Charlotte County (Florida)
The Charlotte County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Punta Gorda.
Geography
The County is located in south-central Florida, bordered on the west by the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 2,225 square kilometers, of which 429 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Highlands County, Glades County, Hendry County, Lee County, Sarasota County and DeSoto County.
History
The Charlotte County was formed on 23 April 1921 the DeSoto County and named after the Bay of Charlotte Harbor.
Demography
According to the 2010 census, the then 159 978 inhabitants spread over 100 632 households. The population density was 89.1 inh. / Km ². 90.0 % of the population were white, 5.7% African American, 0.3% Native American and 1.2% Asian Americans. 1.1% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.7% in different ethnic groups. 5.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 50.2 % of all households lived in 17.7 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.14 persons and the average family size is 2.57 people.
16.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 14.5% were 20-39 years old, 25.8 % were 40-59 years old and 43.6 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 56 years. 48.6 % of the population were male and 51.4 % female.
The average annual income was $ 45,112, while 11.4 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 90.72 % of the population spoke Spanish 4.55% and 4.73% had a different mother tongue.
Educational institutions
- Edison College in Punta Gorda
Places in Charlotte County
Places in Charlotte County with populations of the census of 2010:
City:
- Punta Gorda ( County Seat) - 16,641 inhabitants
Census-designated places:
- Charlotte Harbor - 3,714 inhabitants
- Charlotte Park - 2,325 inhabitants
- Cleveland - 2,990 inhabitants
- Englewood - 14,863 inhabitants
- Grove City - 1,804 inhabitants
- Harbour Heights - 2,987 inhabitants
- Manasota Key - 1,229 inhabitants
- Port Charlotte - 54 392 inhabitants
- Rotonda - 8,759 inhabitants
- Solana - 742 inhabitants