Columbia County (Florida)

administration
Columbia County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Lake City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Office of the County Manager P. O. Box 1529 Lake City, Florida 32056
Foundation :	February 4, 1832
Made up from:	Alachua County
Area code :	001 386
Demographics
Residents :	67,531 (2010)
Population density :	32.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2075 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.columbiacountyfla.com

The Columbia County is a county in the US state of Florida . The county seat is Lake City .

history

Columbia County was formed on February 4, 1832 from parts of Alachua County and named after Christopher Columbus .

geography

The county is located in north Florida, borders Georgia and has an area of 2075 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Baker County , Union County , Alachua County , Gilchrist County , Suwannee County, and Hamilton County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2102	-
1850	4808	128.7%
1860	4640	-3.5%
1870	7335	58.1%
1880	9589	30.7%
1890	12,877	34.3%
1900	17.094	32.7%
1910	17,689	3.5%
1920	14,290	-19.2%
1930	14,638	2.4%
1940	16,859	15.2%
1950	18,216	8th %
1960	20,077	10.2%
1970	25,250	25.8%
1980	35,399	40.2%
1990	42,613	20.4%
2000	56,513	32.6%
2010	67,531	19.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Columbia County had 67,531 people in 28,636 households. The population density was 32.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 77.9% white, 17.5% African American , 0.5% Indian and 0.9% Asian Americans . 1.3% were members of other races and 1.9% of different races. 4.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 32.5% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 29.8% of all households. 68.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.

25.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 51.8% of the population were male and 48.2% were female.

The median income for a household in the 37,534 USD , while 19.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 94.21% of the population, 3.96% spoke Spanish and 1.83% had another mother tongue.