Orange County (Florida)

administration
The Orange County Courthouse in Orlando
National emblem
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Orlando
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Administration Building 400 E. South Street Orlando, Florida 32801
Foundation :	December 29, 1824
Made up from:	St. Johns County
Area code :	001 407
Demographics
Residents :	1,145,956 (2010)
Population density :	487.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2601 km²
Water surface :	251 km²
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Website : www.orangecountyfl.net

The Orange County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Orlando .

geography

The county has an area of 2601 square kilometers, of which 251 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Seminole County , Brevard County , Osceola County, and Lake County . Together with Lake, Osceola and Seminole Counties, the county forms the Greater Orlando metropolitan area .

history

Mosquito County was formed on December 29, 1824 from parts of St. Johns County. In 1845 it was renamed Orange County after the fruit that was planted here and the marketing of which brought people simple prosperity. Today there are no longer any commercially operated orange plantations in Orange County, but there are still a few packaging and processing companies that source the oranges from southern Florida.

Historical objects

Orlando is home to the historic Tinker Building . It is located there at numbers 16-18 on Pine Street , and is listed as a National Monument (NRHP 80000957).
In Winter Park is the 1995 National Register of Historic Places captured Woman's Club of Winter Park . It is located on Interlachen Avenue at number 419.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	733	-
1840	73	-90%
1850	466	538.4%
1860	987	111.8%
1870	2195	122.4%
1880	6618	201.5%
1890	12,584	90.1%
1900	11,374	-9.6%
1910	19,107	68%
1920	19,890	4.1%
1930	49,737	150.1%
1940	70,074	40.9%
1950	114,950	64%
1960	263,540	129.3%
1970	344.311	30.6%
1980	471.016	36.8%
1990	677.491	43.8%
2000	896.344	32.3%
2010	1,145,956	27.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

JJ Bridges House , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2010 census , Orange County had 1,145,956 people in 487,014 households. The population density was 487.6 people per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 63.6% white, 20.8% African American , 0.4% American Indian and 4.9% Asian Americans . 6.8% were members of other races and 3.4% of different races. 26.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 35.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 19.4% of all households. 64.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.19.

27.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 31.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female.

The median income for a household in the 48,429 USD , while 16.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 67.43% of the population, 22.59% spoke Spanish and 9.98% had another mother tongue.