Bradford County, Florida

administration
Bradford County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Strength
Foundation :	December 21, 1858
Made up from:	Columbia County
Area code :	001
Demographics
Residents :	28,520 (2010)
Population density :	37.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	777 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
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Website : www.bradford-co-fla.org

The Bradford County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is strong .

geography

The county covers an area of 777 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Duval County , Clay County , Alachua County , Union County, and Baker County .

history

The county was formed on December 21, 1858 as "New River County" from parts of Columbia County and renamed Bradford County on December 6, 1861. It was named after the Confederate Captain Richard Bradford, who fought in the American Civil War and fell in the battle on "Santa Rosa Island".

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	3671	-
1880	6112	66.5%
1890	7510	22.9%
1900	10,295	37.1%
1910	14,090	36.9%
1920	12,503	-11.3%
1930	9405	-24.8%
1940	8717	-7.3%
1950	11,457	31.4%
1960	12,446	8.6%
1970	14,625	17.5%
1980	20,023	36.9%
1990	22,515	12.4%
2000	28,118	24.9%
2010	28,520	1.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

formerly Bradford County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 74000611

First Baptist Church in the Call Street Historic District in Starke, listed on the NRHP

After the census in 2010 28520 people lived in Bradford County in 11,011 households. The population density was 37.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 76.4% white, 20.4% African American , 0.3% Native American and 0.5% Asian Americans . 0.7% were members of other races and 1.6% of different races. 3.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 31.8% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 30.4% of all households. 69.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.53 people and the average family size was 2.99 people.

21.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 56.1% of the population were male and 43.9% were female.

The median income for a household in the 39,082 USD , while 20.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 96.95% of the population, 2.11% spoke Spanish and 0.94% had another mother tongue.