Franklin County (Florida)

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Franklin County Courthouse
Franklin County Courthouse
administration
US state : Florida
Administrative headquarters : Apalachicola
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
Franklin County Government
33 Market Street
Apalachicola, FL 32320
Foundation : February 8, 1832
Made up from: Jackson County
Area code : 001 850
Demographics
Residents : 11,549  (2010)
Population density : 8.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2687 km²
Water surface : 1277 km²
map
Map of Franklin County within Florida
Website : www.franklincountyflorida.com

The Franklin County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Apalachicola .

history

Franklin County was founded on February 8, 1832 from parts of Jackson County and named after Benjamin Franklin .

Parts of the 1,936 designated National Forest Apalachicola National Forest extend County.

geography

The county covers an area of ​​2,687 square kilometers, of which 1,277 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Gulf County , Liberty County, and Wakulla Counties .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 1030 -
1850 1501 45.7%
1860 1904 26.8%
1870 1256 -34%
1880 1791 42.6%
1890 3308 84.7%
1900 4890 47.8%
1910 5201 6.4%
1920 5318 2.2%
1930 6283 18.1%
1940 5991 -4.6%
1950 5814 -3%
1960 6576 13.1%
1970 7065 7.4%
1980 7661 8.4%
1990 8967 17%
2000 11,057 23.3%
2010 11,549 4.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2010 census , Franklin County had 11,549 people in 8,652 households. The population density was 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.6% white, 13.8% African American , 0.5% Native American and 0.2% Asian Americans . 1.3% were members of other races and 1.7% of different races. 4.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 26.0% of all households and persons aged at least 65 years in 34.3% of all households. 64.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.29 people and the average family size was 2.79 people.

18.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 24.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 57.6% of the population were male and 42.4% were female.

The median income for a household in the 37,428 USD , while 22.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 93.10% of the population, 5.12% spoke Spanish and 1.78% had another mother tongue.

Places in Franklin County

Franklin County towns with 2010 census residents :

Cities :

Census-designated place :

The island of St. George Island , a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, received the status of a census-designated place on February 8, 2012 and had 706 inhabitants in 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 306911. Retrieved 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. Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) 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 March 31, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  6. 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 28, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mla.org
  7. Feature Query Results. Geographic Names Information System , accessed July 16, 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Franklin County, Florida  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 29 ° 48 ′  N , 84 ° 49 ′  W