Holmes County (Florida)
The Holmes County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Bonifay.
Geography
The County is located in Northwest Florida, between Pensacola and Tallahassee, about 50 km north of the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1266 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water surface. The county is crossed by the Choctawhatchee River. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jackson County, Washington County and Walton County.
History
The Holmes County was formed on January 8, 1848 as Florida's 27 County from parts of Jackson County. It was named after Thomas J. Holmes of North Carolina who had settled here in 1830 for settling. Other sources state that the County after the Holmes Creek was named, forms the natural western boundary of the county.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Holmes County 19,927 people in 8,612 households. The population density was 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.5 % White, 5.8 % African American, 0.8 % Indigenous and 0.4 % Asian Americans. 0.5 % were members of other ethnic groups and 2.0% in different ethnic groups. 2.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 33.0 % of all households lived in 31.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 69.4 % 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 2.47 persons and the average family size is 2.96 people.
24.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.3% were 20-39 years old, 28.2% were 40-59 years old and 23.6 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 41 years. 53.2 % of the population were male and 46.8 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 34,928, while 22.6 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 95.50 % of the population spoke Spanish 2.26% and 2.24 % had a different mother tongue.
Places in Holmes County
Places in Holmes County with populations of the census of 2010:
City:
- Bonifay ( County Seat) - 2,793 inhabitants
Towns:
- Esto - 364 inhabitants
- Noma - 211 inhabitants
- Ponce de Leon - 598 inhabitants
- Westville - 289 inhabitants