Volusia County

administration
Volusia County Courthouse
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	DeLand
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Volusia County County Administration Building 123 W. Indiana Avenue DeLand, Florida 32720
Foundation :	December 29, 1854
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 386
Demographics
Residents :	494,593 (2010)
Population density :	173.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3710 km²
Water surface :	853 km²
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Website : volusia.org

The Volusia County is a county in the state of Florida in the United States . The county seat is DeLand .

history

Volusia County was formed on December 29, 1854 from parts of Orange County. It was named after a settlement on the St. Johns River .

geography

The county has an area of 3710 square kilometers, of which 853 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Brevard County , Seminole County , Lake County , Marion County , Putnam County, and Flagler County . Together with Flagler County, the county forms the metropolitan area of Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1158	-
1870	1723	48.8%
1880	3294	91.2%
1890	8467	157%
1900	10,003	18.1%
1910	16,510	65.1%
1920	23,374	41.6%
1930	42,757	82.9%
1940	53,710	25.6%
1950	74,229	38.2%
1960	125,319	68.8%
1970	169,487	35.2%
1980	258,762	52.7%
1990	370.712	43.3%
2000	443.343	19.6%
2010	494,593	11.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Volusia County had 494,593 people in 253,924 households. The population density was 173.1 people per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 82.5% white, 10.5% African American , 0.4% American Indian and 1.5% Asian Americans . 2.9% were members of other races and 2.1% of different races. 11.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 35.7% of all households lived in 25.1% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 62.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.31 people and the average family size was 2.84 people.

21.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 28.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 45 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

The median income for a household in the 43,419 USD , while 16.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 87.34% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 8.12% and 4.54% had another mother tongue.