Calhoun County, Florida

administration
Calhoun County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Blountstown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Calhoun County 425 E. Central Avenue Fort Blountstown, Florida 32424
Foundation :	January 26, 1838
Made up from:	Franklin County
Area code :	001 674
Demographics
Residents :	14,625 (2010)
Population density :	9.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1488 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

Website : www.mycalhouncounty.com

The Calhoun County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Blountstown .

history

Calhoun County was formed on January 26, 1838 from parts of Franklin County. It was named after John C. Calhoun , a US Senator from South Carolina .

geography

The county is located in northwest Florida, about 40 km to the northeast from Georgia , about 50 km to the north from Alabama and about 30 km to the southwest from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1,488 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Gadsden County , Liberty County , Gulf County , Bay County, and Jackson County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1142	-
1850	1377	20.6%
1860	1446	5%
1870	998	-31%
1880	1580	58.3%
1890	1681	6.4%
1900	5132	205.3%
1910	7465	45.5%
1920	8775	17.5%
1930	7298	-16.8%
1940	8218	12.6%
1950	7922	-3.6%
1960	7422	-6.3%
1970	7624	2.7%
1980	9294	21.9%
1990	11,011	18.5%
2000	13,017	18.2%
2010	14,625	12.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Former Calhoun County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Calhoun County had 14,625 people in 5,999 households. The population density was 9.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 80.8% white, 13.8% African American , 1.1% Native American and 0.5% Asian Americans . 1.5% were members of other races and 2.4% of different races. 5.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 31.2% of all households lived in 33.5% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 68.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

23.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 54.4% of the population were male and 45.6% were female.

The median income for a household in the 32,480 USD , while 24.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 93.60% of the population, 4.28% spoke Spanish and 2.12% had another mother tongue.