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DeSoto County, FL

35,386 Population
636.7 square miles 55.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,162 ±$1,541 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,417 ±$3,888 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.1% ±3.3% (8,082  ±1,105) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.6 minutes ±2.8 (381,325  ±46,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,824 ±360 Number of households
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (32,448  ±151) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±2% (240  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,872 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,100 ±$12,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.4% ±2.9% (5,049  ±1,006.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.5% ±4.3% (19,264  ±1,135.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.8% ±1.6% (2,832  ±423.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.6% (4,819  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.4% (2,283  ±395) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,283 Total veterans ±395 2,178 Male ±393 105 Female ±70

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