Escambia County (Florida)

administration
Escambia County Courthouse
National emblem
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Pensacola
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Escambia County 223 Palafox Place P. O. Box 1591 Pensacola, FL 32501
Foundation :	July 21, 1821
Area code :	001 850
Demographics
Residents :	297,619 (2010)
Population density :	173.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2268 km²
Water surface :	552 km²
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Website : www.co.escambia.fl.us

The Escambia County is a county in the US state of Florida . At the 2010 census , the county had 297,619 people and a population density of 173.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Pensacola .

geography

The county is located in the Florida Panhandle and is also the westernmost of the entire state. It has an area of 2,268 square kilometers, of which 552 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Escambia County:

	Escambia County, Alabama
Baldwin County, Alabama		Santa Rosa County

Together with Santa Rosa County, the county forms the metropolitan area of Pensacola .

history

Escambia County was formed on July 21, 1821 together with St. Johns County as one of the two original Florida counties. It was named after the Escambia River .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2518	-
1840	3993	58.6%
1850	4351	9%
1860	5768	32.6%
1870	7817	35.5%
1880	12,156	55.5%
1890	20,188	66.1%
1900	28,313	40.2%
1910	38,029	34.3%
1920	49,386	29.9%
1930	53,594	8.5%
1940	74,667	39.3%
1950	112,706	50.9%
1960	173,829	54.2%
1970	205.334	18.1%
1980	233,794	13.9%
1990	262,798	12.4%
2000	294.410	12%
2010	297,619	1.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Navarre Beach after Hurricane Katrina on August 31, 2005

Pensacola Beach

Fort Barrancas National Cemetery on thePensacola Naval Aviation Base ,listedon the NRHP since 1998

US Customs House and Post Office in Pensacola, listed in the NRHP since 1997

As of the 2010 census , there were 297,619 people in 117,436 households in Escambia County. The population density was 173.4 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 68.9 percent white, 22.9 percent African American, 0.9 percent Indian, 2.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.41 people lived in the 117,436 households.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,794 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,154. 18.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.