- State:FloridaCounty:Okaloosa CountyZips:32549,32588,32548,32540,32564,32544,32567,32531,32542,32580,32579,32539,32569,32536,32578,32547,32548,32541Coordinates:30.615371287161196, -86.59333353573464Area total:1082.08 sq. mi., 2802.57 sq. km, 692529.92 acresArea land:930.23 sq. mi., 2409.27 sq. km, 595344.00 acresArea water:151.85 sq. mi., 393.30 sq. km, 97185.92 acresEstablished:1915Capital seat:
Crestview
Address: 302 N. Wilson Street
Crestview, FL
Governing Body: County Commission with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Okaloosa County, Florida, United States
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- Population:211,668; Population change: 17.06% (2010 - 2020)Population density:228 persons per square mileHousehold income:$56,099Households:14,269Unemployment rate:5.50% per 96,010 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%GDP:$11.16 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Okaloosa County's population of Florida of 4,139 residents in 1930 has increased 9,58-fold to 39,644 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 46.17% female residents and 53.83% male residents live in as of 2020, 58.78% in Okaloosa County, Florida are married and the remaining 41.22% are single population.
As of 2020, 58.78% in Okaloosa County, Florida are married and the remaining 41.22% are single population.
- Housing units:101,197 residential units of which 82.96% share occupied residential units.
24 minutes is the average time that residents in Okaloosa County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
83.05% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 11.70% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.29% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.07% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Okaloosa County, Florida 55.49% are owner-occupied homes, another 26.86% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.65% are vacant.
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The 42.34% of the population in Okaloosa County, Florida who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 71.820%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 27.010%) of those eligible to vote in Okaloosa County, Florida.
