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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $689 (0.9%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Baker County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $735 a month.
Cities in this county include: Macclenny
, Glen St. Mary
, Sanderson
.
2005 air pollution in Baker County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.076 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.067 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Bradford County
, Clay County
, Columbia County
, Duval County
, Charlton County, Georgia
, Clinch County, Georgia
, Nassau County
, Union County
, Ware County, Georgia
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Baker County: Ocean
Pond Campground
(A),
Olustee Beach Picnic Ground
(B),
Osceola Ranger Office
(C),
Cobb Hunt Camp
(D),
Pleasant Grove Church
(E),
Reddish Millsite
(F),
Seventeenmile Camp
(G),
Big Camp Hunt Camp
(H),
Interstate 10 Rest Area South
(I),
Interstate 10 Rest Area North
(J),
Boat Basin Hunt Camp
(K),
East Tower Hunt Camp
(L)
Churches in Baker County include: Mount
Zion Church
(A),
New Dinkins Church
(B),
North Prong Church
(C),
Oak Grove Church
(D),
Baxter Church
(E),
Pine Grove Church
(F),
Pine Level Church
(G),
Raiford Road Church
(H),
Bethlehem Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Woodlawn
Cemetery
(1),
South Prong Cemetery
(2),
Cedar Creek Cemetery
(3),
Monument Cemetery
(4),
Dyess Cemetery
(5),
Sanderson Cemetery
(6),
Mantown Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Holes,
Lake
(A),
Water Hole
(B),
Ocean Pond
(C),
Little Bear Bay
(D),
Pinhook Swamp
(E),
New River Swamp
(F),
Hurricane Bay
(G),
Mud Lake Swamp
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bluff
Creek
(A),
Bill Branch
(B),
Moccasin Creek
(C),
Bay Branch
(D),
Turkey Creek
(E),
Rudy Branch
(F),
Maple Head Creek
(G),
Oak Branch
(H),
Gum Swamp Creek
(I)
Parks in Baker County include: Osceola
Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
(2),
Osceola Natural Area
(3),
Lake Butler Wildlife Management Area
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 723
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 250 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Baker
County: |
1.1% | | Whole
state: | 16.7% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 38
- 1990
to 1994: 45
- 1985
to 1989: 45
- 1980
to 1984: 41
- 1975
to 1979: 9
- 1970
to 1974: 15
- 1970
to 1974: 31
- 1965
to 1969: 26
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Mean travel time to work: 32.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 3,814
- One,
attached: 61
- Two:
107
- 3
or 4: 54
- 5
to 9: 22
- 10
to 19: 30
- 20
or more: 22
- Mobile
homes: 3,438
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 44
Housing units in Baker County with a mortgage: 1,822 (271 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 987 Agriculture
in Baker County
Average size of farms: 89 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $124634
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $5159.88
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 34.53%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 62.58%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $100119
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 10.21%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $27867
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 23.56
Corn for grain: 38 harvested acres
Vegetables: 225 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 129 acresBaker
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Florida state average. It is 3.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/12/1974, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(20%)
- Public
administration (13%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal
and metal products (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (24%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Finance
and insurance (10%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(18%)
- Cuba
(16%)
- Germany
(14%)
- Canada
(14%)
- United
Kingdom (7%)
- Philippines
(6%)
- Vietnam
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Baker County:
|
- United
States or American (35%)
- Irish
(10%)
- English
(9%)
- German
(7%)
- Scottish
(3%)
- Italian
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 7,296 (80%)
- Carpooled:
1,489 (16%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 19 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
9 (0%)
- Bicycle:
2 (0%)
- Walked:
62 (1%)
- Other
means: 85 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 185 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Baker County, Florida
- 1240
people in state prisons
- 514
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 161
people in nursing homes
- 116
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 44
people in other group homes
- 30
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $45,840.
8.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,184 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.56% | | Florida
average: | 8.71% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.64% relocated from other counties in Florida ($29,173 average AGI)
1.92% relocated from other states ($7,009 average AGI)
| Baker
County: |
1.92% | | Florida
average: | 4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Duval County, FL
|
3.68% ($41,170 average AGI) |
| from
Clay County, FL
|
0.72% ($38,714) |
| from
Columbia County, FL
|
0.35% ($26,630) |
| from
Nassau County, FL
|
0.28% ($34,545) |
| from
Charlton County, GA
|
0.24% ($28,000) |
| from
Union County, FL
|
0.18% ($29,571) |
| from
Bradford County, FL
|
0.15% ($16,917) |
7.22% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,221 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.22% | | Florida
average: | 7.73% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.59% relocated to other counties in Florida ($24,698 average AGI)
1.62% relocated to other states ($7,523 average AGI)
| Baker
County: |
1.62% | | Florida
average: | 3.31% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Duval County, FL
|
2.88% ($29,761 average AGI) |
| to
Clay County, FL
|
0.55% ($37,857) |
| to
Columbia County, FL
|
0.38% ($36,621) |
| to
Bradford County, FL
|
0.21% ($33,563) |
| to
Union County, FL
|
0.21% ($30,000) |
| to
Charlton County, GA
|
0.18% ($25,857) |
| to
Nassau County, FL
|
0.17% ($35,308) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.3
Births
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.5
Deaths
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Baker County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,837 (1,996 aged, 841 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 20,158
- In
family households: 18,496 (4,318 male householders, 1,350 female householders)
4,599
spouses, 6,647 children (5,740 natural, 202 adopted, 705 stepchildren), 629 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 359 other relatives, 427 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,662 (701 male householders (558 living alone)), 706 female householders (641 living alone)), 255 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 2,101 (2,016 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,989 2-persons, 1,477 3-persons, 1,212 4-persons, 643 5-persons, 226 6-persons, 121 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,199 1-person, 180 2-persons, 28 3-persons.
3,970 married couples with children.
1,365 single-parent households (317 men, 1,048 women).
96.1% of residents of Baker County speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 41% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $103,407,000 ($4305 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,281,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $56,601,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,852,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $427,000
Federal grants: $19,723,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,155,000 ($4,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,651,000 ($153,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $370,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,473,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,551,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,854
| Here: |
75 per 1000 residents | | State: |
63 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,045
| Here: |
43 per 1000 residents | | State: | 49
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +32
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +30
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,510
| Here: |
+61 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+59 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Baker County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.88 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 315
- 1995
to 1998: 1,066
- 1990
to 1994: 831
- 1980
to 1989: 1,807
- 1970
to 1979: 1,975
- 1960
to 1969: 729
- 1950
to 1959: 415
- 1940
to 1949: 242
- 1939
or earlier: 212
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Baker County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 8
- 2
rooms: 91
- 3
rooms: 360
- 4
rooms: 683
- 5
rooms: 1,452
- 6
rooms: 1,602
- 7
rooms: 728
- 8
rooms: 419
- 9
or more rooms: 380
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County, Florida: |
- 1
room: 24
- 2
rooms: 74
- 3
rooms: 149
- 4
rooms: 463
- 5
rooms: 349
- 6
rooms: 181
- 7
rooms: 62
- 8
rooms: 18
- 9
or more rooms: 0
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Baker County:
|
- no
bedroom: 10
- 1
bedroom: 269
- 2
bedrooms: 1,272
- 3
bedrooms: 3,382
- 4
bedrooms: 676
- 5
or more bedrooms: 114
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County:
|
- no
bedroom: 25
- 1
bedroom: 178
- 2
bedrooms: 598
- 3
bedrooms: 463
- 4
bedrooms: 56
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 225
- 1
vehicle: 1,384
- 2
vehicles: 2,718
- 3
vehicles: 1,040
- 4
vehicles: 254
- 5
or more vehicles: 102
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 238
- 1
vehicle: 652
- 2
vehicles: 350
- 3
vehicles: 61
- 4
vehicles: 19
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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59% of Baker County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Florida.
| Baker
County: |
59.4% | | State
average: |
51.1% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 15495
- Northeast:
1259
- Midwest:
1235
- South:
3415
- West:
462
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,400 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(71%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood
(1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(63%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 144
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 70
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 108
| Here: |
16.4% | | Florida: | 21.0% |
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