Gilchrist County

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Gilchrist County Courthouse
Gilchrist County Courthouse
administration
US state : Florida
Administrative headquarters : Trenton
Foundation : 4th December 1925
Made up from: Alachua County
Area code : 001 352
Demographics
Residents : 16,939  (2010)
Population density : 18.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 921 km²
Water surface : 17 km²
map
Map of Gilchrist County within Florida
Website : www.co.gilchrist.fl.us

The Gilchrist County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Trenton .

history

Gilchrist County was formed on December 4, 1925 from parts of Alachua County and named after Albert W. Gilchrist , governor of Florida (1909-1913).

geography

The county has an area of ​​921 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Columbia County , Alachua County , Levy County , Dixie County , Lafayette County, and Suwannee County . Together with Alachua County, the county forms the metropolitan area of ​​Gainesville .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1930 4137 -
1940 4250 2.7%
1950 3499 -17.7%
1960 2868 -18%
1970 3551 23.8%
1980 5767 62.4%
1990 9667 67.6%
2000 14,437 49.3%
2010 16,939 17.3%
1930–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Gilchrist County had 16,939 people in 7,307 households. The population density was 18.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 90.9% white, 5.3% African American , 0.5% Indian and 0.4% Asian Americans . 1.5% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.5% of different ethnic groups. 5.0% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 32.4% of all households lived in 31.6% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 71.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02.

25.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 52.2% of the population were male and 47.8% were female.

The median income for a household in the 36,521 USD , while 21.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 96.59% of the population, 2.63% spoke Spanish and 0.78% had another mother tongue.

Places in Gilchrist County

Gilchrist County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

Town :

  • Bell - 456 inhabitants

Census-designated place :

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 303633. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ 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 March 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mla.org

Coordinates: 29 ° 44 ′  N , 82 ° 48 ′  W