Lake County (Florida)

administration
Lake County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Tavares
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lake County 315 West Main Street P.O. Box 7800 Tavares, Florida 32778
Foundation :	May 27, 1887
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 352
Demographics
Residents :	297,052 (2010)
Population density :	120.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2995 km²
Water surface :	526 km²
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Website : www.lakegovernment.com

The Lake County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Tavares .

geography

The county covers an area of 2,995 square kilometers, of which 526 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Volusia County , Seminole County , Orange County , Polk County , Sumter County, and Marion County . Together with the counties Orange, Osceola and Seminole , the county forms the metropolitan area Greater Orlando .

history

Lake County was formed on May 27, 1887. It was named after the numerous lakes in the area. There are approximately 1,400 lakes in Lake County.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	8034	-
1900	7467	-7.1%
1910	9509	27.3%
1920	12,744	34%
1930	23,161	81.7%
1940	27,255	17.7%
1950	36,340	33.3%
1960	57,383	57.9%
1970	69,305	20.8%
1980	104,870	51.3%
1990	152.104	45%
2000	210,528	38.4%
2010	297.052	41.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

St. Johns River

As of the 2010 census , Lake County had 297,052 people in 144,786 households. The population density was 120.3 people per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.0% white, 9.8% African American , 0.5% American Indian and 1.7% Asian Americans . 3.7% were members of other races and 2.3% of different races. 12.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 27.3% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 40.4% of all households. 69.1% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.42 people and the average family size was 2.86 people.

23.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 19.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 31.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 48.5% of the population were male and 51.5% were female.

The median income for a household in the 45,663 USD , while 13.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 88.22% of the population, 8.82% spoke Spanish and 2.96% had another mother tongue.