Collier County

administration
Collier County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Naples
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Collier County Government 3301 E. Tamiami Trail Naples, FL 34112
Foundation :	1923
Area code :	001 239
Demographics
Residents :	321,520 (2010)
Population density :	61.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5970 km²
Water surface :	724 km²
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Website : www.colliergov.net

The Collier County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Naples .

geography

Collier County is located in southern Florida, bordering the Gulf of Mexico to the west and southwest and has a total area of 5970 km² . 5246 km² of this is land, 724 km² (12.13%) is water.

The county is listed by the Office of Management and Budget for statistical purposes under the name Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area .

history

Collier County was established in 1923. The name goes back to Barron Collier , a land owner and developer.

Demographics

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	2883	-
1940	5102	77%
1950	6488	27.2%
1960	15,753	142.8%
1970	38.040	141.5%
1980	85,971	126%
1990	152.099	76.9%
2000	251.377	65.3%
2010	321,520	27.9%
1930–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 321,520 inhabitants were distributed over 197,298 households. The population density was 61.3 inh / km². 83.9% of the population were white, 6.6% African American , 0.3% American Indian, and 1.1% Asian Americans . 6.2% were members of other races and 1.9% of different races. 25.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 43.0% of all households lived in 24.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 67.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.38 people and the average family size was 2.84 people.

21.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 33.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 47 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 56,876, with 13.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 69.37% of the population, 22.57% spoke Spanish and 8.06% had another mother tongue.