Clay County (Florida)
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US state : | Florida |
Administrative headquarters : | Green Cove Springs |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Clay County Commissioners P.O. Box 1366 477 Houston Street Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 |
Foundation : | December 31, 1858 |
Made up from: | Duval County |
Area code : | 001 904 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 190,865 (2010) |
Population density : | 122.6 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 1667 km² |
Water surface : | 110 km² |
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Website : www.claycountygov.com |
The Clay County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Green Cove Springs .
history
Clay County was formed on December 31, 1858 from parts of Duval County. It was named in honor of Henry Clay , a US Senator from Kentucky who was also Secretary of State in the 19th century.
geography
The county is located in northern Florida, around 40 km from Georgia in the north, around 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the east , and has an area of 1,667 square kilometers, 110 square kilometers of which are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Duval County , St. Johns County , Putnam County , Alachua County , Bradford County, and Baker County . Together with the counties Baker, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns, the county forms the metropolitan area Jacksonville .
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1860 | 1914 | - | |
1870 | 2098 | 9.6% | |
1880 | 2838 | 35.3% | |
1890 | 5154 | 81.6% | |
1900 | 5635 | 9.3% | |
1910 | 6116 | 8.5% | |
1920 | 5621 | -8.1% | |
1930 | 6859 | 22% | |
1940 | 6468 | -5.7% | |
1950 | 14,323 | 121.4% | |
1960 | 19,535 | 36.4% | |
1970 | 32,059 | 64.1% | |
1980 | 67.052 | 109.2% | |
1990 | 105,986 | 58.1% | |
2000 | 140.814 | 32.9% | |
2010 | 190.865 | 35.5% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
According to the 2010 census , Clay County had 190,865 people in 75,478 households. The population density was 122.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 81.8% white, 9.9% African American , 0.5% Native American and 2.9% Asian Americans . 2.0% were members of other races and 2.9% of different races. 7.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 23.2% of all households lived in 39.6% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 76.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.76 people and the average family size was 3.13 people.
29.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 49.0% of the population were male and 51.0% were female.
The median income for a household in the 59,649 USD , while 10.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the first language of 90.68% of the population, 4.99% spoke Spanish and 4.33% had another mother tongue.
Further educational institutions
- St. Johns River Community College in Orange Park
Places in Clay County
Clay County towns with 2010 census residents :
Cities :
- Green Cove Springs ( County Seat ) - 6,908 residents
- Keystone Heights - 1,350 residents
Towns :
- Orange Park - 8,412 inhabitants
- Penney Farms - 749 inhabitants
- Asbury Lake - 8,700 residents
- Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace - 13,343 residents
- Fleming Island - 27,126 residents
- Lakeside - 30,943 residents
- Middleburg - 13,008 inhabitants
- Oakleaf Plantation - 20,315 residents
Web links
- Clay County Government (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 295726. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 26 kB) Accessed March 31, 2012
- ↑ Extract from census.gov (2010) Retrieved March 31, 2012
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ↑ Language distribution 2010 . Modern Language Association . Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
Coordinates: 29 ° 59 ′ N , 81 ° 52 ′ W