Clay County (Florida)

Clay County Courthouse
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administration
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
geography
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
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

Middleburg United Methodist Church , listed on the NRHP

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

Census-designated places :

• 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

Commons : Clay County, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Clay County Government (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 295726. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
4. ↑ 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  
5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2010) Retrieved March 31, 2012
6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 17, 2014.
7. ↑ 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