Union County (Florida)

administration
Union County Courthouse
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Lake Butler
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 15 Northeast First Street Lake Butler, FL 32054-1701
Foundation :	May 20, 1921
Made up from:	Bradford County
Area code :	001 386
Demographics
Residents :	15,535 (2010)
Population density :	24.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	647 km²
Water surface :	24 km²
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The Union County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Lake Butler .

history

Union County was formed on May 20, 1921 from parts of Bradford County. It was named to commemorate the concept of unity. Union County is Florida's state prison for men.

geography

The county covers an area of 647 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Baker County , Bradford County , Alachua County, and Columbia County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	7428	-
1940	7094	-4.5%
1950	8906	25.5%
1960	6043	-32.1%
1970	8112	34.2%
1980	10.166	25.3%
1990	10,252	0.8%
2000	13,422	30.9%
2010	15,535	15.7%
1930–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2010 census , Union County had 15,535 people in 4,479 households. The population density was 24.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 75.0% white, 22.2% African American , 0.4% American Indian and 0.2% Asian Americans . 0.7% were members of other races and 1.4% of different races. 4.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 22.2% of all households lived in 38.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 71.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.13.

21.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 29.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 64.7% of the population were male and 35.3% were female.

The median income for a household in the 43,750 USD , while 18.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 91.25% of the population, 7.18% spoke Spanish and 1.57% had another mother tongue.