County Profile Population 2010 Estimates Total Population 151,372 % Change, 2000 to 2010 28.6% Population under 5 years old 6.1% Population under 18 years old 23.9% Population 65 years old + 12.9% Source: US Census Bureau
Registered Voters Republican 64,194 Democratic 28,285 Non-Partisan 17,287 Other 3,823
As of November 11, 2011
Income SRC Median Household Income $53,419 FL Median Household Income $44,755 SRC Population Below Poverty Level 11.4% FL Population Below Poverty Level 15.0% Source: US Census Bureau 2009 estimates
Geography Total area of 1,174 square miles 1,017 square miles of land 157 square miles of water 88.5 miles of coast line County Roads Dirt roads 118.25 miles Paved roads 1,446.57 miles Total miles 1,564.82
Property Value (in billions) 2010 2011 Value of Real Property $12.20 $11.26 Residential $7.30 $7.36 Vacant Land $.61 $.55 Commercial $.92 $.91
Labor Force August 2011, Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force 72,616 Number Employed 65,347 Number in County Unemployed 7,269 Unemployment Rate 10.0% Source: Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Labor Market Statistics Center, Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Parcels
2010 2011 Total Parcel Count 103,130 103,380 Homesteaded parcels 41,843 41,812 Senior Exemptions 2,533 2,521
Agricultural (2010) Total planted crops 75,016 acres County gross value $57,775,109* Top crops Cotton & Peanuts Livestock gross value $6,516,690
Top 10 Major Private Employers # Employed Wal-Mart Stores (3) 1,225 Baptist Healthcare Systems 634 Santa Rosa Medical Center 498 Mediacom 300 Lowe's (2) 270 Tata Business Support Services 217 Lifeguard Ambulance Service 175 Andrews Institute 150 AppRiver, LLC 145 The Studer Group 142 Clearwire, LLC 120
*Includes Green Industry est. $13,000,000 Green industry consists of approximately 35 nurseries that produce trees, shrubs, sod and flowering plants; retail outlets that sell these products, over 200 commercial landscape installation/ maintenance services, and horticultural operations including truck crops.
Source: as of July 2011, Team Santa Rosa Economic Development Council, Inc.
Public Organizations # Employed State & Local Government 5,788 SRC School District 2,600 Federal Military 1,367 Federal Civilian Government 711
Photos top to bottom: Pumpkin farm by Dan Mullins Historic Bagdad UMC by Cheryl Powell Navarre Beach Pier by Chris Verlinde
Source: as of July 2011, Team Santa Rosa Economic Development Council, Inc. 7