Gilchrist County, Florida Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Gilchrist County is 2nd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Gilchrist County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Gilchrist County is 6th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Gilchrist County, Florida Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	16,815	57th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	349.7	63rd	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	48.4	50th	350.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	36th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	27th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.3%	31st	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.3%	40th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.4%	52nd	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	91.9%	2nd	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.6%	63rd	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	26th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	59th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	53rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	59th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	53rd	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.5%	3rd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	47.7%	45th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	65th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	7,367	60th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.4%	66th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	6,009	57th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.2%	6th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$119,600	48th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	28th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	35	47th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$18,869	49th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$38,467	49th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.9%	23rd	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Gilchrist County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	196	60th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,349	63rd	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,104	57th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$52,477	63rd	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,102	65th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,145	61st	$41,922,059	$613,795,732

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