Gulf County, Florida
Gulf County is a county in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, 14,192 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Port St. Joe, Florida.[2]
| Gulf County, Florida | |
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 Location in the state of Florida | |
 Florida's location in the U.S. | |
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| Founded | June 6, 1925 |
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| Seat | Port St. Joe |
| Largest City | Port St. Joe |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
756 sq mi (1,958 km²) 564 sq mi (1,461 km²) 192 sq mi (497 km²), 25.4% |
| Population - (2020) - Density |
14,192 28.6/sq mi (11/km²) |
| Website: www.gulfcounty-fl.gov/ | |
| Named for: Gulf of Mexico | |
History
Gulf County, created in 1925, was named for the Gulf of Mexico. Wewahitchka was its first county seat and the 1927 Gulf County Courthouse is still there. In 1965, the county seat was moved to Port Saint Joe, which under its original name Saint Joseph, had been the site of Florida's first Constitutional Convention in 1838.
Land
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 756 square miles (1,960 km2), of which 564 square miles (1,460 km2) is land and 192 square miles (500 km2) (25.4%) is water.[3]
Gulf County is one of a few counties in the United States to be in two time zones, Eastern and Central in this case. Other examples include Idaho County, Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon, having parts in both Mountain and Pacific Time Zones as well as Cherry County, Nebraska which is in both the Mountain and Central Time Zones.
Counties nearby
- Calhoun County, Florida - north
- Liberty County, Florida - northeast
- Franklin County, Florida - east
- Bay County, Florida - west
National protected area
People
At the 2020 census, 14,192 people lived in the county. There were 5,571 households and 1,233 people who did not live in households. The population density was 25.6 people per square mile (9.9/km²). The median age was 48.8 years (46.7 for males, 51.5 for females).
Of the total population, 16.7% were under 18 years old, 58.7% were 18 to 64, and 24.6% were 65 or over. Males made up 53.4% and females made up 46.6% of the people. The population was 79.1% White (non-Latino), 11.9% Black (non-Latino), 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 4.0% Two or more races (non-Latino). Other races each made up less than 1% of the population.
Of the 5,571 households, 3,656 (65.6%) were families, 1,323 (23.7%) had children under 18, 2,732 (49.0%) had a married couple, and 1,570 (28.2%) had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.3 people. There were 8,796 housing units, and 63.3% had people living in them all year, while 23.9% were for seasonal use (part of the year). Of the households, 78.9% were owner-occupied, while 21.1% were renters.[4][5]
As of 2022, the median (middle) yearly income for a household was about $56,250, and the median income for a family was about $70,654.[6] The per capita income was about $30,011.[7] About 9.7% of families[8] and 12.3% of all people in Gulf County lived below the poverty line. This includes 15.2% of children under 18 years old and 6.1% of people over 65 years old.[9]
Cities and towns
Politics
Gulf County is heavily Republican. As of 2023, the county is represented by Republican Neal Dunn in the US House of Representatives.
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Gulf County, Florida Media
Entering the Eastern Time Zone
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Gulf County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ↑ "DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ "P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ "S1901: Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ "S1902: Mean Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ "S1702: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months of Families". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ "S1701: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
Other websites
Government links/Constitutional offices
Special districts
Judicial branch
- Gulf County Clerk of Courts
- Circuit and County Court for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington counties