2024 population: 89,666 ( 14,357 from 2020)
Land area: 1038.3 square miles
Population density: 86.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	73,033	81.45%	17.6%
Black:	4,220	4.71%	11.0%
Indian:	545	0.61%	12.4%
Asian:	1,353	1.51%	33.2%
2+ races:	2,109	2.35%	16.2%
Hispanic:	8,406	9.37%	37.9%

Total non-White:	16,633	18.55%	25.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,942	13.1
Deaths:	3,728	12.4
Net Migration:	13,376	44.4
Net Immigration:	809	2.7

Change in White population:	10,937	14.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,420	4.5

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
75,309
62,096	82.45%
3,803	5.05%
485	0.64%
1,016	1.35%
1,815	2.41%
6,094	8.09%
13,213	17.55%

2010
55,043
46,857	85.13%
3,147	5.72%
463	0.84%
528	0.96%
1,065	1.93%
2,921	5.31%
8,186	14.87%

2000
40,601
35,425	87.25%
2,801	6.90%
486	1.20%
189	0.47%
778	1.92%
880	2.17%
5,176	12.75%

1990
27,760
25,038	90.19%
1,817	6.55%
500	1.80%
52	0.19%
n/a
353	1.27%
2,722	9.81%

1980
21,300
18,834	88.42%
2,041	9.58%
210	0.99%
84	0.39%
n/a
122	0.57%
2,466	11.58%

1970
16,087
14,055	87.37%
1,856	11.54%
24	0.15%
13	0.08%
n/a
125	0.78%
2,032	12.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
6,746	12.3
5,627	10.2
17,422	31.7
224	0.4

15,239	27.7
5,027	9.1

Number	Rate
2000's
5,391	13.3
4,345	10.7
13,118	32.3
464	1.1

11,432	28.2
3,010	7.4

Number	Rate
1990's
3,879	14.0
3,595	13.0
10,828	39.0
91	0.3

10,387	37.4
2,454	8.8

Number	Rate
1980's
3,071	14.4
2,505	11.8
6,127	28.8
n/a

6,204	29.1
256	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,814	29.9
n/a

4,779	29.7
434	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Walton 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
44.4
15,576	9.4%
149,399	90.6%
15,309	9.3%

31,491
2.38

21,802	69.2%
17,609	80.8%
1,416	6.5%
9,689	30.8%

2010
Number	Percent
42.1
11,330	20.6%
43,713	79.4%
8,943	16.2%

22,301
2.38

14,512	65.1%
10,959	75.5%
1,350	9.3%
7,789	34.9%

2000
Number	Percent
40.3
8,821	21.7%
31,780	78.3%
6,432	15.8%

16,566
2.34

11,300	68.2%
9,039	80.0%
936	8.3%
5,266	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
39.4
6,424	23.1%
21,336	76.9%
4,656	16.8%

11,395
2.42

8,336	73.2%
6,892	82.7%
680	8.2%
3,059	26.8%

1980
Number	Percent
35.8
5,741	27.0%
15,559	73.0%
3,417	16.0%

8,162
2.60

6,281	77.0%
5,437	86.6%
377	6.0%
1,881	23.0%

2022 Housing Data for Walton County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,157	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	878	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,040	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,057	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,066	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,120	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,091	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,143	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,846	5.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,918	6.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,469	11.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,343	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,369	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,901	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,534	8.0%
$200,000 or more	3,559	11.3%

Median Household Income	74,832
Per Capita Income	45,348

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,470	4.7%
Public Assistance	531	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,836	9.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	29,271	66.6%
Unemployed	1,756	4.0%
In Armed Forces	177	0.4%

Total Labor Force	31,204	71.0%
Not in Labor Force	12,756	29.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	11,614	9,862	54.1%
Non-Profit	494	1,187	29.4%
Self-Employed	4,738	2,296	67.4%

Local Government	1,195	990	54.7%
State Government	593	531	52.8%
Federal Government	453	356	56.0%

Total Private + Self	16,352	12,158	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,735	3,064	47.2%
Total	19,087	15,222	55.6%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,581	19.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	8,656	25.2%
Professional, Technical	5,751	16.7%
Service Occupations	6,452	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	45	0.1%
All others	6,939	20.2%

White Collar		61.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	4,089	11.9%
Retail trade	3,854	11.2%
Accommodation and food services	3,814	11.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,862	8.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,607	7.6%
Health care and social assistance	2,494	7.3%
Public administration	2,219	6.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,836	5.3%
Educational services	1,755	5.1%
Other services	1,635	4.8%
Manufacturing	1,443	4.2%
Wholesale trade	1,441	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	1,386	4.0%
Finance and insurance	1,372	4.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	585	1.7%
Information	453	1.3%
Utilities	343	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	95	0.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	86	0.3%
Management	10	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,241	2.92%
Puerto Rican	876	1.14%
Cuban	621	0.81%
Dominican	76	0.10%

Total Central American	502	0.66%
Costa Rican	19	0.02%
Guatemalan	115	0.15%
Honduran	129	0.17%
Nicaraguan	83	0.11%
Panamanian	117	0.15%
Salvadoran	39	0.05%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	313	0.41%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	18	0.02%
Colombian	70	0.09%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	118	0.15%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	107	0.14%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	438	0.57%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	241	0.31%
Korean	227	0.30%
Thai	89	0.12%
Indian	74	0.10%
Vietnamese	42	0.05%
Japanese	32	0.04%
Chinese	24	0.03%
Laotian	24	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	66,621	92.2%
Spanish	3,219	4.5%
Other Indo-European	699	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	537	0.7%
German, other Germanic	403	0.6%
Other Asian	201	0.3%
Other	181	0.3%
Chinese	131	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	105	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	9,744	12.7%
Irish	9,130	11.9%
German	9,014	11.8%
American	5,864	7.7%
Italian	4,402	5.7%
French	2,576	3.4%
Scottish	2,151	2.8%
European	1,890	2.5%
Scotch-Irish	1,400	1.8%
Polish	1,291	1.7%
British	1,105	1.4%
Dutch	1,019	1.3%
Swedish	925	1.2%
Norwegian	619	0.8%
Danish	588	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	74,652	97.4%
Not a citizen	1,966	2.6%

Native	70,906	92.5%
Foreign-born	5,712	7.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,434	2.5%	3,138	5.6%	15,856	28.1%	17,295	30.7%	12,778	22.6%	5,926	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,434	2.5%
9-12 Years	3,138	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	15,856	28.1%
Some College	17,295	30.7%
Bach. Degree	12,778	22.6%
Grad Degree	5,926	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	13,025	12,171	854	6.6%	6.2%
1991	13,311	12,356	955	7.2%	7.6%
1992	13,463	12,711	752	5.6%	8.4%
1993	14,222	13,419	803	5.6%	7.4%
1994	14,649	13,918	731	5.0%	6.5%
1995	14,745	14,079	666	4.5%	5.6%
1996	15,257	14,564	693	4.5%	5.3%
1997	15,515	14,809	706	4.6%	4.9%
1998	15,891	15,203	688	4.3%	4.4%
1999	16,579	15,931	648	3.9%	3.9%

2000	19,592	18,906	686	3.5%	3.8%
2001	20,868	20,074	794	3.8%	4.4%
2002	21,488	20,618	870	4.0%	4.9%
2003	22,576	21,828	748	3.3%	4.5%
2004	24,277	23,574	703	2.9%	3.8%
2005	27,792	27,200	592	2.1%	2.9%
2006	30,960	30,444	516	1.7%	2.5%
2007	31,158	30,451	707	2.3%	3.3%
2008	30,979	29,680	1,299	4.2%	5.7%
2009	30,556	28,417	2,139	7.0%	9.6%

2010	25,774	23,433	2,341	9.1%	10.8%
2011	26,136	23,914	2,222	8.5%	10.0%
2012	26,092	24,133	1,959	7.5%	8.6%
2013	26,890	25,178	1,712	6.4%	7.5%
2014	27,301	25,811	1,490	5.5%	6.4%
2015	27,949	26,623	1,326	4.7%	5.5%
2016	29,035	27,776	1,259	4.3%	4.9%
2017	30,007	28,896	1,111	3.7%	4.2%
2018	30,984	29,992	992	3.2%	3.6%
2019	32,117	31,156	961	3.0%	3.3%

2020	31,957	30,070	1,887	5.9%	7.7%
2021	33,883	32,660	1,223	3.6%	4.6%
2022	35,024	34,130	894	2.6%	2.9%
2023	35,464	34,477	987	2.8%	2.9%
2024	41,223	39,987	1,236	3.0%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	56,744
Median Value	$327,000

Occupied	31,491	55.5%
Vacant	25,253	44.5%

Owned	24,482	77.7%
Rented	7,009	22.3%
Median Rent	$1,463

Single-Family Units	33,848	59.7%
Detached	32,280	56.9%
Attached	1,568	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	12,593	22.2%
Mobile Homes	7,373	13.0%

Walton County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Walton County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Walton County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Walton County, FL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Walton County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Walton County, FL