Gadsden County

administration
The Gadsden County Courthouse in Quincy in the Quincy Historic District , listed on the NRHP
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Quincy
Foundation :	June 24, 1823
Made up from:	Jackson County
Area code :	001 850
Demographics
Residents :	46,389 (2010)
Population density :	34.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1369 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.gadsdengov.net

The Gadsden County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Quincy .

history

Gadsden County was formed on June 24, 1823 from parts of Jackson County and named after James Gadsden of South Carolina .

geography

The county has an area of 1,369 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Leon County , Liberty County , Calhoun County, and Jackson County . Together with the counties Jefferson , Leon and Wakulla , the county forms the metropolitan area of Tallahassee .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4895	-
1840	5992	22.4%
1850	8784	46.6%
1860	9396	7%
1870	9802	4.3%
1880	12,169	24.1%
1890	11,894	-2.3%
1900	15,294	28.6%
1910	22,198	45.1%
1920	23,539	6%
1930	29,890	27%
1940	31,450	5.2%
1950	36,457	15.9%
1960	41,989	15.2%
1970	39,184	-6.7%
1980	41,565	6.1%
1990	41,105	-1.1%
2000	45,087	9.7%
2010	46,389	2.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Davidson House in the Quincy Historic District , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , there were 46,389 people in 19,506 households in Gadsden County. The population density was 34.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 35.9% white, 56.0% African American , 0.3% American Indian and 0.5% Asian Americans . 5.9% were members of other races and 1.3% of different races. 9.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 34.3% of all households and persons aged at least 65 in 28.0% of all households. 70.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.12.

26.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

The median income for a household in the 35,593 USD , while 29.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 91.01% of the population, 7.91% spoke Spanish and 1.08% had another mother tongue.