Hernando County

administration
Hernando County Courthouse
National emblem
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Brooksville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Board of County Commissioners 20 North Main Street Brooksville, Florida 34601
Foundation :	February 27, 1843
Made up from:	Alachua County
Area code :	001 352
Demographics
Residents :	172,778 (2010)
Population density :	139.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1526 km²
Water surface :	287 km²
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Website : www.co.hernando.fl.us

The Hernando County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Brooksville .

geography

The county has an area of 1526 square kilometers, of which 287 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Citrus County , Sumter County , Pasco County . Together with the Counties Hillsborough , Pasco and Pinellas , the county forms the metropolitan area of Tampa Bay Area .

history

Fort DeSoto was built around 1840 in the northeast of what is now Hernando County. Fort Desoto became a small base and stopover on the way to Tampa . The then much larger Hernando County was formed on February 27, 1843 from parts of Alachua County, named after Hernando de Soto . From March 6, 1844 to December 24, 1850, it was renamed "Benton County". In 1854 the small port town of Bayport became the seat of administration. In 1856 the city was renamed Brooksville . In 1855, the town's founder, Joseph Hale , donated a piece of land for a district courthouse in what is now Brooksville. On January 2, 1887, the government of Florida divided Hernando County into three independent counties: Pasco County in the south, Citrus County in the north, and Hernando County in the middle. Since then, the borders of Hernando County have remained unchanged.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	926	-
1860	1200	29.6%
1870	2938	144.8%
1880	4248	44.6%
1890	2476	-41.7%
1900	3638	46.9%
1910	4997	37.4%
1920	4548	-9%
1930	4948	8.8%
1940	5641	14%
1950	6693	18.6%
1960	11.205	67.4%
1970	17.004	51.8%
1980	44,469	161.5%
1990	101.115	127.4%
2000	130.802	29.4%
2010	172,778	32.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Chinsegut Hill Manor House , listed on the NRHP

Spring Lake Community Center , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Hernando Counties had 172,778 people in 84,377 households. The population density was 139.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 89.5% white, 5.1% African American , 0.4% American Indian and 1.1% Asian Americans . 1.9% were members of other races and 2.0% of different races. 10.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 25.8% of all households and persons aged at least 65 years in 43.0% of all households. 68.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.38 people and the average family size was 2.82 people.

21.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 33.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 48 years. 47.8% of the population were male and 52.2% were female.

The median income for a household in the 41,098 USD , while 14.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 89.01% of the population, 6.97% spoke Spanish and 4.02% had another mother tongue.