Glades County

Glades County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Moore Haven
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Glades County P.O. Box 10 Moore Haven, Florida 33471
Foundation :	April 23, 1921
Made up from:	DeSoto County
Area code :	001 863
Demographics
Residents :	12,884  (2010)
Population density :	6.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2555 km²
Water surface :	551 km²
map
Website : www.mygladescounty.com

The Glades County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is in Moore Haven .

history

Glades County was formed on April 23, 1921 from parts of DeSoto County and named after the Everglades .

geography

The county has an area of ​​2556 square kilometers, of which 551 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Okeechobee County , Martin County , Palm Beach County , Hendry County , Lee County , Charlotte County , DeSoto County, and Highlands County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1930	2762		-
1940	2745		-0.6%
1950	2199		-19.9%
1960	2950		34.2%
1970	3669		24.4%
1980	5992		63.3%
1990	7591		26.7%
2000	10,576		39.3%
2010	12,884		21.8%
1930–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2010 census , Glades County had 12,884 people in 6,979 households. The population density was 6.4 people per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 71.0% white, 12.3% African American , 4.6% American Indian and 0.4% Asian Americans . 9.9% were members of other races and 1.7% of different races. 21.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 26.6% of all households and persons aged at least 65 years in 42.1% of all households. 67.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96.

21.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 57.8% of the population were male and 42.2% were female.

The median income for a household in the 35,219 USD , while 25.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 77.43% of the population, 18.78% spoke Spanish and 3.79% had another mother tongue.

Places in Glades County

Glades County localities with 2010 census residents :

City :

• Moore Haven ( County Seat ) - 1,680 residents

Census-designated place :

• Buckhead Ridge - 1,450 residents

Web links

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

• Glades County Supervisor of Elections info (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 295743. Retrieved 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 
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. 

Coordinates: 26 ° 57 ′  N , 81 ° 11 ′  W