Palm Beach County, Florida
The Palm Beach County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is West Palm Beach. Together with parts of Miami -Dade County and Broward County forms the eastern Palm Beach County, the Miami metropolitan area.
The County is the largest area as well as the third- most populous in Florida. On a national level of the most populous counties, it ranks 28
Geography
The county has an area of 6181 square kilometers, of which 1068 square miles are water. The water surface is mainly composed of the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Okeechobee. The percentage of the total water area is 17.27 percent. The county is bordered clockwise to the Counties: Broward County, Hendry County and Martin County.
History
The Palm Beach County was formed on 30 April 1909 from the northern part of what was then Dade County. The name goes back to the first town Palm Beach; whose name basis, were the numerous representatives in the palm trees and beaches.
1915, the southern half of the county was used to form the northern part of Broward County.
For the development of the county in the early days of the construction of the railway route from Key West to Jacksonville ( Florida East Coast Railway ) has already made a first important contribution shortly after 1900.
Demography
According to the 2010 census, the former 1,320,134 inhabitants spread over 664 594 households. The population density was 213.6 inh. / Km ². 73.5 % of the population were white, 17.3% African American, 0.5% Native American and 2.4% Asian Americans. 4.1% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.3% in different ethnic groups. 19.0 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 37.0 % of all households lived in 27.2 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 62.2 % 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 2.39 persons and the average family size is 2.97 people.
22.7 % of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.8 % were 20-39 years old, 27.1% were 40-59 years old and 27.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 44 years. 48.4 % of the population were male and 51.6 % female.
The average annual income was $ 52,951, while 13.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 78.36 % of the population spoke Spanish 11.89% and 9.75 % had a different mother tongue.
Educational institutions
- Palm Beach Community College in Belle Glade
- Digital Media Arts College - Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton
- Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton
- Lynn University in Boca Raton
- Palm Beach Community College in Boca Raton
- Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter
- Keiser Career Institute in Lake Worth
- Palm Beach Community College in Lake Worth
- Palm Beach Community College in Palm Beach
- Florida Career College in West Palm Beach
- Florida Culinary Institute in West Palm Beach
- Northwood University in West Palm Beach
- Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach
Administrative units
Palm Beach County has 38 cities ( the most populous are West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach ), Towns and Villages. In addition there are some census -designated places and unincorporated areas.
The population figures are based on the census of 2010.