Nassau County (Florida)

administration
Nassau County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Fernandina Beach
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Nassau County Commissioners 96160 Nassau Place Vulee, Florida 32097
Foundation :	December 29, 1824
Made up from:	Duval County
Area code :	001 904
Demographics
Residents :	73,314 (2010)
Population density :	43.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1880 km²
Water surface :	192 km²
map

Website : www.nassauclerk.org

The Nassau County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is in Fernandina Beach .

geography

The county covers an area of 1,880 square kilometers, of which 192 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Duval County and Baker Counties . Together with the counties Baker, Clay , Duval and St. Johns , the county forms the metropolitan area Jacksonville .

history

Nassau County was formed on December 29, 1824 from parts of Duval County. It was named after the German Duchy of Nassau .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1511	-
1840	1802	19.3%
1850	2164	20.1%
1860	3644	68.4%
1870	4247	16.5%
1880	6635	56.2%
1890	8294	25%
1900	9654	16.4%
1910	10,525	9%
1920	11,340	7.7%
1930	9375	-17.3%
1940	10,826	15.5%
1950	12,811	18.3%
1960	17.189	34.2%
1970	20,626	20%
1980	32,894	59.5%
1990	43,941	33.6%
2000	57,663	31.2%
2010	73.314	27.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Sunset before Ervin's Rest

As of the 2010 census , Nassau County had 73,314 people in 34,950 households. The population density was 43.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 89.8% white, 6.4% African American , 0.4% American Indian and 0.9% Asian Americans . 1.0% were members of other races and 1.6% of different races. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 30.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 29.4% of all households. 72.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.53 people and the average family size was 2.93 people.

24.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.

The median income for a household in the 57,163 USD , while 11.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 95.73% of the population, 2.65% spoke Spanish and 1.62% had another mother tongue.