Duval County, Florida

Duval County
Duval County
Consolidated city-county
	City of Jacksonville and Duval County
	Duval County Courthouse
	Flag Seal
	Nicknames: "Duuuval"
	Duval County
	Coordinates: 30°20′N 81°39′W / 30.33°N 81.65°W
Country	United States
State	Florida
Region	North Florida
Metro area	Jacksonville
Founded	August 12, 1822
Named for	William Pope Duval
County seat; and largest city	Jacksonville
Government
• Type	Strong Mayor–Council
• Body	Jacksonville City Council
• Mayor	Donna Deegan (D)
• City Council	Members Ken Amaro (R); Mike Gay (R); Will Lahnen (R); Kevin Carrico (R); Joseph Carlucci (R); Michael Boyland (R); Jimmy Peluso (D); Reginald Gaffney Jr. (D); Tyrona Clark-Murray (D); Ju'Coby Pittman (D); Raul Arias (R); Randy White (R); Rory Diamond (R); Rahman Johnson (D); Terrance Freeman (R); Ron Salem (R); Nicholas Howland (R); Matt Carlucci (R); Chris Miller (R);
Area
• Total	918 sq mi (2,380 km2)
• Land	762 sq mi (1,970 km2)
• Water	156 sq mi (400 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	995,567
• Estimate (2023)	1,030,822
• Density	1,231/sq mi (475/km2)
GDP
• Total	$90.080 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Area codes	904, 324
Congressional districts	4th, 5th
Website	www.jacksonville.gov

Duval County (/djuːˈvɔːl/ dew-VAWL), officially the City of Jacksonville and Duval County, is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of July 2022, the population was 1,016,536, up from 864,263 in 2010. It is Florida's sixth-most populous county.^[4] Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968.^[5] Duval County was established in 1822, and is named for William Pope Duval, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834. Duval County is the central county of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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