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Duval County

Florida · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
1,023,153
Median household income
$71,277
People below poverty
14.1%
Median home value
$303,500

Income

The median income of households in Duval County, Florida was $71,277. An estimated 6.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 6.2
$10,000 to $14,999 3.2
$15,000 to $24,999 6.9
$25,000 to $34,999 6.9
$35,000 to $49,999 11.7
$50,000 to $74,999 17.6
$75,000 to $99,999 13.1
$100,000 to $149,999 17.6
$150,000 to $199,999 7.9
$200,000 or more 8.9

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 59430
Female 50102

An estimated 80.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 27% of households received Social Security and an estimated 21.9 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $23,071. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 80.2
Social Security 27
Retirement income 21.9
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 5
Cash public assistance income 2.7

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 14.1 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 19.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 13.4% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 12.5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 14.1
Children under 18 years below poverty 19.2
People 65 years old and over below poverty 13.4
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 12.5

In 2020-2024, 14.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 48.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 35.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 39.3% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024, 89% had health insurance coverage and 11% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 65.9% and public coverage was 34%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 7%.


In 2020-2024, Duval County, Florida had a total population of 1,023,153 - 526,776 (51.5%) females and 496,377 (48.5%) males. The median age was 36.9 years. An estimated 22.4% of the population was under 18 years, 35.9% was 19 to 44 years, 24.1% was 45 to 64 years, and 15.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 33011 31399
5 to 9 32752 30949
10 to 14 32366 31601
15 to 19 31273 29869
20 to 24 32624 32347
25 to 29 39021 39870
30 to 34 41369 42786
35 to 39 36260 37051
40 to 44 32319 33885
45 to 49 28165 30070
50 to 54 29593 31502
55 to 59 29380 32629
60 to 64 30733 33647
65 to 69 24310 28801
70 to 74 18688 23440
75 to 79 11916 14984
80 to 84 6461 10639
85 and over 6136 11307

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 51% were White; 28.6% were Black or African American; 7.3% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 4.9% were Asian; 11.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 11% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 12.4% of the people in Duval County, Florida were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 48.4% of the people in Duval County, Florida were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 415,128 households in Duval County, Florida. The average household size was 2.41 people.

Married-couple households made up 39.7% of the households in Duval County, Florida while cohabiting couple households made up 7.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 32.4% of all households, while 20% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 14.4% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 32% of all households.

In Duval County, Florida, 28.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 27.5% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 39.7
Cohabiting Couples 7.9
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
20
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
32.4

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 45.2% of males and 40.5% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 39.3 33.2
Now married, except separated 45.2 40.5
Separated 1.8 2.4
Widowed 2.5 8.4
Divorced 11.2 15.4

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Duval County, Florida, 18,631 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 36.8% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 87.8% of the people living in Duval County, Florida were U.S. natives. 47.2% of the Duval County, Florida population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 12.2% of Duval County, Florida residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 57.9% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 61.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Duval County, Florida come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Duval County, Florida.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 46.3
Asia 32.7
Europe 13.5
Africa 5.9
Northern America 1.3
Oceania 0.3

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024, 16.3 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 8.1% of people at least five years old; 6.5% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 8.1
Other Indo-European languages 3.9
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 2.9
Other languages 1.3

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 84.2 % of the people at least one year old living in Duval County, Florida were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 84.2
Different house, same county 9.2
Different county, same state 2.8
Different state 3.2
Abroad 0.7

Education

In 2020-2024, 91.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 34.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 8.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Duval County, Florida was 235,452 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 14,042 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 162,373. College or graduate school enrollment was 59,037.

Educational Attainment of People in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 8.7
High school diploma or equivalency 27.3
Some college, no degree 19.9
Associate's degree 9.6
Bachelor's degree 23.1
Graduate or professional degree 11.4

Disability

In Duval County, Florida, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 13.7 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.3% of people under 18 years old, to 12% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Duval County, Florida, 60.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 34.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 83.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 11.3% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4.8 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 417,969 83.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 56,601 11.3
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 23,975 4.8

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Duval County, Florida worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.2
Construction 7.2
Manufacturing 5.3
Wholesale trade 2.3
Retail trade 12.5
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 7.8
Information 1.3
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 11.3
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 12.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 20.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 9.5
Other Services, except public administration 5
Public administration 4

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 203,097 40.7
Service occupations 79,770 16
Sales and office occupations 117,235 23.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 38,597 7.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 60,667 12.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 70.6% of Duval County, Florida workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 24.1 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 70.6
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.9
Walked 1.3
Other means 2.4
Worked from home 16

In 2020-2024, Duval County, Florida had a total of 454,740 housing units. Of these housing units, 64.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 31.9% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 3.6% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 64.4
Apartments in multi-unit structures 31.9
Mobile homes 3.6
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

15.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 4.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Duval County, Florida was 5.5 rooms, and of these housing units 62.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Duval County, Florida had 415,128 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 39,612 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 58.2% while renters occupied 41.8%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.54 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.23.

6.1% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.2% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 7.2% and another 15.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Duval County, Florida:

House Heating Fuel Used in Duval County, Florida in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 4.1
Electricity 93.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.3
All other fuels 0.4
No fuel used 1.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Duval County, Florida was $303,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 64.3 % had a mortgage. 35.7% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,753 and for owners without a mortgage it was $575.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Duval County, Florida was $1,475. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.