Leon County (Florida)
The Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Tallahassee.
Geography
The county has an area of 1,818 square kilometers, of which 91 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jefferson County, Wakulla County, Liberty County and Gadsden County.
History
The Leon County was formed on December 29, 1824 from parts of Gadsden County. It was named after Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer and probably the first Europeans to set foot on Florida.
Parts of the 1936 designated National Forest Apalachicola National Forest extend into the County.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Leon County 275 487 people in 124 129 households. The population density was 159.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.0 % White, 30.3 % African American, 0.3% Indigenous and 2.9 % Asian Americans. 1.3% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.2% in different ethnic groups. 5.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 17.5 % of all households lived in 27.1 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 54.9 % 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 2.35 persons and the average family size is 2.94 people.
26.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 30.5% were 20-39 years old, 23.4% were 40-59 years old and 14.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 30 years. 47.6 % of the population were male and 52.4 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 45,915, while 22.8 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 91.15 % of the population spoke Spanish 4.20% and 4.65 % had a different mother tongue.
Further education institutions
- Capital Culinary Institute in Tallahassee
- Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in Tallahassee
- Florida State University in Tallahassee
- Keiser College in Tallahassee
- Smith Chapel Bible College in Tallahassee
- Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee
Places in Leon County
Places in Leon County with populations of the census of 2010:
City:
- Tallahassee ( County Seat) - 181 376 inhabitants
- Woodville - 2,978 inhabitants