Suwannee County

administration
Suwannee County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 98001349
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Live Oak
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 224 Pine Avenue Live Oak, FL 32064-2315
Foundation :	December 21, 1858
Made up from:	Columbia County
Area code :	001 386
Demographics
Residents :	41,551 (2010)
Population density :	23.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1792 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.suwanneechamber.com

The Suwannee County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Live Oak . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

history

Suwannee County was formed on December 21, 1858 from parts of Columbia County. It was named either after the Spaniard San Juan or after the Indian word of the Cherokee sawani (echo river).

geography

The county has an area of 1792 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Hamilton County , Columbia County , Gilchrist County , Dixie County , Lafayette County, and Madison County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2303	-
1870	3556	54.4%
1880	7101	99.7%
1890	10,524	48.2%
1900	14,554	38.3%
1910	18.603	27.8%
1920	19,789	6.4%
1930	15,731	-20.5%
1940	17,073	8.5%
1950	16,986	-0.5%
1960	14,961	-11.9%
1970	15,559	4%
1980	22,287	43.2%
1990	26,780	20.2%
2000	34,844	30.1%
2010	41,551	19.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Former Post Office in Live Oak

As of the 2010 census , there were 41,551 people in 19,025 households in Suwannee County. The population density was 23.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.5% white, 11.4% African American , 0.5% Indian and 0.5% Asian Americans . 3.1% were members of other races and 1.9% of different races. 8.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 31.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 35.1% of all households. 69.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.25 people and the average family size was 2.97 people.

25.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female.

The median income for a household in the 36,159 USD , while 21.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 93.23% of the population, 5.81% spoke Spanish and 0.96% had another mother tongue.