Hardee County

Hardee County Courthouse
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administration
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Wauchula
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hardee County Government 417 West Main Street Wauchula, FL 33873
Foundation :	April 23, 1921
Made up from:	DeSoto County
Area code :	001 863
Demographics
Residents :	27,731  (2010)
Population density :	16.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1653 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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Website : www.myhardeecounty.com

The Hardee County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Wauchula .

history

Hardee County was formed from parts of DeSoto County on April 23, 1921 and named after Cary A. Hardee , the governor of Florida from 1921 to 1925.

geography

The county has an area of ​​1,653 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Polk County , Highlands County , DeSoto County , Manatee County, and Hillsborough Counties .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1930	10,348		-
1940	10.158		-1.8%
1950	10,073		-0.8%
1960	12,370		22.8%
1970	14,889		20.4%
1980	19,379		30.2%
1990	19,499		0.6%
2000	26,938		38.2%
2010	27,731		2.9%
1930–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2010 census , Hardee County had 27,731 people in 9,742 households. The population density was 16.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 72.0% white, 7.0% African American , 0.6% Native American and 1.1% Asian Americans . 17.1% were members of other races and 2.0% of different races. 42.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 29.5% of all households lived in 41.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 74.9% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.12 and the average family size was 3.52.

31.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 53.6% of the population were male and 46.4% were female.

The median income for a household in the 36,115 USD , while 29.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 59.73% of the population, 37.36% spoke Spanish and 2.91% had another mother tongue.

Places in Hardee County

Hardee County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• Bowling Green - 2,930 residents
• Wauchula ( County Seat ) - 5,001 residents

Town :

• Zolfo Springs - 1,827 residents

Census-designated places :

• Fort Green - 101 residents
• Fort Green Springs - 231 residents
• Gardner - 463 inhabitants
• Lemon Grove - 657 inhabitants
• Limestone - 132 inhabitants
• Ona - 314 inhabitants

Web links

Commons : Hardee County, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Hardee County Board of County Commissioners (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 295746. 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 11, 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 7, 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 7, 2014. 

Coordinates: 27 ° 29 ′  N , 81 ° 49 ′  W