Editing Alachua County, Florida (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1830= 2204
|1840= 2282
|1850= 2524
|1860= 8232
|1870= 17328
|1880= 16462
|1890= 22934
|1900= 32245
|1910= 34305
|1920= 31689
|1930= 34365
|1940= 38607
|1950= 57026
|1960= 74074
|1970= 104764
|1980= 151348
|1990= 181596
|2000= 217955
|2010= 247336
|estyear=2023
|estimate=285994
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 12, 2014 }}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/fl190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2015<ref name="QF" />
|2020=278468}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Alachua County, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Alachua County, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US12001&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Alachua County, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US12001&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Alachua County, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US12001&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|151,817
|157,466
|style='background: #ffffe6; |160,463
|69.66%
|63.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57.62%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|41,597
|49,420
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51,171
|19.09%
|19.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.38%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|476
|603
|style='background: #ffffe6; |562
|0.22%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|7,630
|13,098
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,891
|3.50%
|5.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.42%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|61
|122
|style='background: #ffffe6; |101
|0.03%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|369
|703
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,668
|0.17%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.60%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|3,512
|5,172
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,998
|1.61%
|2.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.67%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|12,493
|20,752
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33,614
|5.73%
|8.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.07%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''217,955'''
|'''247,336'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''278,468'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
[[File:2023_Race_in_Alachua_County_by_Census_Tracts.svg|thumb|2023 Racial Demographics in Alachua County, FL by census tract.{{Collapsible list
| title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}

'''Non-Hispanic White'''
{{legend| #fbdedd|30–40%}}
{{legend|#f1b4b2|40–50%}}
{{legend|#ed8783|50–60%}}
{{legend|#e55651|60–70%}}
{{legend|#d02923|70–80%}}
{{legend|#b00600|80–90%}}

'''Black or African American'''
{{legend|#f0e6be|30–40%}}
{{legend|#d7c477|40–50%}}
{{legend|#c0a32f|50–60%}}
{{legend|#a88600|60–70%}}
{{legend|#564500|>90%}}
{{col-end}}
}}]]
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 278,468 people, 101,979 households, and 50,803 families residing in the county.

As of the [[2010 United States census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 247,336 people, 100,516 households, and 53,500 families residing in the county. There were 112,766 housing units in the county, an occupancy rate of 89.1%; of the occupied units, 54,768 (54.5%) were owner-occupied and 45,748 (45.5%) were renter-occupied. The [[population density]] was {{convert|282.91|/mi2|/km2}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the county was 172,156 (69.9%) White, 50,282 (20.3%) Black or African American, 906 (0.3%) Native American, 13,235 (5.4%) Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.7% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. 20,752 (8.4%) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 100,516 households, 22.0% included children under the age of 18, 36.4% included a married husband and wife couple, 4.0% had a male head of house with no wife present, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.8% were non-families. 24.8% of all households included at least one child under the age of 18, and 19.6% included at least one member 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91.

The demographic spread showed 17.9% under the age of 18 and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older; 48.4% of the population identified as male and 51.6% as female. The median age was 30.1 years.

The five year [[American Community Survey]] completed 2011 gave a median household income of $41,473 (inflation indexed to 2011 dollars) and a median family income of $63,435. Male full-time year round workers had a median income of $42,865, versus $36,351 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $25,172; 23.6% of the population was living below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2007-2011 American Community Survey |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211753/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=April 4, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Languages ===
{{as of|2010}}, 86.43% of the population spoke [[English language|English]] as their [[primary language]], while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was spoken by 6.38%, 1.18% spoke [[Chinese language|Chinese]], 0.57% were speakers of [[Korean language|Korean]], and 0.52% spoke [[French language|French]] as their [[First language|native language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |title=Modern Language Association Data Center Results, Alachua County, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 1, 2013 }}</ref>

[[Image:Alachua County (Gainesville).jpg|thumb|right|Alachua County Judicial Center in [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]]]