St. Johns County

St. Johns County Courthouse in St. Augustine
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	St. Augustine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	St. Johns County Local Government 4020 Lewis Speedway St. Augustine, Florida 32095
Foundation :	July 21, 1821
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 904
Demographics
Residents :	190,039  (2010)
Population density :	120.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2127 km²
Water surface :	550 km²
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Website : www.co.st-johns.fl.us

The St. Johns County is a county in the US state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is St. Augustine .

history

St. Johns County was formed on July 21, 1821. It was named after John the Baptist . St. Johns County and Escambia County were the two original counties of Florida, bordered by the Suwannee River .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​2,127 square kilometers, of which 550 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Flagler County , Putnam County , Clay County, and Duval Counties . Together with the counties Baker , Clay, Duval and Nassau , the county forms the metropolitan area Jacksonville .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	2538		-
1840	2694		6.1%
1850	2525		-6.3%
1860	3038		20.3%
1870	2618		-13.8%
1880	4535		73.2%
1890	8712		92.1%
1900	9165		5.2%
1910	13.208		44.1%
1920	13,061		-1.1%
1930	18,676		43%
1940	20,012		7.2%
1950	24,998		24.9%
1960	30,034		20.1%
1970	30,727		2.3%
1980	51,303		67%
1990	83,829		63.4%
2000	123.135		46.9%
2010	190.039		54.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Ponte Vedra

According to the 2010 census , St. Johns County had 190,039 people in 89,990 households. The population density was 120.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 89.3% white, 5.6% African American , 0.3% American Indian and 2.1% Asian Americans . 0.9% were members of other races and 1.8% of different races. 5.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 32.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 28.0% of all households. 69.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.49 people and the average family size was 2.95 people.

25.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female.

The median income for a household in the 64,346 USD , while 9.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 91.97% of the population, 3.39% spoke Spanish and 4.64% had another mother tongue.

Further educational institutions

• Flagler College in St. Augustine
• St. Johns River Community College in St. Augustine

Places in St. Johns County

St. Johns County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• St. Augustine ( County Seat ) - population 12,975
• St. Augustine Beach - 6,176 residents

Towns :

• Hastings - 580 inhabitants
• Marineland - 16 inhabitants

Census-designated places :

• Butler Beach - 4,951 residents
• Crescent Beach - 931 residents
• Flagler Estates - 3,215 residents
• Fruit Cove - 29,362 residents
• Nocatee - 4,524 inhabitants
• Palm Valley - 20,019 residents
• Sawgrass - 4,880 inhabitants
• St. Augustine Shores - 7,359 residents
• St. Augustine South - 4,998 residents
• Villano Beach - 2,678 inhabitants
• World Golf Village - 12,310 inhabitants

Web links

Commons : St. Johns County, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• St. Johns County Government (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 308371. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed March 31, 2012
5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 7, 2014.
6. ↑ Language distribution 2010 . Modern Language Association . Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. 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 7, 2014. 

Coordinates: 29 ° 55 ′  N , 81 ° 25 ′  W