, and Columbia County . Together with the Counties Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns , the county forms the metropolitan area of Jacksonville .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	1325	-
1880	2303	73.8%
1890	3333	44.7%
1900	4516	35.5%
1910	4805	6.4%
1920	5622	17%
1930	6273	11.6%
1940	6510	3.8%
1950	6313	-3%
1960	7363	16.6%
1970	9242	25.5%
1980	15,289	65.4%
1990	18,486	20.9%
2000	22,259	20.4%
2010	27,115	21.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Old Baker County Courthouse in Macclenny, now the Emily Taber Public Library , listed on the NRHP

Glen Saint Mary Nursery House , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Baker County had 27,115 people in 9,687 households. The population density was 17.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 83.7% white, 13.6% African American , 0.3% Indian and 0.5% Asian Americans . 0.4% were members of other races and 1.6% of different races. 1.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 41.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 23.9% of all households. 76.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.82 people and the average family size was 3.21 people.

28.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 52.2% of the population were male and 47.8% were female.

The median income for a household in the 47,149 USD , while 17.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 97.73% of the population, 1.75% spoke Spanish and 0.52% had another mother tongue.