Levy County

administration
Levy County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Bronson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 310 Bronson, FL 32621-0310
Foundation :	May 10, 1845
Area code :	001 352
Demographics
Residents :	40,801 (2010)
Population density :	14.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3658 km²
Water surface :	761 km²
map

Website : www.levycounty.org

The Levy County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Bronson .

geography

The county has an area of 3,658 square kilometers, of which 761 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Dixie County , Gilchrist County , Alachua County , Marion County, and Citrus County .

history

Levy County was formed on May 10, 1845. It was named after David Levy Yulee , who was a member of the US Senate from 1845 to 1851 and from 1855 to 1861.

In 1923 the black town of Rosewood was burned down.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	465	-
1860	1781	283%
1870	2018	13.3%
1880	5765	185.7%
1890	6586	14.2%
1900	8603	30.6%
1910	10,361	20.4%
1920	9921	-4.2%
1930	12,456	25.6%
1940	12,550	0.8%
1950	10,637	-15.2%
1960	10,364	-2.6%
1970	12,756	23.1%
1980	19,870	55.8%
1990	25,923	30.5%
2000	34,450	32.9%
2010	40,801	18.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

According to the 2010 census , Levy County had 40,801 people in 19,974 households. The population density was 14.1 people per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 85.5% white, 9.4% African American , 0.4% Native American and 0.6% Asian Americans . 2.3% were members of other races and 1.9% of different races. 7.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 28.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 35.0% of all households. 67.5% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.45 people and the average family size was 2.91 people.

23.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 45 years. 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female.

The median income for a household in the 35,093 USD , while 22.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 93.45% of the population, 5.35% spoke Spanish and 1.20% had another mother tongue.