Lake County, Florida

Lake County
	Lake County, Florida
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	; Location in the state of Florida
	; Florida's location in the U.S.
Founded	May 27 1887
Seat	Tavares
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 1,156 sq mi (2,994 km²); 953 sq mi (2,468 km²); 203 sq mi (526 km²), 17.58%
Population; - (2020); - Density	; 383,956 ; 220/sq mi (85/km²)
Website	www.lakegovernment.com

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Lake County is a county located in the state of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 383,956. Lake County is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee.

History[]

Lake County was created in 1887 from portions of Sumter County and Orange County. It was named for the numerous lakes in the area. There are approximately 1,400 named lakes.

The first couple was married in the Lake county Town of Kismet, on December 27, 1887. Floria Call and Elias Disney were the parents of Walt Disney.

Lake County is also home to Sugarloaf Mountain, the highest point in peninsular Florida, at 312 feet (95 m) above sea level.

On February 2, 2007, Lake County was devastated by a series of early morning tornadoes, which killed at least 20 people in the area. Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency.^[1]

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,995 km² (1,156 sq mi). 2,469 km² (953 sq mi) of it is land and 526 km² (203 sq mi) of it (17.58%) is water.

Adjacent Counties[]

Volusia County - northeast
Orange County - east
Seminole County - east
Osceola County - southeast
Polk County - south
Sumter County - west
Marion County - northwest

Demographics[]

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 210,528 people, 88,413 households, and 62,507 families residing in the county. The population density was 85/km² (221/sq mi). There were 102,830 housing units at an average density of 42/km² (108/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.46% White, 8.31% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.88% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. 5.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 88,413 households out of which 23.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.30% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 26.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,903, and the median income for a family was $42,577. Males had a median income of $31,475 versus $23,545 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,199. About 6.90% of families and 9.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over.

Politics[]

Lake County has voted Republican in U.S. presidential races since 1948.^[2]

United States presidential election results for Lake County, Florida^[2]
Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party
Year	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	125,859	59.56%	83,505	39.52%	1,950	0.92%
2016	102,188	59.48%	62,838	36.58%	6,773	3.94%
2012	87,643	57.99%	61,799	40.89%	1,702	1.13%
2008	82,802	56.19%	62,948	42.71%	1,621	1.10%
2004	74,389	60.02%	48,221	38.90%	1,340	1.08%
2000	50,010	56.44%	36,571	41.27%	2,030	2.29%
1996	35,097	47.48%	29,752	40.25%	9,074	12.27%
1992	30,825	44.17%	23,200	33.24%	15,762	22.59%
1988	37,327	68.40%	16,766	30.72%	479	0.88%
1984	35,319	74.29%	12,217	25.70%	7	0.01%
1980	26,798	64.53%	13,128	31.61%	1,602	3.86%
1976	19,976	57.42%	14,369	41.31%	442	1.27%
1972	23,079	82.63%	4,803	17.20%	48	0.17%
1968	11,763	47.42%	4,599	18.54%	8,442	34.03%
1964	12,897	62.39%	7,773	37.61%	0	0.00%
1960	12,979	72.45%	4,936	27.55%	0	0.00%
1956	10,888	71.57%	4,326	28.43%	0	0.00%
1952	9,132	70.63%	3,797	29.37%	0	0.00%
1948	3,579	43.23%	3,474	41.96%	1,226	14.81%
1944	2,693	38.38%	4,323	61.62%	0	0.00%
1940	2,659	33.32%	5,322	66.68%	0	0.00%
1936	2,034	33.46%	4,045	66.54%	0	0.00%
1932	1,867	37.82%	3,070	62.18%	0	0.00%
1928	3,383	68.08%	1,474	29.66%	112	2.25%
1924	948	36.46%	1,381	53.12%	271	10.42%
1920	734	28.90%	1,720	67.72%	86	3.39%
1916	330	25.25%	886	67.79%	91	6.96%
1912	92	11.34%	596	73.49%	123	15.17%
1908	200	24.01%	487	58.46%	146	17.53%
1904	148	20.33%	529	72.66%	51	7.01%
1900	143	20.58%	492	70.79%	60	8.63%
1896	302	24.35%	870	70.16%	68	5.48%
1892	0	0.00%	1,137	85.68%	190	14.32%

Communities[]

Incorporated[]

Town of Astatula
City of Clermont
City of Eustis
City of Fruitland Park
City of Groveland
Town of Howey-in-the-Hills
Town of Lady Lake
City of Leesburg
City of Mascotte
City of Minneola
Town of Montverde
City of Mount Dora
City of Tavares
City of Umatilla

Unincorporated[]

References[]

External links[]

Government links/Constitutional offices[]

Special districts[]

Judicial branch[]

Lake County Clerk of Courts
Public Defender, 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties
Office of the State Attorney, 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Circuit and County Court for the 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Tourism links[]

Lake County tourist information

Miscellaneous links[]

Photographs From the State Library & Archives of Florida.

Coordinates: 28°46′N 81°43′W / 28.77, -81.72

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[Leip-2] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/.

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