Santa Rosa County

administration
Santa Rosa County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Milton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Santa Rosa County Administrative Services 6495 Caroline Street Milton, Florida 32570
Foundation :	February 18, 1842
Made up from:	Escambia County
Area code :	001 850
Demographics
Residents :	151,372 (2010)
Population density :	57.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3040 km²
Water surface :	406 km²
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Website : www.co.santa-rosa.fl.us

The Santa Rosa County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Milton .

geography

The county has an area of 3,040 square kilometers, of which 406 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by Escambia County to the west and Okaloosa County to the east . Together with Escambia County, the county forms the metropolitan area of Pensacola .

history

The Santa Rosa County was formed on February 18, 1842 from parts of Escambia County. It was named after Rosa von Viterbo , a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	808	-
1850	2883	-
1860	5480	90.1%
1870	3312	-39.6%
1880	6045	82.5%
1890	7961	31.7%
1900	10,293	29.3%
1910	14,897	44.7%
1920	13,670	-8.2%
1930	14,083	3%
1940	16,085	14.2%
1950	18,554	15.3%
1960	29,547	59.2%
1970	37,741	27.7%
1980	55,988	48.3%
1990	81,608	45.8%
2000	117,743	44.3%
2010	151.372	28.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Santa Rosa County had 151,372 people in 64,707 households. The population density was 57.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial population was made up of 87.8% white, 5.4% African American , 0.9% American Indian and 1.8% Asian Americans . 1.1% were members of other races and 3.0% of different races. 4.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 24.5% of all households lived in 35.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 73.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.59 people and the average family size was 2.99 people.

26.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 50.5% of the population were male and 49.5% were female.

The median income for a household in the 57,491 USD , while 11.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 92.99% of the population, 3.39% spoke Spanish and 3.62% had another mother tongue.