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Alachua County, FL

285,994 Population
875.6 square miles 326.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,272 ±$3,083 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,488 ±$5,255 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19% ±2.6% (50,903  ±7,067) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.6 minutes ±0.4 (2,660,700  ±143,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 28.5 254,614,030 (±0.2 / ±2,053,491)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

121,753 ±2,145 Number of households
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (266,428  ±878) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.7% ±2.2% (3,020  ±1,834) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

130,190 ±406 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$307,000 ±$17,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

21.3% ±2.4% (60,378  ±6,915.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.3% ±4.1% (166,670  ±7,414.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
50.4% ±2.8% (88,154  ±5,086.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.5% (35,800  ±4,262) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.8% ±0.9% (15,960  ±2,176) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,960 Total veterans ±2,176 13,505 Male ±1,969 2,455 Female ±1,012

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