2024 population: 207,653 ( 19,655 from 2020)
Land area: 1012.4 square miles
Population density: 205.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	165,156	79.53%	7.8%
Black:	13,043	6.28%	12.2%
Indian:	1,473	0.71%	13.8%
Asian:	5,230	2.52%	23.8%
2+ races:	7,290	3.51%	23.9%
Hispanic:	15,461	7.45%	30.7%

Total non-White:	42,497	20.47%	21.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,415	11.2
Deaths:	8,560	11.4
Net Migration:	18,567	24.7
Net Immigration:	1,205	1.6

Change in White population:	12,013	6.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,642	4.1

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
187,998
153,143	81.46%
11,624	6.18%
1,294	0.69%
4,224	2.25%
5,886	3.13%
11,827	6.29%
34,855	18.54%

2010
151,372
128,726	85.04%
7,940	5.25%
1,194	0.79%
2,890	1.91%
3,897	2.57%
6,507	4.30%
22,646	14.96%

2000
117,743
104,919	89.11%
4,899	4.16%
1,125	0.96%
1,583	1.34%
2,078	1.76%
2,968	2.52%
12,824	10.89%

1990
81,608
75,286	92.25%
3,211	3.93%
787	0.96%
918	1.12%
n/a
1,406	1.72%
6,322	7.75%

1980
55,988
51,901	92.70%
2,550	4.55%
286	0.51%
540	0.96%
n/a
700	1.25%
4,087	7.30%

1970
37,741
35,037	92.84%
2,140	5.67%
33	0.09%
187	0.50%
n/a
299	0.79%
2,704	7.16%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
17,384	11.5
12,823	8.5
27,477	18.2
636	0.4

24,417	16.1
12,209	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
15,761	13.4
9,292	7.9
27,607	23.4
363	0.3

23,807	20.2
9,822	8.3

Number	Rate
1990's
13,986	17.1
7,126	8.7
32,654	40.0
504	0.6

29,633	36.3
6,502	8.0

Number	Rate
1980's
11,023	19.7
4,437	7.9
19,295	34.5
n/a

23,385	41.8
2,235	4.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
12,602	33.4
n/a

16,864	44.7
1,383	3.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Santa Rosa 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
40.0
41,211	10.4%
354,440	89.6%
30,867	7.8%

69,524
2.64

50,623	72.8%
40,507	80.0%
3,182	6.3%
18,901	27.2%

2010
Number	Percent
39.2
36,209	23.9%
115,163	76.1%
19,460	12.9%

56,910
2.59

41,553	73.0%
32,463	78.1%
3,641	8.8%
15,357	27.0%

2000
Number	Percent
36.8
31,128	26.4%
86,615	73.6%
12,919	11.0%

43,845
2.63

33,577	76.6%
27,773	82.7%
2,917	8.7%
10,268	23.4%

1990
Number	Percent
32.5
22,197	27.2%
59,411	72.8%
7,684	9.4%

29,842
2.69

23,316	78.1%
19,588	84.0%
1,861	8.0%
6,526	21.9%

1980
Number	Percent
28.1
17,308	30.9%
38,680	69.1%
4,020	7.2%

18,750
2.92

15,655	83.5%
13,535	86.5%
1,205	7.7%
3,095	16.5%

2022 Housing Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,564	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,658	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,448	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,758	2.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,415	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,552	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,117	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,847	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,216	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,414	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,684	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,538	15.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	9,262	13.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,939	8.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,056	8.7%
$200,000 or more	7,056	10.1%

Median Household Income	84,715
Per Capita Income	39,143

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	93
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,758	4.0%
Public Assistance	1,580	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,408	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	72,280	63.3%
Unemployed	3,468	3.0%
In Armed Forces	4,633	4.1%

Total Labor Force	80,381	70.4%
Not in Labor Force	33,728	29.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	28,097	23,532	54.4%
Non-Profit	2,563	4,451	36.5%
Self-Employed	5,719	3,381	62.8%

Local Government	2,489	2,875	46.4%
State Government	1,064	1,067	49.9%
Federal Government	3,782	1,754	68.3%

Total Private + Self	33,816	26,913	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,898	10,147	49.4%
Total	43,714	37,060	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	16.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,680	14.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	17,467	21.6%
Professional, Technical	20,368	25.2%
Service Occupations	14,473	17.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	380	0.5%
All others	16,962	21.0%

White Collar		61.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	11,270	13.9%
Retail trade	9,029	11.2%
Construction	7,480	9.2%
Accommodation and food services	7,427	9.2%
Public administration	6,525	8.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,292	7.8%
Educational services	5,391	6.7%
Finance and insurance	4,917	6.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,976	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	3,758	4.6%
Manufacturing	3,513	4.3%
Other services	3,477	4.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,946	2.4%
Wholesale trade	1,688	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,375	1.7%
Information	1,004	1.2%
Utilities	995	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	623	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	200	0.2%
Management	64	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,294	2.27%
Puerto Rican	2,253	1.19%
Cuban	1,085	0.57%
Dominican	356	0.19%

Total Central American	1,550	0.82%
Costa Rican	67	0.04%
Guatemalan	97	0.05%
Honduran	552	0.29%
Nicaraguan	148	0.08%
Panamanian	553	0.29%
Salvadoran	133	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	951	0.50%
Argentinean	41	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	15	0.01%
Colombian	518	0.27%
Ecuadorian	155	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	191	0.10%
Uruguayan	14	0.01%
Venezuelan	17	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,163	0.62%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,739	0.92%
Vietnamese	450	0.24%
Korean	431	0.23%
Chinese	364	0.19%
Japanese	348	0.18%
Indian	197	0.10%
Cambodian	72	0.04%
Thai	47	0.02%
Malaysian	27	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	167,529	93.7%
Spanish	5,088	2.8%
German, other Germanic	1,051	0.6%
Other	1,021	0.6%
Tagalog	976	0.5%
Other Indo-European	786	0.4%
Other Asian	541	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	533	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	465	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	27,656	14.6%
English	24,690	13.1%
Irish	24,429	12.9%
American	14,827	7.8%
Italian	7,477	4.0%
European	6,360	3.4%
French	5,101	2.7%
Scottish	4,189	2.2%
Polish	3,422	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	3,135	1.7%
Norwegian	2,099	1.1%
Russian	1,920	1.0%
Swedish	1,854	1.0%
British	1,694	0.9%
French Canadian	1,463	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	186,136	98.5%
Not a citizen	2,858	1.5%

Native	179,622	95.0%
Foreign-born	9,372	5.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,339	1.8%	7,484	5.6%	36,374	27.3%	47,175	35.4%	25,825	19.4%	14,003	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,339	1.8%
9-12 Years	7,484	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	36,374	27.3%
Some College	47,175	35.4%
Bach. Degree	25,825	19.4%
Grad Degree	14,003	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	39,316	37,106	2,210	5.6%	6.2%
1991	40,260	37,978	2,282	5.7%	7.6%
1992	42,265	39,906	2,359	5.6%	8.4%
1993	44,334	42,222	2,112	4.8%	7.4%
1994	46,597	44,633	1,964	4.2%	6.5%
1995	48,373	46,361	2,012	4.2%	5.6%
1996	49,762	47,952	1,810	3.6%	5.3%
1997	51,212	49,274	1,938	3.8%	4.9%
1998	53,828	51,507	2,321	4.3%	4.4%
1999	55,790	53,489	2,301	4.1%	3.9%

2000	55,471	53,327	2,144	3.9%	3.8%
2001	56,013	53,483	2,530	4.5%	4.4%
2002	57,103	54,422	2,681	4.7%	4.9%
2003	59,500	57,107	2,393	4.0%	4.5%
2004	62,652	60,369	2,283	3.6%	3.8%
2005	66,950	65,064	1,886	2.8%	2.9%
2006	69,289	67,695	1,594	2.3%	2.5%
2007	69,313	67,217	2,096	3.0%	3.3%
2008	69,942	66,281	3,661	5.2%	5.7%
2009	69,504	63,677	5,827	8.4%	9.6%

2010	70,749	64,403	6,346	9.0%	10.8%
2011	72,241	66,024	6,217	8.6%	10.0%
2012	72,170	66,565	5,605	7.8%	8.6%
2013	72,833	67,968	4,865	6.7%	7.5%
2014	72,991	68,881	4,110	5.6%	6.4%
2015	74,246	70,622	3,624	4.9%	5.5%
2016	76,371	72,892	3,479	4.6%	4.9%
2017	78,962	75,852	3,110	3.9%	4.2%
2018	81,273	78,518	2,755	3.4%	3.6%
2019	83,819	81,208	2,611	3.1%	3.3%

2020	82,647	78,348	4,299	5.2%	7.7%
2021	84,951	81,930	3,021	3.6%	4.6%
2022	87,512	85,163	2,349	2.7%	2.9%
2023	90,137	87,574	2,563	2.8%	2.9%
2024	91,050	87,941	3,109	3.4%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	76,585
Median Value	$272,500

Occupied	69,524	90.8%
Vacant	7,061	9.2%

Owned	54,478	78.4%
Rented	15,046	21.6%
Median Rent	$1,386

Single-Family Units	62,770	82.0%
Detached	61,653	80.5%
Attached	1,117	1.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,709	6.1%
Mobile Homes	6,487	8.5%

Santa Rosa County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Santa Rosa County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Santa Rosa County, FL