Martin County (Florida)
The Martin County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Stuart.
History
The Martin County was formed on 30 May 1925 parts of Palm Beach County. It was named for John W. Martin, Governor of Florida from 1925 until 1929.
Geography
The county has an area of 1,950 square kilometers, of which 511 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Palm Beach County, Okeechobee County and St. Lucie County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Martin County 146 318 people in 78 037 households. The population density was 101.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.3 % White, 5.4% Black or African American, 0.6 % Indigenous and 1.1% Asian Americans. 4.2% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.6% in different ethnic groups. 12.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 43.2 % of all households lived in 22.2 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 62.8 % 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 2.23 persons and the average family size was 2.75 persons.
19.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 17.5 % were 20-39 years old, 28.2% were 40-59 years old and 34.7 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 50 years. 49.5 % of the population were male and 50.5 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 50,573, while 12.5 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 85.97 % of the population spoke Spanish 9.67% and 4.36% had a different mother tongue.
Further education institutions
- Hobe Sound Bible College in Hobe Sound
Places in Martin County
Places in Martin County with populations of the census of 2010:
City:
- Stuart ( County Seat) - 15,593 inhabitants
Towns:
- Jupiter Iceland - 817 inhabitants
- Ocean Breeze Park - 355 inhabitants
- Sewall 's Point - 1,996 inhabitants
Census-designated places:
- Hobe Sound - 11,521 inhabitants
- Indiantown - 6,083 inhabitants
- Jensen Beach - 11,707 inhabitants
- North River Shores - 3,079 inhabitants
- Palm City - 23,120 inhabitants
- Port Salerno - 10,091 inhabitants
- Rio - 965 inhabitants