2024 population: 29,325 ( 1,061 from 2020)
Land area: 585.2 square miles
Population density: 50.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	23,097	78.76%	3.5%
Black:	3,774	12.87%	9.2%
Indian:	131	0.45%	12.9%
Asian:	276	0.94%	27.2%
2+ races:	639	2.18%	22.4%
Hispanic:	1,408	4.80%	49.9%

Total non-White:	6,228	21.24%	4.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,515	13.4
Deaths:	1,428	12.6
Net Migration:	800	7.1
Net Immigration:	107	0.9

Change in White population:	783	2.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	278	1.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
28,264
22,314	78.95%
4,156	14.70%
116	0.41%
217	0.77%
522	1.85%
939	3.32%
5,950	21.05%

2010
27,115
22,353	82.44%
3,651	13.46%
72	0.27%
134	0.49%
372	1.37%
520	1.92%
4,762	17.56%

2000
22,259
18,389	82.61%
3,083	13.85%
82	0.37%
95	0.43%
186	0.84%
419	1.88%
3,870	17.39%

1990
18,486
15,573	84.24%
2,637	14.26%
62	0.34%
44	0.24%
n/a
170	0.92%
2,913	15.76%

1980
15,289
12,873	84.20%
2,257	14.76%
19	0.12%
9	0.06%
n/a
131	0.86%
2,416	15.80%

1970
9,242
7,369	79.73%
1,849	20.01%
3	0.03%
13	0.14%
n/a
8	0.09%
1,873	20.27%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
3,138	11.6
2,253	8.3
1,152	4.2
60	0.2

-39	-0.1
1,188	4.4

Number	Rate
2000's
3,468	15.6
1,873	8.4
2,595	11.7
26	0.1

3,964	17.8
892	4.0

Number	Rate
1990's
3,000	16.2
1,570	8.5
1,609	8.7
28	0.2

2,816	15.2
957	5.2

Number	Rate
1980's
2,952	19.3
1,236	8.1
1,722	11.3
n/a

2,700	17.7
497	3.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,614	49.9
n/a

5,504	59.6
543	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Baker County, FL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.7
6,575	11.4%
51,014	88.6%
4,170	7.2%

9,004
2.78

6,642	73.8%
4,733	71.3%
675	10.2%
2,362	26.2%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
7,047	26.0%
20,068	74.0%
2,956	10.9%

8,772
2.82

6,717	76.6%
4,929	73.4%
671	10.0%
2,055	23.4%

2000
Number	Percent
34.0
6,114	27.5%
16,145	72.5%
2,008	9.0%

7,075
2.85

5,668	80.1%
4,396	77.6%
520	9.2%
1,407	19.9%

1990
Number	Percent
30.1
5,626	30.4%
12,860	69.6%
1,454	7.9%

5,541
3.01

4,483	80.9%
3,686	82.2%
421	9.4%
1,058	19.1%

1980
Number	Percent
27.4
5,030	32.9%
10,259	67.1%
1,296	8.5%

4,341
3.14

3,640	83.9%
3,167	87.0%
255	7.0%
701	16.1%

2022 Housing Data for Baker County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	347	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	286	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	449	5.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	183	2.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	218	2.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	432	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	405	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	388	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	335	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	865	9.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	960	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,357	15.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	688	7.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	635	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	827	9.2%
$200,000 or more	629	7.0%

Median Household Income	67,872
Per Capita Income	28,612

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	80
Compared to U.S.	77

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	786	8.7%
Public Assistance	129	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,776	19.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	10,873	62.6%
Unemployed	560	3.2%
In Armed Forces	131	0.8%

Total Labor Force	11,564	66.6%
Not in Labor Force	5,804	33.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,190	3,016	58.1%
Non-Profit	118	430	21.5%
Self-Employed	847	588	59.0%

Local Government	483	754	39.0%
State Government	197	660	23.0%
Federal Government	124	102	54.9%

Total Private + Self	5,037	3,604	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	922	1,946	32.1%
Total	5,959	5,550	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	20.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,773	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,076	18.0%
Professional, Technical	2,148	18.7%
Service Occupations	2,314	20.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	18	0.2%
All others	3,198	27.8%

White Collar		52.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,703	14.8%
Retail trade	1,380	12.0%
Construction	1,163	10.1%
Public administration	1,066	9.3%
Transportation and warehousing	1,006	8.7%
Educational services	791	6.9%
Other services	756	6.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	686	6.0%
Finance and insurance	646	5.6%
Manufacturing	628	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	490	4.3%
Accommodation and food services	462	4.0%
Wholesale trade	307	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	253	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	88	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	55	0.5%
Information	20	0.2%
Utilities	9	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	163	0.58%
Puerto Rican	205	0.73%
Cuban	171	0.61%
Dominican	30	0.11%

Total Central American	117	0.42%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	22	0.08%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	37	0.13%
Salvadoran	58	0.21%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	23	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	11	0.04%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	12	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	174	0.62%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	84	0.30%
Chinese	15	0.05%
Korean	11	0.04%
Japanese	10	0.04%
Filipino	8	0.03%
Thai	7	0.03%
Vietnamese	5	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	25,198	95.8%
Spanish	793	3.0%
Other Indo-European	83	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	78	0.3%
Tagalog	46	0.2%
Other Asian	36	0.1%
Other	28	0.1%
Arabic	15	0.1%
Korean	11	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	3,548	12.7%
American	3,226	11.5%
German	2,723	9.7%
English	2,330	8.3%
Italian	1,443	5.2%
African	944	3.4%
European	442	1.6%
Scottish	333	1.2%
Dutch	331	1.2%
French	232	0.8%
Polish	217	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	203	0.7%
Greek	198	0.7%
Welsh	172	0.6%
Jamaican	109	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	27,702	99.0%
Not a citizen	267	1.0%

Native	27,470	98.2%
Foreign-born	499	1.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
673	3.6%	2,139	11.4%	7,978	42.4%	5,377	28.6%	1,603	8.5%	1,057	5.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	673	3.6%
9-12 Years	2,139	11.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	7,978	42.4%
Some College	5,377	28.6%
Bach. Degree	1,603	8.5%
Grad Degree	1,057	5.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	8,103	7,499	604	7.5%	6.2%
1991	8,443	7,574	869	10.3%	7.6%
1992	8,801	7,813	988	11.2%	8.4%
1993	8,709	7,910	799	9.2%	7.4%
1994	8,816	8,257	559	6.3%	6.5%
1995	8,790	8,308	482	5.5%	5.6%
1996	8,619	8,178	441	5.1%	5.3%
1997	8,661	8,241	420	4.8%	4.9%
1998	8,952	8,591	361	4.0%	4.4%
1999	9,115	8,793	322	3.5%	3.9%

2000	10,487	10,168	319	3.0%	3.8%
2001	10,557	10,129	428	4.1%	4.4%
2002	10,426	9,985	441	4.2%	4.9%
2003	10,331	9,900	431	4.2%	4.5%
2004	10,520	10,172	348	3.3%	3.8%
2005	11,039	10,761	278	2.5%	2.9%
2006	11,469	11,220	249	2.2%	2.5%
2007	11,856	11,503	353	3.0%	3.3%
2008	12,171	11,529	642	5.3%	5.7%
2009	11,979	10,856	1,123	9.4%	9.6%

2010	11,453	10,197	1,256	11.0%	10.8%
2011	11,441	10,274	1,167	10.2%	10.0%
2012	11,275	10,277	998	8.9%	8.6%
2013	11,246	10,377	869	7.7%	7.5%
2014	11,192	10,454	738	6.6%	6.4%
2015	11,217	10,584	633	5.6%	5.5%
2016	11,456	10,892	564	4.9%	4.9%
2017	11,641	11,149	492	4.2%	4.2%
2018	11,635	11,228	407	3.5%	3.6%
2019	12,016	11,624	392	3.3%	3.3%

2020	11,759	11,179	580	4.9%	7.7%
2021	12,133	11,672	461	3.8%	4.6%
2022	12,649	12,301	348	2.8%	2.9%
2023	12,862	12,485	377	2.9%	2.9%
2024	12,169	11,774	395	3.2%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	9,890
Median Value	$198,900

Occupied	9,004	91.0%
Vacant	886	9.0%

Owned	7,186	79.8%
Rented	1,818	20.2%
Median Rent	$959

Single-Family Units	5,934	60.0%
Detached	5,867	59.3%
Attached	67	0.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	212	2.1%
Mobile Homes	3,446	34.8%

Baker County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Baker County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Baker County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Baker County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Baker County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Baker County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Baker County, FL