Liberty County was created in 1855 and is named after the American ideal of liberty.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and is water. The county is bordered on the west by the Apalachicola River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,021 people, 2,222 households, and 1,553 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile. There were 3,156 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 76.41% White, 18.43% Black or African American, 1.81% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 2.08% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. 4.50% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. More than 10% of the population are Mormons. There were 2,222 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.80% were married couplesliving together, 13.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.00. In the county, the population was spread out with 21.80% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 37.70% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 10.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 144.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 159.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $28,840, and the median income for a family was $34,244. Males had a median income of $22,078 versus $22,661 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,225. About 16.80% of families and 19.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.30% of those under age 18 and 24.30% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Year
Republican
Democratic
Other
2016
76.78%2,543
19.66% 651
3.56% 118
2012
69.96%2,301
28.64% 942
1.40% 46
2008
71.18%2,339
27.24% 895
1.58% 52
2004
63.79%1,927
35.42% 1,070
0.79% 24
2000
54.65%1,317
42.20% 1,017
3.16% 76
1996
42.19%913
40.11% 868
17.70% 383
1992
43.71%1,126
31.83% 820
24.45% 630
1988
65.27%1,421
32.57% 709
2.16% 47
1984
68.45%1,410
31.55% 650
1980
43.81% 899
54.29%1,114
1.90% 39
1976
34.91% 620
64.02%1,137
1.07% 19
1972
84.38%1,199
15.62% 222
1968
8.96% 154
14.09% 242
76.95%1,322
1964
70.71%910
29.29% 377
1960
21.99% 243
78.01%862
1956
21.48% 238
78.52%870
1952
18.60% 237
81.40%1,037
1948
3.53% 30
86.81%737
9.66% 82
1944
5.72% 38
94.28%626
1940
11.16% 119
88.84%947
1936
7.41% 64
92.59%800
1932
4.35% 31
95.65%682
1928
39.20% 147
60.27%226
0.53% 2
1924
8.04% 18
86.16%193
5.80% 13
1920
1.10% 5
91.63%416
7.27% 33
1916
14.65% 57
71.98%280
13.37% 52
1912
12.08% 32
77.74%206
10.19% 27
1908
25.27% 69
64.47%176
10.26% 28
1904
24.88% 50
71.14%143
3.98% 8
Liberty County is run by a board of five county commissioners, each elected at-large. The following is a list of the commissioners with the number representative of his/her district:
Much Like Calhoun County, Liberty County has no Interstates or U.S Highways, just state roads.
FL State Road 20 is the main west-to-east route that runs west from the Apalachicola River at the Calhoun/Liberty County line to the Ochlockonee River at the Liberty/Leon County line, passing through Bristol and Hosford.
FL State Road 65 is the main south-to-north route running from the Franklyn/Liberty County line at Sumutra to the Liberty/Gasden County line north of Hosford.
FL State Road 12 is a southwest-to-southeast route running from Liberty County in the southwest to Havana in the northeast. It also contains a county extension into Levy County.
FL State Road 267 briefly runs alongside state road 20 until it splits away shortly after crossing the Leon/Liberty county line and heads north towards Quincy.
