Hendry County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- May 11, 1923
- Named after
- Francis A. Hendry
- Seat
- LaBelle
- Largest city
- Clewiston
- Total
- 1,190 sq mi (3,100 km )
- Land
- 1,153 sq mi (2,990 km )
- Water
- 37 sq mi (96 km ) 3.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 48,276
- Density
- 34.36/sq mi (13.27/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 18th
- Website
- www .hendryfla .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Hendry County is a county in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,619, a 1.2% increase from 39,140 at the 2010 census. The county is majority-Hispanic or Latino. Its county seat is LaBelle. Hendry County is in the Clewiston micropolitan area, a Micropolitan statistical area (μSA) which also includes Glades County. These two counties, along with the Cape Coral-Fort Myers (Lee County) MSA and the Naples-Marco Island (Collier County) MSA, constitute the Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples Combined Statistical Area (CSA).
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