Pinellas County

Former Pinellas County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 92000828
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Clearwater
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pinellas County Government 315 Court Street Clearwater, Florida 33756
Foundation :	May 23, 1911
Made up from:	Hillsborough County
Area code :	001 727
Demographics
Residents :	916,542  (2010)
Population density :	1,264.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1574 km²
Water surface :	849 km²
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Website : www.pinellascounty.org

The Pinellas County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Clearwater . The largest city is St. Petersburg .

history

Pinellas County was formed on May 23, 1911 from parts of Hillsborough County . The entire Pinellas peninsula, which separates Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico , as well as a small part of the mainland belong to the county.

geography

The county has an area of ​​1574 square kilometers, of which 849 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Pasco County , Hillsborough County, and Manatee County . Together with Hernando , Hillsborough, and Pasco Counties , the county forms the Tampa Bay Area metropolitan area .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1920	28,265		-
1930	62,149		119.9%
1940	91,852		47.8%
1950	159,249		73.4%
1960	374,665		135.3%
1970	522.329		39.4%
1980	728.531		39.5%
1990	851.659		16.9%
2000	921,482		8.2%
2010	916,482		-0.5%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Pinellas County had 916,542 people in 503,181 households. The population density was 1264.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.1% white, 10.3% African American , 0.3% American Indian and 3.0% Asian Americans . 2.1% were members of other races and 2.2% of different races. 8.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 33.9% of all households lived in 22.6% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 56.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.16 people and the average family size was 2.79 people.

19.9% ​​of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 28.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

The median income for a household in the 46,051 USD , while 13.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 87.17% of the population, 5.56% spoke Spanish and 7.27% had another mother tongue.

Further educational institutions

• Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater
• Florida Metropolitan University in Clearwater
• Remington College at Pinellas
• Eckerd College in Saint Petersburg
• Saint Petersburg College in Saint Petersburg
• Saint Petersburg Junior College in Saint Petersburg
• Stetson University in Saint Petersburg
• University of South Florida at Saint Petersburg

Places in Pinellas County

Pinellas County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• Belleair Beach - 1,560 inhabitants
• Belleair Bluffs - 2,031 residents
• Clearwater ( County Seat ) - 107,685 inhabitants
• Dunedin - 35,321 inhabitants
• Gulfport - 12,029 residents
• Indian Rocks Beach - 4,113 residents
• Largo - 77,648 inhabitants
• Madeira Beach - 4,263 inhabitants
• Oldsmar - 13,591 inhabitants
• Pinellas Park - 49,079 inhabitants
• Safety Harbor - 16,884 residents
• St. Pete Beach - 9,346 residents
• St. Petersburg - 244,769 inhabitants
• Seminole - 17,233 inhabitants
• South Pasadena - 4,964 residents
• Tarpon Springs - 23,484 residents
• Treasure Island - 6,705 inhabitants

Towns :

• Belleair - 3,869 inhabitants
• Belleair Shore - 109 residents
• Indian Shores - 1,420 residents
• Kenneth City - 4,980 residents
• North Redington Beach - 1,417 residents
• Redington Beach - 1,427 residents
• Redington Shores - 2,121 residents

Census-designated places :

• Bardmoor - 9,732 inhabitants
• Bay Pines - 2,931 residents
• Bear Creek - 1,948 residents
• East Lake - 30,962 residents
• Feather Sound - 3,420 residents
• Greenbriar - 2,502 inhabitants
• Harbor Bluffs - 2,860 residents
• Lealman - 19,879 inhabitants
• Palm Harbor - 57,439 residents
• Ridgecrest - 2,558 inhabitants
• South Highpoint - 5,195 residents
• Tierra Verde - 3,721 inhabitants
• West Lealman - 15,651 residents

Web links

Commons : Pinellas County, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Pinellas County Government / Board of County Commissioners (Engl.)
• Tourist information (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 295745. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 
5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 4, 2014.
6. ↑ Language distribution 2010 . Modern Language Association . Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2014. 

Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′  N , 82 ° 44 ′  W