Dixie County, Florida
The Dixie County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cross City.
History
The Dixie County was formed on April 25, 1921 from parts of Lafayette County. The name was derived from the nickname of the American South.
Geography
The county has an area of 2,237 square kilometers, of which 413 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Taylor County, Lafayette County, Gilchrist County and Levy County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Dixie County 16,422 people in 9,319 households. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.8 % White, 8.4% Black or African American, 0.4% Indigenous and 0.3 % Asian Americans. 0.5 % were members of other ethnic groups and 1.5 % of various ethnicities. 3.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 36.5 % of all households lived in 26.9 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.6 % 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 2.37 persons and the average family size is 2.88 people.
21.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.8 % were 20-39 years old, 29.6% were 40-59 years old and 27.3 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 45 years. 53.8 % of the population were male and 46.2 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 35,476, while 16.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 96.29 % of the population spoke Spanish 1.91% and 1.80 % had a different mother tongue.
Places in Dixie County
Places in Dixie County with populations of the census of 2010:
Towns:
- Cross City ( County Seat) - 1,728 inhabitants
- Horseshoe Beach - 169 inhabitants