Glades County, Florida
The Glades County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Moore Haven.
History
Glades County was formed on April 23, 1921 from portions of DeSoto County and named after the Everglades.
Geography
The county has an area of 2,556 square kilometers, of which 551 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Okeechobee County, Martin County, Palm Beach County, Hendry County, Lee County, Charlotte County, DeSoto County and Highlands County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Glades County 12,884 people in 6,979 households. The population density was 6.4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.0 % White, 12.3 % African American, 4.6% Indigenous and 0.4 % Asian Americans. 9.9% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.7% in different ethnic groups. 21.1 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 42.1 % of all households lived in 26.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 67.0 % 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 2.52 persons and the average family size is 2.96 people.
21.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.9% were 20-39 years old, 26.2% were 40-59 years old and 27.8 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 43 years. 57.8 % of the population were male and 42.2% female.
The median income for a household was $ 35,219, while 25.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 77.43 % of the population spoke Spanish 18.78 % and 3.79 % had a different mother tongue.
Places in Glades County
Places in Glades County with populations of the census of 2010:
City:
- Moore Haven ( County Seat) - 1,680 inhabitants
- Buckhead Ridge - 1,450 inhabitants