Gadsden County, Florida
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Congressional district | 2nd |
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Gadsden County is a
History
Gadsden County was created in 1823.[3] It was named for James Gadsden[4] of South Carolina, who served as Andrew Jackson's aide-de-camp in Florida in 1818. Gadsden County is historically known for its tobacco crop which is obsolete today.
Geography
According to the
Gadsden County is part of the
Adjacent counties
- Decatur County, Georgia - north
- Seminole County, Georgia - north
- Grady County, Georgia - northeast
- Leon County, Florida - east
- Liberty County, Florida - southwest
- Calhoun County, Florida - southwest (CST)
- Jackson County, Florida - northwest (CST)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1830 | 4,895 | — | |
1840 | 5,992 | 22.4% | |
1850 | 8,784 | 46.6% | |
1860 | 9,396 | 7.0% | |
1870 | 9,802 | 4.3% | |
1880 | 12,169 | 24.1% | |
1890 | 11,894 | −2.3% | |
1900 | 15,294 | 28.6% | |
1910 | 22,198 | 45.1% | |
1920 | 23,539 | 6.0% | |
1930 | 29,890 | 27.0% | |
1940 | 31,450 | 5.2% | |
1950 | 36,457 | 15.9% | |
1960 | 41,989 | 15.2% | |
1970 | 39,184 | −6.7% | |
1980 | 41,565 | 6.1% | |
1990 | 41,105 | −1.1% | |
2000 | 45,087 | 9.7% | |
2010 | 46,389 | 2.9% | |
2020 | 43,826 | −5.5% | |
2023 (est.) | 43,833 | [6] | 0.0% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[11] |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2000[12] | Pop 2010[13] | Pop 2020[11] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
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16,174 | 15,335 | 14,093 | 35.87% | 33.06% | 32.16% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
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25,632 | 25,881 | 23,326 | 56.85% | 55.79% | 53.22% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
87 | 93 | 71 | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.16% |
Asian alone (NH) | 105 | 221 | 147 | 0.23% | 0.48% | 0.34% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 24 | 39 | 120 | 0.05% | 0.08% | 0.27% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 274 | 394 | 972 | 0.61% | 0.85% | 2.22% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2,782 | 4,419 | 5,093 | 6.17% | 9.53% | 11.62% |
Total | 45,087 | 46,389 | 43,826 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Gadsden County is unique in Florida in that it is the state's only county with an
2010 Census
As of the
As of the
There were 15,867 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.50% were married couples living together, 22.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.40% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $31,248, and the median income for a family was $36,238. Males had a median income of $27,159 versus $21,721 for females. The
Education
The Gadsden County School District, the only school district,[15] operates public schools.
Gadsden County is home to one public high school, Gadsden County High School (formerly East Gadsden High School), formed in 2017 by the merger of East Gadsden High and the high school portion of West Gadsden High School; the West Gadsden High building was converted to West Gadsden Middle.[16][17] West Gadsden was formed by the merger of the former Chattahoochee High and Greensboro High and was located on the western outskirts of Quincy near Greensboro. East Gadsden, formed by the merger of James A. Shanks High and Havana Northside High, was located on Hwy. 90 east of Quincy.
Libraries
The Gadsden County Public Library System has 3 branches.
- William A. McGill Library
- Havana Branch
- Chattahoochee Branch
Politics
Due to its majority-black population, Gadsden County is one of the most reliably Democratic counties in Florida.[19] In the 2022 gubernatorial election, it was one of only five counties in the state to vote for Democratic nominee Charlie Crist over incumbent Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, and it was the only one to give Crist more than 60% of the vote.
According to the Secretary of State's office, Democrats maintain a massive majority of registered voters in Gadsden County. As of May 23, 2022, the county has the highest percentage of registered Democrats of all counties in Florida. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was
Gadsden County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of March 31, 2024[22] | |||||
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Political Party | Total Voters | Percentage | |||
Democratic | 17,981 | 67.75% | |||
Republican | 5,435 | 20.48% | |||
Independent | 2,778 | 10.47% | |||
Third Parties | 347 | 1.31% | |||
Total | 26,541 | 100.00% |
Statewide elections
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 7,465 | 31.42% | 16,153 | 67.98% | 144 | 0.61% |
2016 | 6,728 | 30.29% | 15,020 | 67.62% | 466 | 2.10% |
2012 | 6,630 | 29.43% | 15,770 | 70.01% | 125 | 0.55% |
2008 | 6,811 | 30.22% | 15,582 | 69.14% | 145 | 0.64% |
2004 | 6,253 | 29.80% | 14,629 | 69.72% | 102 | 0.49% |
2000 | 4,770 | 32.38% | 9,736 | 66.09% | 225 | 1.53% |
1996 | 3,817 | 26.88% | 9,407 | 66.25% | 975 | 6.87% |
1992 | 3,975 | 27.62% | 8,486 | 58.96% | 1,933 | 13.43% |
1988 | 5,992 | 47.64% | 6,372 | 50.66% | 213 | 1.69% |
1984 | 5,807 | 43.95% | 7,403 | 56.03% | 2 | 0.02% |
1980 | 3,718 | 30.41% | 8,222 | 67.26% | 285 | 2.33% |
1976 | 3,531 | 33.85% | 6,798 | 65.17% | 102 | 0.98% |
1972 | 5,995 | 61.01% | 3,829 | 38.97% | 2 | 0.02% |
1968 | 1,337 | 14.76% | 3,274 | 36.15% | 4,446 | 49.09% |
1964 | 5,207 | 53.33% | 4,556 | 46.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 2,010 | 46.18% | 2,343 | 53.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 1,321 | 36.87% | 2,262 | 63.13% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 1,835 | 40.41% | 2,706 | 59.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 376 | 13.42% | 1,427 | 50.93% | 999 | 35.65% |
1944 | 462 | 15.22% | 2,574 | 84.78% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 417 | 11.47% | 3,218 | 88.53% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 198 | 7.15% | 2,572 | 92.85% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 105 | 5.33% | 1,865 | 94.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1928 | 346 | 22.31% | 1,184 | 76.34% | 21 | 1.35% |
1924 | 47 | 5.86% | 681 | 84.91% | 74 | 9.23% |
1920 | 38 | 1.91% | 1,922 | 96.68% | 28 | 1.41% |
1916 | 57 | 5.53% | 875 | 84.95% | 98 | 9.51% |
1912 | 75 | 9.73% | 609 | 78.99% | 87 | 11.28% |
1908 | 89 | 12.06% | 563 | 76.29% | 86 | 11.65% |
1904 | 54 | 10.07% | 471 | 87.87% | 11 | 2.05% |
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third parties
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2022
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37.36% 6,511 | 62.00% 10,805 | 0.64% 110 |
2018
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30.91% 6,200 | 68.36% 13,712 | 0.72% 146 |
2014
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27.27% 4,798 | 70.62% 12,425 | 2.11% 371 |
2010
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25.90% 4,324 | 72.27% 12,067 | 1.83% 307 |
2006
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32.45% 4,557 | 66.25% 9,303 | 1.29% 182 |
2002
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25.83% 3,948 | 73.46% 11,228 | 0.71% 109 |
1998
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35.66% 4,028 | 64.34% 7,269 | |
1994
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30.63% 3,422 | 69.37% 7,751 |
County Commissioners
- Eric Hinson (District 1)
- Anthony Viegbesie, PhD (District 2)
- Kimblin NeSmith, J.D. (District 3)
- Brenda Holt (District 4)
- Ronterious Green (District 5)
Local Elected Officials
- Sheriff: Morris A. Young
- Supervisor of Elections: Shirley Green Knight
- Tax Collector: W. Dale Summerford
- Property Appraiser: Reginald Cunningham
- Superintendent of Schools: Elijah Key[24]
Transportation
Airports
Major roads
- Interstate 10 is the main west-to-east interstate highway in the county, and serves as the unofficial dividing line between northern and southern Gadsden County. It contains four interchanges within the county; CR 270A (Exit 166), SR 12 (Exit 174), SR 267 (Exit 181), and US 90 (Exit 192).
- US 90 was the main west-to-east highway in the county prior to the construction of I-10 in the late 1960s. It runs from the Victory Bridge in Chattahoochee in the northwest, and then southeast through Gretna, Douglas City, and Quincy before finally leaving the county east of Midway into Leon County.
- US 27 is the sole south-to-north U.S. highway running through the northeastern part of the county.
- State Road 12 is a west-to-east state highway running from Liberty County in the southwest to Havana in the northeast. It also contains a county extension into Leon County.
- State Road 65
- State Road 159 is a short south to north road connecting US 27 to SR 12 in Havana, with a county extension northwest to Georgia State Route 309 at the Georgia State Line.
- State Road 267
Railroads
Gadsden County has at least four existing railroad lines, three of which are owned by
Public transportation
Public Transportation is provided by Big Bend Transit, which operates 3 bus routes in the county.[25]
Communities
Cities
Towns
Unincorporated areas
- Dogtown
- Hinson
- Jamieson
- Lake Tallavana
- Mount Pleasant
- Oak Grove
- Reston
- St. Hebron
- St. John
- Scotland
- Scottown
- Wetumpka
Gallery
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Gadsden County Board of Commissioners
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Gadsden County Sheriff's Office
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Gadsden County Emergency Medical Services and Gadsden County Fire Services
See also
References
- ^ "Gadsden County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Publications of the Florida Historical Society. Florida Historical Society. 1908. p. 31.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 133.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gadsden County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Gadsden County, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gadsden County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
- ^ "SCHOOL MERGERS NOT POPULAR AT WEST GADSDEN". Havana Herald. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- WTXL. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ISBN 082032051X, p. 255.
- ^ Weigel, David; Tierney, Lauren (September 8, 2020). "Florida's political geography: Why races in this swing state are always so close". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1984 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Florida by County
- ^ "Voter Registration - Current by County - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Gadsden County Supervisor of Elections > Elected Officials > Federal,State,Local-Officials".
- ^ "Big Bend Transit | COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF GADSDEN COUNTY". www.bigbendtransit.org. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
External links
Government links/Constitutional offices
- Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
- Gadsden County Supervisor of Elections
- Gadsden County Property Appraiser
- Gadsden County Sheriff's Office
- Gadsden County Tax Collector
Special districts
Judicial branch
- Gadsden County Clerk of Courts
- Public Defender, 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla counties
- Office of the State Attorney, 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Circuit and County Court for the 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida