Collier County, Florida

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Collier County's main administration building, left, and the back end of the county courthouse, right.

Collier County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, its population was 375,752; an increase of 16.9% since the 2010 United States Census.[1] Its county seat is East Naples, where the county offices were moved from Everglades City in 1962. Collier County comprises the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which, along with the Cape Coral–Fort Myers (Lee County) MSA and the Clewiston (Hendry County, Glades County) Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), is included in the Cape Coral–Fort Myers–Naples Combined Statistical Area (CSA).[2]

History

Archaeology at Platt Island in the Big Cypress National Preserve shows humans settled in what is now Collier County more than 2000 years ago.[3] The Calusa people had an extensive presence in the area when Europeans arrived.

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Ted Smallwood Store on Chokoloskee Island

The county was created in 1923 from Lee County. It was named for Barron Collier, a New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer who had moved to Southwest Florida and established himself as a prominent landowner. He agreed to build the Tamiami Trail for what was then Lee County (comprising today's Collier, Hendry, and Lee Counties) in exchange for favorable consideration with the state legislature to have a county named for him. After Collier County was named, Collier was quoted as saying: "When I first came here on holiday with Juliet, I never expected that I would buy a whole region of it, nor did I expect to pay for the new Tamiami Trail, or half the things I've done. But I really didn't expect to have a whole county named after me."[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,305 square miles (5,970 km2), of which 307 square miles (800 km2) (13.3%) are covered by water.[5] It is the largest county in Florida by land area and fourth-largest by total area. Virtually the entire southeastern portion of the county lies within the Big Cypress National Preserve. The northernmost portion of Everglades National Park extends into the southern coastal part of the county. Chokoloskee, Florida is in the county. The total area of this county is nearly one and a half times the size of Rhode Island, which is the smallest state, and is bigger than Rhode Island and Luxembourg combined.

Adjacent counties

Collier County is located at the southern end of Florida's Gulf Coast, and bounded by:

National protected areas

Transportation

Major highways

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Template:Sronly%±
19302,883—
19405,10277.0%
19506,48827.2%
196015,753142.8%
197038,040141.5%
198085,971126.0%
1990152,09976.9%
2000251,37765.3%
2010321,52027.9%
2020375,75216.9%
2025 (est.)417,131[6] Increase11.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790–1960[8] 1900–1990[9]
1990–2000[10] 2010–2015[11] 2020[12][13]

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 375,752 and the median age was 52.9 years; 16.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 32.6% were 65 years of age or older.[14] For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.0 males; there were 97,279 families residing in the county.[14]

The racial makeup of the county was 68.4% White, 6.2% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 8.7% from some other race, and 14.6% from two or more races; Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 27.2% of the population.[15]

88.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 11.6% lived in rural areas.[16]

There were 157,921 households in the county, of which 21.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them; 54.0% were married-couple households, 15.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 228,390 housing units, of which 30.9% were vacant; among occupied units, 74.9% were owner-occupied and 25.1% were renter-occupied, with a homeowner vacancy rate of 2.3% and a rental vacancy rate of 11.9%.[14]

Racial and ethnic composition

Collier County, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[17] Pop 1990[18] Pop 2000[19] Pop 2010[20] Pop 2020[21] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 71,718 124,700 185,517 211,156 235,455 83.42% 81.99% 73.80% 65.67% 62.66%
Black or African American alone (NH) 4,484 5,770 10,999 19,898 22,554 5.22% 3.79% 4.38% 6.19% 6.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 174 353 482 609 551 0.20% 0.23% 0.19% 0.19% 0.15%
Asian alone (NH) 196 496 1,527 3,390 5,419 0.23% 0.33% 0.61% 1.05% 1.44%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [22] x [23] 63 72 61 x x 0.03% 0.02% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 144 46 250 431 1,502 0.17% 0.03% 0.10% 0.13% 0.40%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [24] x [25] 3,243 2,787 7,961 x x 1.29% 0.87% 2.12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,255 20,734 49,296 83,177 102,249 10.77% 13.63% 19.61% 25.87% 27.21%
Total 85,971 152,099 251,377 321,520 375,752 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

The county continues to experience significant growth and is becoming increasingly diverse. As of the 2010 census, the county's population had increased by 27.9% to 321,520, over the 2000 census. As of the 2010 census, 83.85% of the population was non-Hispanic Whites, 25.9% was Latino or Hispanic, 6.6% was African American, and 1.1% was Asian.[26] As of the 2010 census, the greatest source of population growth in the county since the 2000 census came from the Latino or Hispanic population, which grew from 49,296 (19.6%) to 83,177 (25.9% ). In terms of ancestry, 37.9% were English, 9.9% were Irish, 9.1% were American, 3.2% were Italian and 3.1% were German.[27]

2000 census

As of the census[28] of 2000, 251,377 people, 102,973 households, and 71,257 families resided in the county. The population density was 124 people per square mile (48 people/km2). The 144,536 housing units had an average density of 71 per square mile (27/km2).

As of 2000, its racial makeup was 86.06% White, 4.54% was African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 6.25% from other races, and 2.23% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos (of any race) accounted for 19.61%. Primary languages spoken were 75.3% English, 17.8% Spanish, 2.3% French Creole, and 1.2% German.

In 2000, of the 102,973 households, 22.7% had children under 18 living with them, 58.1% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were not families. About 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39, and the average family size was 2.79.

The county's population distribution was 19.9% under 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 or older. The median age was 44.1 years, higher that the U.S. average. For every 100 females, there were 100.30 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 99.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,289, and for a family was $54,816. Males had a median income of $32,639 versus $26,371 for females. The per capita income for the county was $31,195. About 6.6% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

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A map of racial demographics in Collier County, Florida by Census tract.
Legend

Education

The county's public schools are operated by the Collier County Public Schools.

Public library

The Collier County Public Library system consists of 10 locations serving the entire county. All locations offer public internet stations, printing, photocopying, free Wi-Fi, and 24/7 drop boxes for book and video returns.[29]

Politics

Voter registration

According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans comprise a majority of registered voters in Collier County. It is also one of the handful of counties where independents outnumber Democrats among registrants. The county is part of a long-established Republican stronghold in southwestern coastal Florida. It was one of the first parts of Florida to break from a "Solid South" voting pattern. The last Democrat to win the county was Adlai Stevenson II in 1952,[30] and no Democrat has managed even 40 percent of the county's vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The last Democratic gubernatorial candidate to carry the county was Reubin Askew in 1974 and the last Democratic senatorial candidate to do so was Bob Graham in 1992; six years later, the county was one of four to back Graham's Republican challenger, Charlie Crist.

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Statewide elections

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Communities

Cities

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Community development districts

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Invasive snake issues

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Barefoot Beach Preserve, a Collier County park

Collier is located in the center of Florida's invasive snake epidemic. A three-month effort at the beginning of 2016 netted over one ton of captured snakes, including a Florida record for the largest male Burmese python, measuring 16 ft and weighing 140 lb.[32][33][34]

See also

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