Jacksonville is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida and the largest city by area in the adjoining United States. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the municipal government was consolidated in 1968. Our editors will review what you have submitted and will determine if the article needs to be reviewed. Jacksonville is a major deepwater port of entry and functions as the state's main commercial and transportation hub.
It's a major wholesale distribution point for the southeastern United States, and motor vehicles are one of the most important cargoes. The city is the center of regional road and rail networks, and its international airport (196 built) is one of the busiest in the state. Services, including insurance, health care and banking, are also important factors in Jacksonville's economy, as is employment in the two American factories in the area, which include contact lenses and paper products; shipbuilding, fishing and tourism are also important. On October 1, 1968, the Duval County government was consolidated with the Jacksonville city government.
The Duval County cities of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach, and the city of Baldwin are not included in Jacksonville's corporate boundaries and maintain their own municipal governments. The City of Jacksonville provides all of the services that a county government would normally provide. The mayor of Jacksonville is the chief administrator of all of Duval County. The median age in the county was 37.2 years.
The age distribution was 23.5% under 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% from 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3.men. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.
In the county, the population was distributed with 26.30% under 18 years of age, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.50% from 65 years of age or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.20 men. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.
Duval County Public Schools administers public schools in the county. Duval County is served by the Jacksonville Public Library. Public transportation is provided by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. The Mayport station shares a location with the Jacksonville sector and includes 25-foot (7.6 m) response boats and 47-foot (14 m) motor lifeboats.
Turner Butler Boulevard (boulevard) offers highway access to Jacksonville's beaches from I-95 on the south side. This eliminated an independent executive or legislative branch in the county and replaced these positions with those of the mayor of Jacksonville and the city council of the city of Jacksonville, respectively. The Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) is the nearly independent agency responsible for public housing and subsidized in Jacksonville. Along with the nearby Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Jacksonville is the third largest naval complex in the country.
Jacksonville has the largest Albanian-American community in Florida, with 3,812 Albanians living in it, or 24.93% of all Albanian Americans in Florida. The county seat is Jacksonville, with which the government of Duval County has been consolidated since 1968. Jacksonville is home to a major league sports team, the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). The Jacksonville Blues Festival and Jazz Festival attract large crowds of music lovers and artists from everyone. A handful of important literary works and authors are associated with Jacksonville and the surrounding area.
Jacksonville was also a key supply point for hogs and cattle sent from Florida to feed Confederate forces. The Florida Theater, which also opened its doors in 1927, is located in downtown Jacksonville and is one of four remaining grand movie palaces built in Florida during the architectural boom of the Mediterranean Renaissance of the 1920s. There is a third indoor mall in the metropolitan area, the Orange Park Mall, but it is located just outside Jacksonville, in Orange Park (Florida), in Clay County. The waters off Jacksonville were the scene of much German submarine activity during World War II, including the sinking of an oil tanker and a brief incursion by German saboteurs in 1942. In 1988, Jacksonville voters chose to eliminate toll collection and replace revenues with a half-cent increase in local sales tax.
