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Jefferson County, FL

15,091 Population
598.1 square miles 25.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,702 ±$1,848 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,212 ±$4,158 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±3.6% (2,919  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±1.5 (169,250  ±13,113) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,751 ±235 Number of households
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (13,967  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3.3% (158  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,886 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$232,600 ±$26,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±3% (1,833  ±445.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±5.3% (9,970  ±607.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±2.7% (2,161  ±303) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about half 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

3.2% (477  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±1.6% (1,288  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,288 Total veterans ±195 1,170 Male ±185 118 Female ±69

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