2022 population: 12,454 ( 430 from 2010 , 327 from 2020)
Land area: 806.8 square miles
Population density: 15.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	7,072	56.78%	11.0%
Black:	1,779	14.28%	15.7%
Indian:	409	3.28%	21.0%
Asian:	90	0.72%	87.5%
2+ races:	301	2.42%	192.2%
Hispanic:	2,803	22.51%	3.1%

Total non-White:	5,382	43.22%	9.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	148	6.1
Deaths:	353	14.6
Net Migration:	526	21.7
Net Immigration:	22	0.9

Change in White population:	-875	-6.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	445	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
12,884
7,947	61.68%
1,538	11.94%
518	4.02%
48	0.37%
103	0.80%
2,720	21.11%
4,937	38.32%

2000
10,576
7,256	68.61%
1,106	10.46%
473	4.47%
33	0.31%
105	0.99%
1,594	15.07%
3,320	31.39%

1990
7,591
5,725	75.42%
924	12.17%
429	5.65%
15	0.20%
n/a
498	6.56%
1,866	24.58%

1980
5,992
4,554	76.00%
773	12.90%
322	5.37%
18	0.30%
n/a
325	5.42%
1,438	24.00%

1970
3,669
2,446	66.67%
866	23.60%
243	6.62%
1	0.03%
n/a
115	3.13%
1,223	33.33%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
784	7.4
947	9.0
328	3.1
229	2.2

691	6.5
1,617	15.3

Number	Rate
1990's
874	11.5
863	11.4
1,013	13.3
108	1.4

1,531	20.2
1,454	19.2

Number	Rate
1980's
766	12.8
685	11.4
1,550	25.9
n/a

1,171	19.5
428	7.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,094	57.1
n/a

2,108	57.5
215	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Glades County, FL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.4
1,763	14.2%
10,691	85.8%
3,266	26.2%

4,637
2.32

3,217	69.4%
2,456	76.3%
158	4.9%
1,420	30.6%

2010
Number	Percent
43.1
2,417	18.8%
10,467	81.2%
2,767	21.5%

4,533
2.52

3,039	67.0%
2,358	77.6%
220	7.2%
1,494	33.0%

2000
Number	Percent
40.4
2,335	22.1%
8,241	77.9%
2,030	19.2%

3,876
2.49

2,804	72.3%
2,307	82.3%
196	7.0%
1,072	27.7%

1990
Number	Percent
39.8
1,866	24.6%
5,725	75.4%
1,460	19.2%

2,880
2.58

2,134	74.1%
1,884	88.3%
67	3.1%
746	25.9%

1980
Number	Percent
35.8
1,661	27.7%
4,331	72.3%
882	14.7%

2,268
2.64

1,730	76.3%
1,523	88.0%
66	3.8%
538	23.7%

2022 Housing Data for Glades County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	327	7.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	342	7.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	346	7.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	233	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	284	6.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	417	9.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	460	9.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	201	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	276	6.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	219	4.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	295	6.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	405	8.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	203	4.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	345	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	200	4.3%
$200,000 or more	84	1.8%

Median Household Income	37,221
Per Capita Income	23,296

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	81
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	191	4.1%
Public Assistance	169	3.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	722	15.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,312	41.6%
Unemployed	104	1.9%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,416	43.5%
Not in Labor Force	3,137	56.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		58.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,450	1,007	59.0%
Non-Profit	44	171	20.5%
Self-Employed	381	135	73.8%

Local Government	189	167	53.1%
State Government	1	27	3.6%
Federal Government	29	4	87.9%

Total Private + Self	1,831	1,142	61.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	263	369	41.6%
Total	2,094	1,511	58.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	626	17.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	682	18.9%
Professional, Technical	336	9.3%
Service Occupations	556	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	212	5.9%
All others	1,408	39.0%

White Collar		45.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	548	15.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	444	12.3%
Retail trade	431	11.9%
Manufacturing	406	11.3%
Health care and social assistance	346	9.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	255	7.1%
Transportation and warehousing	242	6.7%
Accommodation and food services	192	5.3%
Public administration	157	4.4%
Other services	130	3.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	120	3.3%
Educational services	108	3.0%
Wholesale trade	68	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	59	1.6%
Finance and insurance	44	1.2%
Utilities	32	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	11	0.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	8	0.2%
Information	7	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,685	13.84%
Puerto Rican	133	1.09%
Cuban	364	2.99%
Dominican	14	0.11%

Total Central American	123	1.01%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	88	0.72%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	35	0.29%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	113	0.93%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	1	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	86	0.71%
Ecuadorian	26	0.21%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	268	2.20%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	53	0.44%
Indian	5	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	8,953	77.2%
Spanish	2,380	20.5%
Other	68	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	57	0.5%
German, other Germanic	47	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	38	0.3%
Tagalog	26	0.2%
Other Indo-European	25	0.2%
Other Asian	10	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	1,107	9.1%
English	991	8.1%
German	950	7.8%
Irish	890	7.3%
Italian	287	2.4%
European	243	2.0%
Scottish	185	1.5%
Polish	171	1.4%
French	152	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	137	1.1%
Russian	127	1.0%
Dutch	106	0.9%
French Canadian	67	0.6%
Haitian	64	0.5%
African	58	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	11,394	93.6%
Not a citizen	785	6.4%

Native	10,857	89.1%
Foreign-born	1,322	10.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,108	11.6%	1,465	15.3%	3,306	34.5%	2,448	25.6%	912	9.5%	330	3.4%
Average years of education: 11.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,108	11.6%
9-12 Years	1,465	15.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,306	34.5%
Some College	2,448	25.6%
Bach. Degree	912	9.5%
Grad Degree	330	3.4%
Average years of education: 11.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,251	2,899	352	10.8%	6.2%
1991	3,285	2,958	327	10.0%	7.6%
1992	3,449	3,031	418	12.1%	8.4%
1993	3,493	3,078	415	11.9%	7.4%
1994	3,583	3,210	373	10.4%	6.5%
1995	3,551	3,203	348	9.8%	5.6%
1996	4,218	3,840	378	9.0%	5.3%
1997	4,166	3,799	367	8.8%	4.9%
1998	3,968	3,602	366	9.2%	4.4%
1999	3,975	3,668	307	7.7%	3.9%

2000	4,123	3,927	196	4.8%	3.8%
2001	4,349	4,100	249	5.7%	4.4%
2002	4,544	4,302	242	5.3%	4.9%
2003	4,452	4,235	217	4.9%	4.5%
2004	4,451	4,249	202	4.5%	3.8%
2005	4,251	4,089	162	3.8%	2.9%
2006	4,648	4,510	138	3.0%	2.5%
2007	4,757	4,570	187	3.9%	3.3%
2008	4,641	4,344	297	6.4%	5.7%
2009	4,793	4,381	412	8.6%	9.6%

2010	5,498	4,993	505	9.2%	10.8%
2011	5,261	4,761	500	9.5%	10.0%
2012	5,663	5,213	450	7.9%	8.6%
2013	5,455	5,032	423	7.8%	7.5%
2014	4,915	4,527	388	7.9%	6.4%
2015	4,729	4,388	341	7.2%	5.5%
2016	4,734	4,436	298	6.3%	4.9%
2017	4,947	4,679	268	5.4%	4.2%
2018	5,224	5,014	210	4.0%	3.6%
2019	5,350	5,128	222	4.1%	3.3%

2020	5,192	4,903	289	5.6%	7.7%
2021	4,968	4,751	217	4.4%	4.6%
2022	5,160	4,994	166	3.2%	2.9%
2023	5,185	4,990	195	3.8%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	6,554
Median Value	$91,300

Occupied	4,637	70.8%
Vacant	1,917	29.2%

Owned	3,637	78.4%
Rented	1,000	21.6%
Median Rent	$832

Single-Family Units	2,830	43.2%
Detached	2,821	43.0%
Attached	9	0.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	121	1.8%
Mobile Homes	3,331	50.8%

Glades County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Glades County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Glades County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Glades County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Glades County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Glades County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Glades County, FL