Duval County

Duval County
Duval County
Consolidated city-county
	City of Jacksonville and Duval County
	Duval County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Florida
	Florida's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°20′N 81°39′W / 30.33°N 81.65°W / 30.33; -81.65
Country	United States
State	Florida
Founded	August 12, 1822
Named for	William Pope Duval
Seat	Jacksonville
Largest city	Jacksonville
Government
• Mayor	Donna Deegan
Area
• Total	918 sq mi (2,380 km2)
• Land	762 sq mi (1,970 km2)
• Water	156 sq mi (400 km2) 17.0%
Population (2022)
• Total	1,016,536
• Density	1,231/sq mi (475/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	4th, 5th
Website	coj.net

Duval County (/djuːˈvɔːl/ dew-VAWL) is 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.^[2] Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968.^[3] 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 Metropolitan Statistical Area.

^ Publications of the Florida Historical Society. Florida Historical Society. 1908. p. 31.
^ "US Census Bureau QuickFacts".
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

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