Holmes County, Florida

Coordinates: 30°52′N 85°49′W / 30.87°N 85.81°W / 30.87; -85.81
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Holmes County
County
Holmes County Courthouse
Holmes County Courthouse
Map of Florida highlighting Holmes County
Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Map of the United States highlighting Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°52′N 85°49′W / 30.87°N 85.81°W / 30.87; -85.81
Country United States
State Florida
FoundedJanuary 8, 1848
SeatBonifay
Largest cityBonifay
Area
 • Total489 sq mi (1,270 km2)
 • Land479 sq mi (1,240 km2)
 • Water10 sq mi (30 km2)  2.1%
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total19,653
 • Density40.8/sq mi (15.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Websiteholmescountyonline.com

Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, 19,653 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Bonifay, Florida.[2]

History[change | change source]

Holmes County was named after an Indian Chief that lived in the area when the land was settled. Holmes County has had three county seats in its history, the first being Cerro Gordo, then Westville, and finally Bonifay. Bonifay has been the county seat since 1905.

Historic places[change | change source]

Historic places in the county include:

Land[change | change source]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 489 square miles (1,270 km2), of which 479 square miles (1,240 km2) is land and 10 square miles (26 km2) (2.1%) is water.[3]

Counties nearby[change | change source]

People[change | change source]

At the 2020 census, 19,653 people lived in the county. There were 7,282 households and 1,912 people who did not live in households. The population density was 41.0 people per square mile (15.8/km²). The median age was 43.1 years (41.2 for males, 45.4 for females).

Of the total population, 20.6% were under 18 years old, 58.7% were 18 to 64, and 20.7% were 65 or over. Males made up 53.4% and females made up 46.6% of the people. The population was 85.3% White (non-Latino), 6.2% Black (non-Latino), 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, and 3.8% Two or more races (non-Latino). Other races each made up less than 1% of the population.

Of the 7,282 households, 4,778 (65.6%) were families, 2,094 (28.8%) had children under 18, 3,371 (46.3%) had a married couple, and 2,158 (29.6%) had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.4 people. There were 8,622 housing units, and 84.5% had people living in them all year. Of these households, 76.0% were owner-occupied, while 24.0% were renters.[4][5]

As of 2022, the median (middle) yearly income for a household was about $46,063, and the median income for a family was about $55,802.[6] The per capita income was about $22,860.[7] About 14.9% of families[8] and 16.6% of all people in Holmes County lived below the poverty line. This includes 21.5% of children under 18 years old and 11.6% of people over 65 years old.[9]

Triracial people[change | change source]

The so-called "Dominickers", a number of related mixed-race (white, black, and Euchee Indian) families, lived for decades after the American Civil War and well into the twentieth century in a rural area near Ponce de Leon, with a separate church and segregated public elementary school. Although considered a separate ethnicity from both whites and blacks, many Dominickers married into local white families, so that group boundaries blurred; some descendants still live in the area. The 1950 federal census identified 60 members of this group living in Holmes County at that time.[10] Few facts are known about their origins, and little has been published about them.

Municipalities[change | change source]

Incorporated[change | change source]

Unincorporated[change | change source]

  • Bethlehem
  • Prosperity
  • Gritney
  • Cerrogordo
  • Pittman

Politics[change | change source]

Holmes County has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 1980. The county is very strongly Republican in the 21st century.

United States presidential election results for Holmes County, Florida[11]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 8,080 89.01% 924 10.18% 74 0.82%
2016 7,483 87.46% 853 9.97% 220 2.57%
2012 6,919 83.46% 1,264 15.25% 107 1.29%
2008 7,033 81.63% 1,446 16.78% 137 1.59%
2004 6,412 77.25% 1,810 21.81% 78 0.94%
2000 5,012 67.77% 2,177 29.43% 207 2.80%
1996 3,249 47.75% 2,312 33.98% 1,243 18.27%
1992 3,196 48.96% 1,877 28.75% 1,455 22.29%
1988 4,225 71.61% 1,639 27.78% 36 0.61%
1984 4,548 78.70% 1,231 21.30% 0 0.00%
1980 3,221 52.41% 2,767 45.02% 158 2.57%
1976 1,850 35.71% 3,256 62.86% 74 1.43%
1972 3,819 92.51% 309 7.49% 0 0.00%
1968 377 7.00% 312 5.79% 4,700 87.21%
1964 3,225 73.00% 1,193 27.00% 0 0.00%
1960 1,235 34.26% 2,370 65.74% 0 0.00%
1956 1,036 29.17% 2,516 70.83% 0 0.00%
1952 1,230 27.67% 3,216 72.33% 0 0.00%
1948 492 15.39% 1,799 56.29% 905 28.32%
1944 908 25.51% 2,652 74.49% 0 0.00%
1940 887 24.84% 2,684 75.16% 0 0.00%
1936 772 19.37% 3,213 80.63% 0 0.00%
1932 429 13.71% 2,701 86.29% 0 0.00%
1928 2,260 74.44% 735 24.21% 41 1.35%
1924 377 32.03% 658 55.90% 142 12.06%
1920 537 33.56% 869 54.31% 194 12.13%
1916 427 28.83% 763 51.52% 291 19.65%
1912 52 7.74% 411 61.16% 209 31.10%
1908 337 39.00% 438 50.69% 89 10.30%
1904 140 29.60% 284 60.04% 49 10.36%


References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Holmes County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. ↑ "DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ "P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ "S1901: Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "S1902: Mean Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ "S1702: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months of Families". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  9. ↑ "S1701: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  10. ↑ ""Estimated Population of Reputed Indian-White-Negro Racial Isolates of the Eastern United States, by State and County, 1950"". Archived from the original on 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  11. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Data Graphs". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03.

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