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Okeechobee County
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county in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- May 8, 1917
- Named after
- Lake Okeechobee
- Seat
- Okeechobee
- Largest city
- Okeechobee
- Total
- 892 sq mi (2,310 km )
- Land
- 769 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Water
- 123 sq mi (320 km ) 13.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,608
- Density
- 51.6/sq mi (19.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 34972, 34973, 34974
- Congressional district
- 18th
- Website
- www .okeechobeecountyfl .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lake Okeechobee
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Okeechobee
- Capital
- Okeechobee
- Population
- 39644
- Area
- 2309
- Body of water
- Lake Okeechobee
- Shares border with
- Osceola County
- Official website
- www.co.okeechobee.fl.us
- Image
- Okeechobee County Judicial Center.jpg
- Households
- 14601
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- Commons category
- Okeechobee County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Okeechobee County, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 13.8
- native label
- Okeechobee County
- inception
- 1915-05-08
- per capita income
- 23133
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Encyclopedic overview
Okeechobee County ( US: /oʊkiˈtʃoʊbi/) is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,644. The county seat is Okeechobee.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okeechobee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.