Fort White, Florida
Columbia County
12-24500
Fort White is a town in Columbia County in the U.S. state of Florida with 567 inhabitants (as of 2010).
Geography
Fort White lies around 25 kilometers south of Lake City and about 120 km west of Jacksonville.
History
Fort White was founded in 1870 and lived with the connection to the railroad in 1888, a short economic boom. Main economic activities of the town were the mining of Phospaterz and the cultivation of citrus fruits and cotton. By 1896, Fort White had grown to almost 2,000 inhabitants the second largest settlement in Columbia County. The economic decline began when the winter 1896/1897 extreme cold destroyed the citrus industry. The degradation of Phospaterz was set in 1910. The incidence of the Mexican boll weevil made a few years later also for the end of the cotton production.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the then 567 inhabitants distributed in 260 households. The population density was 94.5 inh. / Km ². 63.0 % of the population were white, 30.3% African American, 0.7 % Native American and 0.5 % Asian Americans. 2.8% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.6% in different ethnic groups. 7.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 30.9 % of all households lived in 37.7 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 70.0% 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 2.74 persons and the average family size is 3.29 people.
30.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.1% were 20-39 years old, 24.2% were 40-59 years old and 20.2% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 36 years. 48.5 % of the population were male and 51.5 % female.
The average annual income was $ 27,917, while 19.4 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 98.04 % of the population spoke Spanish and 1.96%.
Traffic
Fort White is on U.S. Highway 27 (SR 20) and Florida State Road 47 crossed. The nearest airport is Gainesville Regional Airport (50 km southeast).