Okaloosa County
| Okaloosa County, Florida | |||
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The Okaloosa County courthouse in March 2008
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 Location in the U.S. state of Florida |
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 Florida's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | September 7, 1915 | ||
| Seat | Crestview | ||
| Largest community | Wright | ||
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| • Total | 1,082 sq mi (2,802 km2) | ||
| • Land | 930 sq mi (2,409 km2) | ||
| • Water | 152 sq mi (394 km2), 14.0% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2016) | 201,170 | ||
| • Density | 216/sq mi (83.5/km²) | ||
| Congressional district | 1st | ||
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 | ||
| Website | www |
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Okaloosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the census, 2015 the population was 198,664. Its county seat is Crestview.
Okaloosa County is included in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Okaloosa County was created by an act passed on September 7, 1915. Okaloosa is a Choctaw word meaning "black water". "Oka" means water, and "lusa" is black in the Choctaw language.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,082 square miles (2,800 km2), of which 930 square miles (2,400 km2) is land and 152 square miles (390 km2) (14.0%) is water.Fort Walton Beach and three United States Air Force bases, (Duke Field in the North and Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field are in the south).
As of the census of 2015, there were 198,664 people and 95,494 households. As of the census of 2010,the population density was 194.4 people per square mile (70/km²).
Link to statistics of racial makeup:[1]
As of the 2015 census, there were 95,494 households. Within the 2010 census, 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were married couples living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94.
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