Gadsden County, Florida: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|County in Florida, United States}}

{{Infobox U.S. county

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==History==

 

==Geography==

 

 

===Adjacent counties===

|2010= 46389

|2020= 43826

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/fl190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>

 

===2020 census===

!% 2010

|-

|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)

|15,335

|33.06%

|-

|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)

|25,881

|55.79%

|-

|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)

|93

|0.20%

|-

|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)

|221

|0.48%

|-

|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)

|7

|0.02%

|-

|Some Other Race alone (NH)

|39

|0.08%

|-

|394

|0.85%

|-

|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)

|4,419

|9.53%

|-

|'''Total'''

|'''46,389'''

|'''100.00%'''

|'''100.00%'''

|}

 

Gadsden County is unique in Florida in that it is the state's only county with an [[African American]] majority population.

As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 46,389 people living in the county. 56.0% were [[African American|Black or African American]], 35.9% [[White American|White]], 0.5% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 5.9% of some other race and 1.3% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 9.5% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

 

 

 

 

 

==Education==

[[File:Max D. Walker School Administration Building.jpg|thumb|Max D. Walker School Administration Building, the [[Gadsden County School District]] headquarters]]

 

 

[[Robert F. Munroe Day School]] and [[Tallavanna Christian School]] are private schools in the county that were founded as [[segregation academies]].<ref>Glenda Alice Rabby, ''The Pain and the Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee, Florida'', Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 1999, {{ISBN|082032051X}}, p. 255.</ref>

 

==Politics==

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 [[Richard Nixon]] in his landslide [[United States presidential election in Florida, 1972|1972]] victory,<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> and Gadsden was the solitary Florida county to vote against [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] in [[United States presidential election in Florida, 1984|1984]]<ref>David Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1984&fips=12&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1984 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Florida by County]</ref> and [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]] in [[United States presidential election in Florida, 1988|1988]].

{| class=wikitable

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! colspan = 2 | Political Party

| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}

| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

|-

| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}

| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

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| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Independent

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| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Third Parties

|-

! colspan = 2 | Total

! align = center | 100.00%

|}

 

===Statewide elections===

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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|7,465|16,153|144|Florida}}

{{PresFoot|1904|Democratic|54|471|11|Florida}}

 

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! Year

! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]

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|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]

|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|30.91% ''6,200''

|align="center" |0.72% ''146''

|-

|}

{{clear}}

* Eric Hinson (District 1)

* Anthony Viegbesie, PhD (District 2)

*Brenda Holt (District 4)

* Ronterious Green (District 5)

* Sheriff: Morris A. Young

* Supervisor of Elections: Shirley Green Knight

[[File:Gadsden County FL sign entering from Georgia.jpg|thumb|right|The sign for Gadsden County while entering Florida from Georgia]]

* [[Image:I-10.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 in Florida|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).

* [[Image:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|US 27]] is the sole south-to-north U.S. highway running through the northeastern part of the county.

* [[Image:Florida 12.svg|20px]] [[Florida State Road 12|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.

* [[Image:Florida 159.svg|25px]] [[Florida State Road 159|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.

* [[Image:Florida 267.svg|25px]] [[Florida State Road 267|State Road 267]]

 

===Public transportation===

 

==Communities==

 

===Unincorporated areas===

* [[Dogtown, Florida|Dogtown]]

* [[Hinson, Florida|Hinson]]

====Judicial branch====

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050106083837/http://www.clerk.co.gadsden.fl.us/ Gadsden County Clerk of Courts]

* [http://www.sao2fl.org/ Office of the State Attorney, 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041229062155/http://www.2ndcircuit.leon.fl.us/ Circuit and County Court for the 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida]

===Tourism links===

* [http://www.gadsdencc.com/ Gadsden County Chamber of Commerce]

* [http://www.dosomethingoriginal.com/ Official Gadsden County Tourism website]