Flagler County, Florida
The Flagler County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Bunnell.
History
The Flagler County was formed on April 28, 1917 from parts of St. Johns County. It was named after Henry Morrison Flagler, a railroad pioneer, owner of a railway company and builder of the railway line on Florida's East Coast ( Florida East Coast Railway ).
Geography
The county has an area of 1,478 square kilometers, of which 222 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Volusia County, Putnam County and St. Johns County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Flagler County 95 696 people in 48,595 households. The population density was 76.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.3 % White, 11.4 % African American, 0.3% Indigenous and 2.1% Asian Americans. 1.7% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.3% in different ethnic groups. 8.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 40.9 % of all households lived in 26.5 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 71.1 % 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 2.42 persons and the average family size is 2.82 people.
22.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.9% were 20-39 years old, 26.3% were 40-59 years old and 32.7 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 48 years. 48.1 % of the population were male and 51.9 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 48,134, while 14.4 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 85.04 % of the population spoke Spanish 5.83% and 9.13% had a different mother tongue.
Places in Flagler County
Places in Flagler County with populations of the census of 2010:
Cities:
- Bunnell ( County Seat) - 2,676 inhabitants
- Flagler Beach - 4,484 inhabitants
- Palm Coast - 75 180 inhabitants
Towns:
- Beverly Beach - 338 inhabitants
- Marineland - 16 inhabitants