Pasco County Demographics

The 45th county of Florida, established June 2, 1887. Named for Samuel Pasco (June 28,1834 - March 13, 1917) of Monticello, Florida ( in the Panhandle area, not Pasco County) who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the time the county was created.

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County seat:

Dade City
Board of County Commissioners located at 4025 Moon Lake Rd., New Port Richey, Fla. 33552

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Land area:

745 square miles

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Water area:

123.0 square miles totaling 868.02 square miles combined

Pasco County has no lakes of 10 square miles or more

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Population:

284,143 (1990 Census)
293,966 (1993 estimate)
381 people per square mile
270,658 white,br> 5,457 black
784 Indian
1480 Asian
(1990 Census) 9,309 Hispanics
90.1 males to 100 females

Population by town :

New Port Richey 14,044
New Port Richey east 9,683
Hudson 7,344
Jasmine Estates 17,136
Land O Lakes 7,898
Bayonet Point 21,860
Elfers 12,356
Holiday 19,360
Beacon Square 6,265
Zephyrhills south 2,514
Zephyrhills west 4,249
Dade City 5,688
Saint Leo 912
San Antonio 786
154,048 Unincorporated
86,628 households, 30% with children, 75,262 married couple households

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Income:

96,945 people receive social security benefits
median family income is $25,435
median household income total is $21,480
32.3% earn less than $15,000 annually
25.9% earn between $15,000-$24,999 annually
17.7% earn between $25,000-$34,999 annually
14.2% earn between $35,000-$49.999 annually
7.1% earn between $50,000-$74,999 annually
2.8% earn more than $75,000 annually
Federal government employees total 645, civilian and 558 military State and Local governments employ 8,964, veterans total 50,208 of which 18.5% served in Viet Nam

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Florida Voter Registration for Pasco County

totaled 79,313 Democrats, 74,415 Republicans, 25 Independent, 68 Libertarian, 15,792 no party affiliation
of these 166,645 were white, 1,702 black, 1,313 other, for a total count of 169,660
In the 1992 Presidential election, 135,962 voted. Of these, 39.1% (53,125) voted for Clinton, 35.1% (47,721) voted for Bush and 25.5% (34,650) voted for Perot. .3% (1,914) voted for Marrou
There are 116 precincts in Pasco County
Supervisor of Elections
705 E. Live Oak Ave.
Dade City

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housing units total 148,965 of which 18% are vacant, 27.1% are mobile homes, 80.9% are owner occupied (98,384) 95.2 % have a telephone
There are 1.5 automobiles per household
308 practicing physicians in the county
5 community hospitals with a total of 941 beds
95.3 Dade City Hospital
13100 Fort King Rd.
Dade City
(904) 521-1100

95.4 East Pasco Medical Center
7050 Gall Blvd.
Zephyrhills
(813) 788-0411

95.5 HCA New Port Richey Hospital
5637 Marine Pkwy
New Port Richey
(813)848-1733

95.6 Riverside Hospital
6600 Madison
New Port Richey
(813) 842-8468

all have 24 hour facilities

Adult cases of AIDS ,1993 was 29 diagnosed and 64 reported
cumulative cases (January 1, 1980 through December 31, 1993 ) were 254 or 86.4% per 100,000 population

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Education:

total school population (1990 Census) was 46,760
32,881 ( 94.5%) public school
10,298 enrolled in college
25 public elementary schools
8 public middle schools
10 public high schools
pupil/teacher ratio is 18/1 per pupil
expenditure is $3,976

School Board of Pasco County
(904)567-8220
66.9% of the county has a high school education or better
9.1% have a Bachelor degree or better

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Banks have a total of 89 offices with deposits totaling 2,613.3 million
Savings & Loans have 33 offices with deposits of 1,507.4 million
Utilities are provided by Florida Power Corp., and Withlacoochee River Electric for electricity
Gas is provided by Bay Cities Gas, Empire Gas of Dade City, Peoples Gas, Public Gas Co. for Zephyrhills, Synergy Gas Dade City
Telephone service is provided by GTE and United
Cable television is provided by Cablevision of Central Florida
Water/Sewer/Garbage by County and local municipalities