Gulf County, Florida

Gulf County is a county in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida.  As of 2020, 14,192 people lived there. Its county seat is Port St. Joe, Florida.

 History 
Gulf County, created in 1925, was named for the Gulf of Mexico. Wewahitchka was its first county seat and the 1927 Gulf County Courthouse is still there. In 1965, the county seat was moved to Port Saint Joe, which under its original name Saint Joseph, had been the site of Florida's first Constitutional Convention in 1838.

Land
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (25.4%) is water.

Gulf County is one of a few counties in the United States to be in two time zones, Eastern and Central in this case.  Other examples include Idaho County, Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon, having parts in both Mountain and Pacific Time Zones as well as Cherry County, Nebraska which is in both the Mountain and Central Time Zones.  

Counties nearby
Calhoun County, Florida - north
Liberty County, Florida - northeast
Franklin County, Florida - east
Bay County, Florida - west

National protected area
 St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (part)

People
At the 2020 census, 14,192 people lived in the county. There were 5,571 households and 1,233 people who did not live in households. The population density was 25.6 people per square mile (9.9/km²). The median age was 48.8 years (46.7 for males, 51.5 for females).

Of the total population, 16.7% were under 18 years old, 58.7% were 18 to 64, and 24.6% were 65 or over. Males made up 53.4% and females made up 46.6% of the people. The population was 79.1% White (non-Latino), 11.9% Black (non-Latino), 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 4.0% Two or more races (non-Latino). Other races each made up less than 1% of the population.

Of the 5,571 households, 3,656 (65.6%) were families, 1,323 (23.7%) had children under 18, 2,732 (49.0%) had a married couple, and 1,570 (28.2%) had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.3 people. There were 8,796 housing units, and 63.3% had people living in them all year, while 23.9% were for seasonal use (part of the year). Of the households, 78.9% were owner-occupied, while 21.1% were renters.

As of 2022, the median (middle) yearly income for a household was about $56,250, and the median income for a family was about $70,654. The per capita income was about $30,011. About 9.7% of families and 12.3% of all people in Gulf County lived below the poverty line. This includes 15.2% of children under 18 years old and 6.1% of people over 65 years old.

Cities and towns
Port St. Joe
Wewahitchka
Dalkeith
Highland View
Honeyville
Overstreet
White City

 Politics 
Gulf County is heavily Republican. As of 2023, the county is represented by Republican Neal Dunn in the US House of Representatives.

References

Other websites

Government links/Constitutional offices
 Gulf County Board of County Commissioners
 Gulf County Supervisor of Elections
 Gulf County Property Appraiser
 Gulf County Sheriff's Office
 Gulf County Tax Collector

Special districts 
 Gulf County School District 
 Northwest Florida Water Management District 

Judicial branch
 Gulf County Clerk of Courts
  Circuit and County Court for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Florida serving Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington counties

 Tourism links 
 Gulf County Tourism Development Council

 Business links 
 Gulf County Chamber of Commerce


Category:1925 establishments in Florida