With 43,710 people, Gadsden County is a county in Florida. The poverty rate is 27.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. That trails the Florida median by roughly 35%. The typical home is worth $174,900, having roughly tripled since 2000. The median age is 42.4, about 3 years above the US median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $48,801, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 57%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gadsden County
What changed most since 1990
White share39.9% → 31.3%(−8.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age31.4 → 42.4(+11.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share57.9% → 52.2%(−5.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.2%(587)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.3%(758)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.7%(623)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(41)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(44)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,423 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gadsden County, decade by decade
Gadsden County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
41,105
$47,965
$95,283
11.2%
63.1
2000
45,087
$56,923
$111,485
12.9%
68.0
2010
46,389
$51,397
$150,331
12.3%
71.3
2020
43,826
$49,857
$118,901
18.2%
74.9
2024
43,710
$48,801
$174,900
21.3%
76.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
