Orange County (Florida)

The Orange County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Orlando.

Geography

The county has an area of 2601 square kilometers, of which 251 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Seminole County, Brevard County, Osceola County and Lake County.

History

The Mosquito County was formed on December 29, 1824 from parts of St. Johns County. In 1845 it was renamed in Orange County, according to the fruit, which was planted here and by their marketing people secured an easy prosperity. Today there are no commercially operated orange plantations more in Orange County, however, still some packaging companies, processing companies that relate to the oranges from the south of Florida.

Historical buildings

Orlando is home to the historic Tinker Building. It is there on number 16 to 18 Pine Street, and was accepted as a national monument (NRHP 80,000,957 ).

In Winter Park, the 1995 recorded in the National Register of Historic Places Woman's Club of Winter Park. It is located on the Interlachen Avenue to number 419

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2010 lived in Orange County 1,145,956 people in 487,014 households. The population density was 487.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.6 % White, 20.8 % African American, 0.4% Indigenous and 4.9 % Asian Americans. 6.8% were members of other ethnic groups and 3.4% in different ethnic groups. 26.9 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 19.4 % of all households lived in 35.0 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 64.8 % 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 2.64 persons and the average family size is 3.19 people.

27.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 31.9% were 20-39 years old, 26.7 % were 40-59 years old and 14.2% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 34 years. 49.2 % of the population were male and 50.8 % female.

The median income for a household was $ 48,429, while 16.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 67.43 % of the population spoke Spanish 22.59 % and 9.98% had a different mother tongue.

Further education institutions

ITT Technical Institute in Maitland
Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences in Orlando
Florida Metropolitan University in Orlando
Florida Technical College in Orlando
Herzing College in Orlando
High - Tech Institute in Orlando
International Academy of Design & Technology in Orlando
ITT Technical Institute in Orlando
Keller Graduate School of Management in Orlando
University of Central Florida in Orlando
University of Phoenix in Orlando
Valencia Community College in Orlando
Rollins College in Winter Park

Places in Orange County

Cities in Orange County, with populations of the census of 2010:

Cities:

Apopka - 41 542 inhabitants
Bay Lake - 47 inhabitants
Belle Isle - 5,988 inhabitants
Edgewood - 2,503 inhabitants
Lake Buena Vista - 10 inhabitants
Maitland - 15,751 inhabitants
Ocoee - 35,579 inhabitants
Orlando ( County Seat) - 238,300 inhabitants
Winter Garden - 34 568 inhabitants
Winter Park - 27,852 inhabitants

Towns:

Eatonville - 2,159 inhabitants
Oakland - 2,538 inhabitants
Windermere - 2,462 inhabitants

Census-designated places:

Alafaya - 78 113 inhabitants
Azalea Park - 12,556 inhabitants
Bay Hill - 4,884 inhabitants
Bithlo - 8,268 inhabitants
Christmas - 1,146 inhabitants
Clarcona - 2,990 inhabitants
Conway - 13,467 inhabitants
Doctor Phillips - 10,981 inhabitants
Fairview Shores - 10,239 inhabitants
Four Corners - 26,116 inhabitants
Goldenrod - 12,039 inhabitants
Gotha - 1,915 inhabitants
Holden Heights - 3,679 inhabitants
Horizon West - 14,000 inhabitants
Hunters Creek - 14,321 inhabitants
Lake Butler - 15,400 inhabitants
Lake Hart - 542 inhabitants
Lake Mary Jane - 1,575 inhabitants
Lockhart - 13,060 inhabitants
Meadow Woods - 25,558 inhabitants
Oak Ridge - 22,685 inhabitants
Orlovista - 6,123 inhabitants
Paradise Heights - 1,215 inhabitants
Pine Castle - 10,805 inhabitants
Pine Hills - 60 076 inhabitants
Rio Pinar - 5,211 inhabitants
Sky Lake - 6,153 inhabitants
South Apopka - 5,728 inhabitants
South Chase - 15,921 inhabitants
Taft - 2,205 inhabitants
Tangelo Park - 2,231 inhabitants
Tangerine - 2,865 inhabitants
Tildenville - 511 inhabitants
Union Park - 9,765 inhabitants
University - 31 084 inhabitants
Wedgefield - 6,705 inhabitants
Williamsburg - 7,646 inhabitants
Zellwood - 2,817 inhabitants

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