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Brevard County, Florida

January 01, 2023

Not to be confused with Broward County, Florida.

Brevard County (/brəˈvɑːrd/ brə-VARD) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida.[1][2] The official county seat is located in Titusville.[3] Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the east Florida coast and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

Brevard County
County
Historic Brevard County Courthouse in Titusville.
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Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 28°18′N 80°42′W / 28.3°N 80.7°W / 28.3; -80.7
Country United States
State Florida
FoundedMarch 14, 1844
Named forTheodorus W. Brevard
SeatTitusville
Largest cityPalm Bay
Area
 • Total1,557 sq mi (4,030 km2)
 • Land1,016 sq mi (2,630 km2)
 • Water541 sq mi (1,400 km2)  34.8%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total606,612
 • Density597/sq mi (231/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district8th
Websitewww.brevardfl.gov

With an economy strongly influenced by the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County is also known as the Space Coast. As such, it was designated with the telephone area code 321, as in "3, 2, 1 liftoff". The county is named after Theodore Washington Brevard, an early Florida settler and state comptroller.

A secondary center of county administrative offices was built beginning in 1989 in Viera, Florida, a master planned community in an unincorporated area. The county offices were developed to serve the more populous southern part of the long county.

History

Main article: History of Brevard County, Florida

The prehistory of Brevard County begins with the native cultures living in the area for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century. The Windover Archeological Site, discovered in 1982, was found during excavation to have the largest collection of human remains and artifacts of the early Archaic Period (6,000-5,000 BCE), or more than 8,000 years before present. It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.[4]

The geographic boundaries of the county have changed significantly since its founding by European Americans in the 19th century.[5] The county is named for Judge Theodore W. Brevard, an early settler and state comptroller.[6]

Geography

 
The Brevard-Volusia county line

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,557 square miles (4,030 km2), of which 1,016 square miles (2,630 km2) is land and 541 square miles (1,400 km2) (34.8%) is water.[7] Most of the water is the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon. The county is larger in area than the nation of Samoa and nearly the same size, and population, as Cape Verde.[8] It is roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island.

Located halfway between Jacksonville and Miami, Brevard County extends 72 miles (116 km) from north to south, and averages 26.5 miles (42.6 km) wide. Marshes in the western part of this county are the source of the St. Johns River. Emphasizing its position as halfway down Florida are two roads that have been numbered halfway down Florida's numbering system, State Road 50 and State Road 500.

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway along the eastern edge of Brevard County is the major waterway route in Brevard County. It includes the Indian River. Additional waterways include Lake Washington, Lake Poinsett, Lake Winder, Sawgrass Lake, the St. Johns River, and the Banana River. Dredging for the Intracoastal created 41 spoil islands in the Brevard portion of the Indian River.[9]

Brevard County is the sole county in the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (formerly the Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa, Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area). There is no major urban center.[10] The county is unofficially divided into three sections: North County, comprising Titusville, Mims and Port St. John; Central Brevard, which includes Cocoa, Rockledge, Merritt Island, and Cocoa Beach; and South County, which includes Melbourne, Palm Bay, Grant, Valkaria, and the South Beaches. The South Beaches is a term that measures direction south from the dividing line of Patrick Space Force Base, and includes South Patrick Shores, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Indialantic, and Melbourne Beach.

The county government has historically labeled the beach areas differently. The North Reach includes 9.4 miles (15.1 km) in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach. The Patrick Space Force Base beach is 4.1 miles (6.6 km). The Mid Reach includes the 7.6 miles (12.2 km) in Satellite Beach. The South Reach includes the 3.8 miles (6.1 km) in Indialantic and Melbourne Beach. The South Beaches include 14.5 miles (23.3 km) south of Melbourne Beach to Sebastian.[11]

The United States Board on Geographic Names considered two proposals in 2012 to officially name the barrier island extending from Port Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet. The 45-mile-long (72 km) island includes the cities of Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Indialantic, Melbourne Beach, Patrick Space Force Base, Indian Harbour Beach, and Satellite Beach. The American Indian Association of Florida submitted in October 2011 a proposal to name the island after the Ais people. In January 2012 the United Third Bridge and the Florida Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne submitted a proposal to name the island Ponce de León Island, after Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, but it was ultimately not named.

There are 16 municipalities. The largest by population is Palm Bay, the smallest Melbourne Village.[12]

The county has nine major canals. Some of these, such as the C-1 and C-54, are 100 feet (30 m) wide, giving them the capacity to handle excessive rainfall that may accompany tropical storms or hurricanes.[13][14]

The following are regularly used for transportation and drainage:

  • Canaveral Barge Canal, Courtenay – transportation
  • Faulk Canal, Rockledge
  • Grand Canal, Tropic
  • Haulover Canal, Mims – transportation
  • Melbourne Tillman Canal, Melbourne West – drainage
  • Old Canal, Wilson
  • C-1 (Canal 1), which is maintained by the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District[15]
  • C-54 Canal – on the south Brevard County Line – drainage
  • L-15 Canal – Crane Creek Drainage District[16] which has a watershed of about 12,000 acres (4,900 ha).[17]

Geology

The underlying limestone in the county is relatively young at 150,000 years old. This means that the ground will not develop the sinkholes that are prevalent in the spine of Florida, where limestone is from 15 to 25 million years old.[18]

Climate

The county has a Köppen climate classification of Cf with a year-round distribution of rainfall. This means a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers.[19] There are distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry lasts from December through May, the wet from June through November. During the dry season, periods of drought often occur, and can lead to a persistent and high wild land fire threat.[20] In numerous instances these fires have caused property damage. Several fires in 2008 forced the evacuation of Bayside High School, in the town of Palm Bay. In that particular event, 162 homes were damaged.[21]

January is the coldest month, with an average low of 50.7 °F (10.4 °C) and an average high 71 °F (22 °C). The warmest months are July and August with average highs of 90 °F (32 °C) and average lows of 72.2 °F (22.3 °C). The driest month is April with 1.6 inches (4.1 cm) of rainfall; the wettest is September, with 6.6 inches (17 cm).[22]

Offshore ocean temperatures have averaged: January – 64 °F (18 °C), February – 62 °F (17 °C), March – 67 °F (19 °C) and April – 72 °F (22 °C).[23]

Florida is a large subtropical state that is regularly affected by hurricanes. Although Brevard County is located along Florida's eastern peninsula, because of associated weather patterns, it is less frequently hit by direct hurricane landfalls than are portions of the Panhandle or South Florida. There are two predominant reasons for this. First, westward-moving tropical systems often reach an atmospheric ridge weakness in the Bermuda High by the time they approach Florida at a latitude as northerly as Brevard County. Combined with frontal systems that exit the United States' East Coast, many of these tropical systems are steered northwest and eventually curve northward offshore along Florida's East Central Coast. A second reason is that hurricanes making landfall along the Florida peninsula Gulf Coast often weaken to a tropical storm by the time they move northeast and reach Brevard County. (2004's Charley was an exception). No major hurricane, defined as category 3 or higher, has struck Brevard since 1850, the beginning of recorded climate.[24]

Although residents may refer to past storms as "hurricanes", by the time they strike the county, most have subsided to tropical storms or depressions. But because of the threat of storm surge, the beach community on the barrier island is often required to evacuate well in advance of the storm.[25] The possibility of storm surge is diminished when the storm comes across the state instead of directly from the Atlantic.[26]

Five hurricanes have directly affected Brevard since 1950: David (September 3, 1979); Erin (August 2, 1995) – made landfall near Sebastian Inlet and caused mostly minor wind damage and more extensive flooding countywide; Charley (August 13, 2004) – caused damage in Titusville and North Brevard; Frances (September 3, 2004) – struck neighboring Vero Beach in Indian River County directly and caused widespread wind damage throughout Brevard;[27] and Jeanne (September 26, 2004) – struck Vero Beach directly, following very nearly the same path as Frances. The latter two storms caused widespread damage in South Brevard, and resulted in $2.8 billion in claim payments.[28] Slightly more than half of one percent (0.6%) of houses were lost.[29]

The following storms did not affect Brevard County with hurricane-force winds: Floyd (September 15, 1999),[30] and Irene (October 16, 1999).[31]

Tropical Storm Fay dropped a record rainfall of 27.65 inches (70.2 cm) in 2008.[32]

The winter of 2009–2010 was the coldest on record since 1937, when such records were first kept.[33] Planting season, which normally starts around February 14, came six weeks later instead.[34] Some flowers and herbs are planted as early as January.[35] December 2010 was the coldest December on record.[36]

In federal maps printed before 2012, nearly half of Brevard was classified as prone to flooding. Most of this was in the relatively undeveloped low-lying areas, west of Interstate 95, on the banks of the St. Johns River. About 18,900 homes out of 164,000 single-family homes were in that area.[37]

Environment

Main article: Environmental issues in Brevard County
 
Pine flatwoods and sand pine scrub

Brevard County works together with the federal and state government to control pollution and preserve wetlands and coastal areas through lands dedicated to conservation and wildlife protection.

There are 250 square miles (650 km2) of federally protected wildlife refuges.[38] These lands include Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the Canaveral National Seashore, the St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge, the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, several conservation areas managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District, Brevard County's Environmentally Endangered Lands Program Sanctuaries,[39] and lands dedicated by the State as conservation areas.

Adjacent counties

Fauna

There are 4,000 species of animals locally.[40] Common mammals include North American river otters, bobcats, white-tailed deer, raccoons, marsh rabbits,[41] and opossum.[42]

Feral pigs, introduced by Europeans, present an occasional traffic hazard. Lovebug season occurs twice annually in May and August–September. Motorists, usually, encounter swarms of these while driving during a four-week period.[43][44]

Deer flies are particularly noticeable from April through June.[45]

There were 1,677 manatees in Brevard County in 2015, out of a total of 6,063 in the state. This is an increase from 2014 when there was a total of 612 in Brevard County.[46] Manatees are experiencing numerous threats within Brevard, where 312 have died in the first half of 2021.[47]

Bottlenose dolphin are commonly seen in the Intracoastal Waterway.[48]

The venomous brown recluse spider is not native to the area but has found the environment congenial.[49]

The Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network has counted species of butterflies monthly for a year since 2007. In 2010, it counted 45 species.[50] Included are zebra swallowtail butterflies.[51]

Fish and reptiles include alligators, red snapper, sea turtles,[42]

scrub lizards,[51] and rat snakes.[52] There are an estimated 3,500 gopher tortoises in the county. They are on the endangered list.[53]

North Atlantic right whales give birth near the coast of Brevard, among other places, from November 15 to April 15. They are rare, a protected species.[54]

Avian

Local bird counts indicate that there are at least 163 species of birds in the county.[55] Turkey vultures, a migrating species, are protected by federal law. They migrate north in the summer and return in September.[56] The county's most common winter bird is the lesser scaup, a diving duck. In 2008, half a million were counted. In 2010, 15,000 were estimated.[57]

Other birds include the red-shouldered hawk,[58] the loggerhead shrike,[59] the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker,[60] Cooper's hawks, pileated woodpeckers, Savannah sparrows,[51] rails (which also includes coots), Florida scrub jays (an endangered species), wood storks, grackles,[42] great horned owls,[61] northern mockingbirds, brown thrashers, catbirds,[62] green-winged teals, greater yellowlegs, western sandpipers, least sandpipers, dowitchers, and American white pelicans.[52] Peak migration in the fall is from the last week in September through the first week in October. Fall migration tends to be stronger than spring because birds typically take different flyways.[63]

Flora

Native trees include cabbage palm (the state tree of Florida), fringetree, coral bean, sweet acacia, geiger tree,[64] firebush, beautyberry, coral honeysuckle, and blanket flower.[65] Other native plants include sea grape, red mulberry, purslane, dandelion, Spanish bayonet, blackberry, Jerusalem artichoke, dogwood, and gallberry.[66]

On the east coast of the state, mangroves have normally dominated the coast from Cocoa Beach southward. Northward these may compete with salt marshes moving in from the north, depending on the annual weather conditions.[67]

Live oak trees, various grasses, and juniper plants were sufficiently common to generate pollen noticeable by some people in February 2011.[68]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1860246—
18701,216394.3%
18801,47821.5%
18903,401130.1%
19005,15851.7%
19104,717−8.5%
19208,50580.3%
193013,28356.2%
194016,14221.5%
195023,65346.5%
1960111,435371.1%
1970230,006106.4%
1980272,95918.7%
1990398,97846.2%
2000476,32019.4%
2010543,37614.1%
2020606,61211.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[69]
1790–1960[70] 1900–1990[71]
1990–2000[72] 2010–2015[2] 2018[73]
Brevard County racial composition as of 2020
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Pop 2010[75] Pop 2020[76] % 2010 % 2020
White (NH) 421,466 430,936 77.56% 71.04%
Black or African American (NH) 52,677 56,498 9.69% 9.31%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 1,709 1,569 0.31% 0.26%
Asian (NH) 11,098 15,587 2.04% 2.57%
Pacific Islander (NH) 385 482 0.07% 0.08%
Some Other Race (NH) 1,075 3,389 0.2% 0.56%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 11,023 30,244 2.03% 4.99%
Hispanic or Latino 43,943 67,907 8.09% 11.19%
Total 543,376 606,612

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 606,612 people, 236,005 households, and 148,934 families residing in the county.

The 2019 US Census estimates Brevard's population at 601,942 residents with a median household income of $56,775.[77]

According to the 2000 census, the county had about 80,000 veterans. 21% of the population older than 18 is a veteran.[78] This had dropped to 74,000 in 2010. This was 21% of the people in the county.[79] An actual count by a local agency in 2010 indicated that 225 of veterans were homeless.[80] In 2007, a local census by volunteers counted 1,899 homeless residents.[81]

In the 1950s, the county population was just under 24,000. In 1960, it was just over 111,000. In 1969, at the height of the space program, it was 234,000.[82]

In 2015, interracial marriage constituted 29% of all marriages, the fourth highest in the nation, which averaged 17%.[83]

Census

In 2010, there were 229,692 households, out of which 23.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.28% were married couples living together, 11.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.40% were non-families. 28.44% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.53% (4.00% male and 8.53% female) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.84.[84][85]

The population was distributed by age with 19.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.5 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.[85]

The median income for a household in the county was $49,523, and the median income for a family was $60,842. Males had a median income of $48,191 versus $33,276 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,606. About 7.2% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those aged 65 or over.[86]

In 2010, 8.6% of the county's population was foreign born, with 59.4% being naturalized American citizens. Of foreign-born residents, 49.1% were born in Latin America, 22.9% were born in Europe, 18.3% born in Asia, 6.4% in North America, 2.4% born in Africa, and 0.9% were born in Oceania.[87]

In 2010, 90% of residents had a high school degree, compared with 85% statewide.[88] In 2009, 25.7% of residents had an undergraduate degree, below the national average of 27.7%,[89] but the same as the rest of Florida.[88] 14.7% of residents over 25 had undergraduate degrees in engineering. This is almost twice the national average.[90]

From 2007 through 2010, the population was essentially static.[91]

In 2012, the Urban Institute ranked the Brevard metro fourth in the country for racial equality. Criteria were integration of neighborhoods, income, and the quality of schools minorities attend. The area was ranked first for Hispanic equality with whites.[92]

Languages

As of 2010, 90.20% of all residents spoke English as their first language, while 5.29% spoke Spanish, 0.62% German, 0.61% French, and 0.47% French Creole (mostly Haitian Creole) as their mother language.[93] In total, 9.80% of the population spoke languages other than English as their primary language.[93]

Religion

In 2010, Evangelical Protestants numbered 79,893; mainline Protestants 30,877; Catholics 64,831; Unaffiliated 353,946.[94]

In 2000, the following were counted by denomination:[95]

  • Protestants 95,202
    • Evangelical Protestant 59,301
    • Mainline Protestant 35,901
  • Catholics 79,847
  • Orthodox Christians 2,804
  • Other 8,663
  • Unclaimed 289,714

Metropolitan Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget has designated Brevard County as the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area.[96] The United States Census Bureau ranked the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area as the 98th most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 96th most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012.[97][98]

Government

Main article: Government of Brevard County

Brevard county commissioners are elected by the public to establish ordinances and policies for the county. The Commission appoints a County Manager, who executes the will of the commission. The county employed about 2,900 workers in 2009.[99]

There are 16 autonomous municipal governments within the county. The various cities, towns and villages of Brevard have varying reliance on services provided by the Brevard County government. About 100,000 households are located outside organized municipalities, and their occupants are directly served by the county government.[100]

A centrally located County Government Center in Viera was established to provide more accessible services to residents in the southern part of the county. It houses the various county government branches, including Housing and Human Services, Juvenile Justice, Public Safety, Public Works and Solid Waste Management.

The Brevard County government had annual expenditures just over $1 billion in the fiscal year 2009–2010, exclusive of the municipalities.[101] In 2009, real estate taxes for homesteaded property averaged 0.83% of the value of the property.[102] Real estate taxes are levied by each authority. They are collected by the County Tax Collector.[103] The total taxable real estate base was $33.7 billion in 2009.[104] County taxes rose 26.5% in total per capita revenue from 2002 to 2007, and 49.8% in property tax per capita in the same time frame.[105] Delinquent taxes were $36 million in 2008.[106]

In 2012 bonds issued by the county were given a rating of AA by the Fitch Group and improved ratings by Moody's.[107]

Brevard County has two unique election districts. One governs Port Canaveral; the other, the maintenance of the Sebastian Inlet.

Elected officials

County Commissioners:

  • District 1 – Rita Pritchett[108]
  • District 2 – Tom Goodson[108]
  • District 3 – John Tobia[108]
  • District 4 – Rob Feltner[108]
  • District 5 – Kristine Zonka[108]

Commissioners were paid $58,145 annually in 2017.[108]

The following are elected school board officials:

  • District 1 - Megan Wright[108]
  • District 2 - Gene Trent[108]
  • District 3 - Jennifer Jenkins[108]
  • District 4 - Matt Susin[108]
  • District 5 - Katye Campbell[108]

The following are considered state officials but are elected and paid by the county:

  • Sheriff – Wayne Ivey
  • Clerk of the Courts – Rachel M. Sadoff. The clerk's office had 323 workers, including subcontractors, as of 2011.[109]
  • Brevard Property Appraiser – Dana Blickley
  • Tax Collector – Lisa Cullen[110]
  • Supervisor of Elections – Tim Bobanic[111]
  • State Attorney – Phil Archer
  • Public Defender – Blaise Trettis

Since redistricting following the 2010 U.S. Census, Brevard County has been part of Florida's 8th congressional district. It is represented by Republican Bill Posey.

The county lies within two state senatorial districts:

  • the 8th (covering the northern part of the county, held by Republican Tom A. Wright)
  • the 19th (covering the southern part of the county, held by Republican Debbie Mayfield)

The county lies within five state representative districts:

  • the 30th (covering the northernmost part of the county, held by Republican Chase Tramont)
  • the 31st (covering the north-central part of the county, held by Republican Tyler Sirois)
  • the 32nd (covering the central part of the county, held by Republican Thad Altman)
  • the 33rd (covering most of the southern part of the county, held by Republican Randy Fine)
  • the 34th (covering the southeastern part of the county, held by Republican Robbie Brackett)
See List of members of the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County, Florida

Prior to the creation of districts in 1967, state representatives were elected by county. This geographic representation resulted in a longstanding domination of the state legislature by rural interests, as it did not recognize changing patterns of settlement and business in the state.

Justice system

Main articles: County court (Florida) and Florida circuit courts

Courts

 
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Justice Center in Viera

The county has centralized most county and circuit courts in Viera which try a variety of cases including felonies, misdemeanors, traffic, and domestic. The courthouse in Titusville provides the venue for circuit and county cases arising in the north part of the county while the courthouse in Melbourne is the venue for county cases arising in the southern portion of the county. An elected State Attorney prosecutes criminal cases for the State of Florida. Indigent defendants can be represented by the office of the elected Public Defender. The 18th Circuit Court includes Seminole County as well as Brevard and includes not only the court itself but the State Attorney and the Public Defender.[112] In 2008, the public defender had a staff of 45 lawyers in Brevard who handled about 24,000 cases annually.[113]

The States Attorney's Office sponsors the Victim/Witness Services.[114] This provides advocates to alleged victims of violent crime and their families. The advocate helps the family understand the legal system as they navigate through it. They also seek out financial assistance or counseling they might need. In 2005 they helped 8,448 alleged victims in Brevard County.

Public services

Public safety

 
Brevard County Sheriff's boat next to Carnival Victory at Port Canaveral

The County elects a sheriff, directly responsible to the courts but also to the state for the enforcement of state laws. Police chiefs, appointed by their cities or towns, perform the same function locally.[citation needed]

Most municipalities are located on at least one waterway. This has resulted in the county and seven cities having a boat or access to one to aid boaters, or to enforce the law in the water in their jurisdiction.[115]

The county jail is a 1976 facility which rapidly became overcrowded. Voters rejected expanding the jail on four occasions.[116] The sheriff solved the problem by the construction of a large but less expensive "hardened tent" to house non-violent offenders. Crowding reached its peak in 2007 at 1,988 inmates, 300 over capacity. The budget for the facility was $42 million in 2010. There were 1,585 residents. Costs for feeding and housing was $72 per inmate daily. There were 475 staff members.[117]

The county jail retains inmates awaiting trial or those who have been sentenced to a year or less. Longer sentences must be served in state prisons, such as the facility in Sharpes for young men.

A unit of the Coast Guard, homeported at Port Canaveral, plays a role in preventing illegal immigration and is an interdictor of drugs in the area.

Public safety for unincorporated areas of the county is the responsibility of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. All but three of the 17 incorporated municipalities, Malabar, Cape Canaveral and Palm Shores, maintain their own law enforcement services. Those three contract that service to the Sheriff's Office.[118]

 
An officer from the Cocoa Police Department poses with a child next to a patrol car emblazoned with "Autism Awareness" livery, during a community event in Cocoa Village

In 2009, there were 1,200 law enforcement officers working in the county, of which 361 are sheriff's deputies.[119] The number of Sheriff's deputies had risen to 843 in 2015.[120] Of all crime that came to the attention of the sheriff's office in 2007, 80% was drug-related.[121] From January to June 2009, the county reported a total of 10,037 crimes. Of these, a majority, 3,002, were under the jurisdiction of the sheriff's department.[122] In 2009, the crime rate was 3,471.3 property-related crimes per 100,000 residents, slightly above the national average.[89]

Public safety for Port Canaveral is under the direction of the Port Authority. Traditionally, emphasis was placed on monitoring the content of containerized cargo on incoming ships, as well as underwater inspection of arriving ships that could be carrying explosive devices. In 2008, the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved the creation of an independent police department.[123][124]

In 2017, the Florida Highway Patrol had about 32 troopers working different shifts on the I-95 interstate, and the unincorporated parts of the county. Normally there were five or six officers per shift.[125]

The county runs a fire-rescue service. In the year 2015–2016, they responded to 11,383 trauma calls.[126]

In 2017, the fatality rate for pedestrians was the second worst for metropolitan areas in the nation.[127] In 2017, the most dangerous road for bicycles and pedestrians was on State Road A1A from Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral.[128]

Utilities

Three cities provide potable water and sewage for their cities and surrounding areas: Cocoa, Melbourne, and Titusville. The majority of Melbourne water customers are supplied with treated surface water from Lake Washington.[129] Where available, residents were obligated to hook into the system. In 2012, there were 90,000 septic tanks.[130]

Storm and wastewater management fees vary. In 2014, the county charged $36 annually per household. Cities and towns charged from $36 to $77.52 per household annually.[131]

Public recreation

Main category: Parks in Brevard County, Florida
 
Boardwalk over wetlands area at Chain of Lakes in Titusville

There are more than 100 parks and three campgrounds in the county that are managed by local government agencies.[132] Many of these are managed by the Brevard County Parks and Recreation, an agency within the Brevard County Government. There are 25 public golf courses and three private ones. Due to dwindling numbers of golfers, five courses closed from 2004 to 2017. In 2017, three public courses were being considered for closure.[133]

In 11 sanctuaries that protect natural ecosystems, the county's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program offers passive recreation opportunities such as hiking, wildlife viewing, biking and paddling. In 2013, there was a total of 24,000 acres (9,700 ha), with 62 miles (100 km) of trails and 120 miles (190 km) of fire lanes. The quantity of fire lanes was considered insufficient.[134]

The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge[135] and the Canaveral National Seashore[136] are two national wildlife refuges in the county that offer recreational pursuits such as hiking, wildlife viewing, paddling, and environmental education.

Social services

Main article: Brevard County Social Services

Brevard County provides a number of services to help older people, juveniles, people with physical or mental disabilities, and minorities. The Brevard County Housing Authority acquires and leases housing projects, investigates housing conditions, determines where slums and unsafe housing exist and investigates conditions dangerous to the public. It is managed by a board appointed by the county commission.[137] Several organization provide social services for juveniles, such as the Children's Home Society, Children's Advocacy Center of Brevard, and The Vhild Care Association of Brevard County.

Elections

According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans are a plurality of registered voters in Brevard County.

Brevard County voter registration & party enrollment as of February 28, 2022[138]
Political party Total voters Percentage
Republican 191,197 42.42%
Democratic 131,528 29.18%
Independent 117,506 26.07%
Third Parties 10,453 2.32%
Total 450,684 100%
United States presidential election results for Brevard County, Florida[139]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 207,883 57.48% 148,549 41.08% 5,221 1.44%
2016 181,848 57.16% 119,679 37.62% 16,614 5.22%
2012 159,300 55.62% 122,993 42.94% 4,135 1.44%
2008 157,589 54.54% 127,620 44.17% 3,718 1.29%
2004 153,068 57.66% 110,309 41.55% 2,085 0.79%
2000 115,253 52.75% 97,341 44.55% 5,894 2.70%
1996 88,022 45.11% 80,445 41.23% 26,666 13.67%
1992 84,585 43.19% 61,091 31.19% 50,184 25.62%
1988 104,854 70.30% 43,004 28.83% 1,301 0.87%
1984 102,477 73.45% 36,985 26.51% 49 0.04%
1980 69,460 60.07% 39,007 33.73% 7,169 6.20%
1976 44,470 48.15% 46,421 50.26% 1,473 1.59%
1972 62,773 78.73% 16,854 21.14% 106 0.13%
1968 37,124 48.02% 18,281 23.65% 21,909 28.34%
1964 24,551 49.71% 24,833 50.29% 0 0.00%
1960 17,585 61.37% 11,069 38.63% 0 0.00%
1956 10,004 71.81% 3,928 28.19% 0 0.00%
1952 6,756 61.91% 4,157 38.09% 0 0.00%
1948 2,315 41.61% 2,348 42.20% 901 16.19%
1944 1,769 40.02% 2,651 59.98% 0 0.00%
1940 1,984 39.85% 2,995 60.15% 0 0.00%
1936 1,147 33.28% 2,300 66.72% 0 0.00%
1932 956 34.05% 1,852 65.95% 0 0.00%
1928 1,830 62.12% 1,063 36.08% 53 1.80%
1924 515 34.22% 872 57.94% 118 7.84%
1920 659 39.30% 894 53.31% 124 7.39%
1916 174 18.95% 599 65.25% 145 15.80%
1912 61 10.34% 357 60.51% 172 29.15%
1908 225 38.86% 294 50.78% 60 10.36%
1904 125 17.58% 553 77.78% 33 4.64%
1900 121 17.34% 513 73.50% 64 9.17%
1896 337 37.36% 505 55.99% 60 6.65%
1892 0 0.00% 449 88.74% 57 11.26%

Economy

The county Domestic Product was $14.5 billion in 2009[140] and increased to $24.6 billion in 2019.[141] In 2010 and 2011, the Brookings Institution reported that Brevard ranked in the bottom fifth of the nation's top metro areas, based on unemployment, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosed properties.[142] Foreclosures reached a monthly high of 963 in March 2009.[143] The county reached an annual high foreclosure in 2009 of 9,772.[144] In December 2010, Forbes magazine rated the area the worst place in America to find a job.[145]

Government purchasing contributed 12–15% of the county's gross domestic product from 2000 to 2010.[146]

Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies, 736, a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009. The area had 23,096 high-tech jobs with a ratio of 124 per 1,000 total jobs.[147]

In December 2010, Forbes magazine ranked the area as the worst in the country for finding a job, for the second time in 2010.[148]

During 2020, overlapping the COVID-19 pandemic, the metropolitan area was the second best-performing out of 200 in the country.[149]

Personal income

As of the census of 2000:

The county ranked 17th for per capita income, out of Florida's 67 counties.

The following were below the poverty line in 2000:

  • Families – 6.80%
  • Total population – 9.50%
  • Under age 18 – 13.00%
  • Age 65 or older – 6.50%

In 2012, 79,621 people in the county were receiving food stamps.[151]

In 2010, there were 5,600 civilian government workers in the county. They earned an average of $74,000 each in 2009.[152]

In 2009, 84,401 households in the county (38%) received social security payments averaging $16,136 for a total of $1.7 billion annually. 53,717 (24%) received pension payments averaging $24,327 for a total of $1.3 billion annually.[153]

Housing

The taxable value of property went from $20 billion in 2002 to $40 billion in 2007. In 2009 the bubble burst and a rapid descent to $24 billion was experienced. in 2017, the value rose to $35 billion. The last figure includes new construction.[154]

In 2011, the county was rated 6th worst in the country for foreclosures. There were 1,039 for the third quarter of 2010. Nearly half the homes in the county were worth less than their mortgages. The average home had dropped 53.4% since the peak of the boom.[155] In 2012, the county was the highest in foreclosure rate in the nation. In 2013, the metro area was rated "best" in the country for buying, with a 34 months supply of houses, with a discount rate of 28%, according to RealtyTrac. It has since reduced its backlog.[156]

After various insurance companies pulled out of Florida after their losses from the 2004 hurricane season, property insurance became a major concern for many homeowners. As of 2011, 32,000 Brevard policyholders insure with the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.[157]

In 2010 Kiplinger.com rated the county one of five "best" places in America to retire. Factors evaluated included cost of living, weather, the number of doctors, taxes, crime rates and recreational opportunities.[158]

The largest home in Brevard is a 50-room 19,000 square feet (1,800 m2) mansion in Suntree built in 1991 and once owned by Cecil Fielder.[159]

Development

The Viera Company, developing West Viera, gained state permission and county acquiescence to create a self-governing board named the Viera Stewardship District that could raise taxes and sell bonds to pay for roads, water lines, pumping stations and other infrastructure needed to support the construction of 16,500 houses, apartments and condominiums. The company proved that development could fund itself.[citation needed]

Industry

The Brevard economy has been driven by Trade, Transportation and Utilities (18%), Professional and Business Services (17%), Total government (15%), Education and Health (14%), Manufacturing (12%), Leisure and hospitality (10%), Construction (6%), Financial (4%).

In 2012 local government employed 21,000 workers. Over the years the percentage has varied from 7.2% to 7.9% of the population.[160]

The number of people working in construction dropped from 2,630 in 2005 to 1,420 in 2010.[161]

Port Canaveral is one of the world's busiest cruise port. There are seven cruise lines, with six major cruise terminals. There is 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of covered freight storage capacity. It handled 4,000,000 short tons (3,600,000 t) of cargo in 2004. The port has contributed $500 million annually to the county's economy.

Two hospitals were among the top five private employers in the county, together employing 8,850 in 2009.[104]

In 2008, 14,865 workers were employed at the NASA/Kennedy Space Center. The Center directly spent $1.82 billion in the county.[104]

A concern has been the probable reassignment of thousands of Space Coast workers when the Space Shuttle is discontinued in 2010. In 2010, 9,000 jobs were expected to be lost from the shuttle and other programs.[162] Each launch contributed $4 million to the county's economy. Annually, $78 million is spent at the Space Center Visitor's Complex, and $5.9 million from space business visitors.[163]

In 2014, there were 495 aerospace companies in the county. There were 36,223 workers. Sales and revenue from this industry were $3.4 billion.[164]

L3Harris Technologies, headquartered in the county, has the most employees in the private sector, 7,000 in 2019.[165]

Two locally headquartered builders, Mercedes Homes and Holiday, were among the top 30 in the nation. Mercedes had $1 billion in sales in 2004.

There are 15 Community Redevelopment agencies in the county. They are funded from real estate taxes in the affected area. Cocoa has three, and Eau Gallie, one.[166]

Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies, 736, a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009. The area had 23,096 high-tech jobs with a ratio of 124 per 1,000 total jobs.[167]

The county had 1,050 restaurants in 2007 and nearly that many (1,040) in 2010. There were 22,600 leisure and hospitality workers in the county in 2006. This figure includes hotel workers. That figure had dropped 8.5% to 20,700 in 2010.[168]

In the early 2010s, the Shiloh area was proposed by Space Florida as a potential location for the development of a commercial-only spaceport. Located immediately north of the U.S. Government's Kennedy Space Center, the open access to the flyover range on the open Atlantic Ocean to the east, and easy access to the tracking facilities of the Eastern Test Range make the location an attractive launch site. Among other potential users of the commercial spaceport facility, SpaceX was reported to be considering Shiloh as one of several potential locations for building a commercial launch facility.[169]

Military

Military installations in Brevard County include Patrick Space Force Base, near Satellite Beach, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center, and the U.S. Air Force Malabar Test Facility on Minton Road in suburban Palm Bay. In 2009, they employed a total of 2,000 civilian federal workers.[152] In 2012 there were 2,900 military jobs in the county.[160]

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Maintains one station in Port Canaveral, the station is located on the east bank of the West Turning Basin. The station is home to USCG cutter 617.[170]

The Navy maintains a Trident turning basin at Port Canaveral for ballistic missile submarines. The Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU) tests weapons on these subs, which arrive at the rate of one a month. 160 ships visited their two piers in 2017.[171] The 2005 base closures included realigning NOTU out of state. The community was successful in having this decision revoked.[citation needed] The unit employs 100 military personnel and 900 civilian contractors.[172]

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station houses the Air Force Space & Missile Museum and Launch Complex 26, where many unmanned rockets were launched early in the U.S. space program, including Explorer 1, the first US spacecraft placed in earth orbit.[citation needed]

The USS Brevard (AK-164) was a World War II Alamosa-class naval cargo ship that was decommissioned shortly after the war.[citation needed]

Agriculture

23% of Brevard County is agricultural-usable for citrus, raising cattle or horses. Cattle ranches include the Deseret, Duda Ranch, Kempfer, and two other major ranches.[173] Citrus growers include Victory Groves and Harvey's Indian River Groves. The county ranked 21 out of 24 Florida counties in the shipment of gift fruit.[citation needed]

In 2009, aquaculture was a $900,000 business in the county.[174] The county produces more than 25% of all blue crabs along Florida's East Coast.[175]

There are 40 4-H-related clubs in the county, including livestock- and pet-related and after-school clubs.[176] As in all Cooperative extension service, a land grant college, the University of Florida, conducted over 60 courses in 2010 in aid of 4-H programs and other agricultural pursuits.[177]

In February 2010, the USDA declared that Brevard, along with 59 other Florida counties, was a "primary natural disaster area".[174] This happened when the temperature falls below 28 °F (−2 °C) degrees for 4 hours, where crops are being grown.

Tourism

In 2016, tourism represents about 9% of the county's gross domestic product. The industry employs about 13% of the workforce.[178] The county raised its room tax to 5% in 2005. In 2012, this raised $8.4 million.[179]

In 2008, tourists spent $2.89 billion in the county. This is distributed in several categories: lodging $839 million, eating and drinking $509 million, Kennedy Space Center $597 million, retail sales $450 million, entertainment $120 million, and Port Canaveral $109 million.[180] Brevard tourists come mainly from ten states: Florida itself is first, followed by Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. The five primary sources of foreign visitors are Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, and Italy.[181]

1.6 million people visited the Space Center Visitor Complex in 2008.[104] Tourism, measured by the tourist tax, reached a peak in March 2007.[182]

In 2009, there were 2.4 million overnight visitors in the county. There were 1.2 million day visitors.[183] In 2013, a city manager estimated that 20% of income from tourism comes during spring break.[184]

Brevard competes with other Florida areas for tourists. A number of organizations help promote the area. The Space Coast Office of Tourism consists of county staff and the Brevard County Tourist Development Council (TDC). They attempt to attract tourists. The TDC serves as an advisory council to the county on the expenditures of revenues received from a tourist tax. This revenue is spent on beach improvements, visitor information centers and website,[185] promotion and advertising, the Brevard Zoo, additional beach improvements and the Space Coast Stadium.

$97.7 million has been spent on beach replenishment in the county between 2000 and 2010. This was funded 58% by the federal government, 27% by the state and 15% by the county.[186]

In 2008 monthly tourist tax revenue slumped from a high of $1,174,742 in March to a seasonal low in September of $432,145.[187] In 2008, the county had 11,000 hotel rooms available. In July 2007, there was a 66.1% occupancy rate.[188] In 2008, the county had a nearly identical 81%+ occupancy rate in March and April. This fell to a seasonal low of 42.3% in September.[189] In January 2010, the average hotel room rate was $88.25.[190]

Cocoa Main Street, a member of the Florida and National Main Street Programs, works toward restoring business sites in the historic area known as "Cocoa Village". Cocoa Main Street has received six Florida Main Street Awards given by the Secretary of State. The restored area is a tourist attraction and an economic magnet.[191] Melbourne Main Street is another historic business area and tourist attraction restored through the Main Street Programs.[192]

Brevard has five judged art festivals annually attracting tens of thousands of people to art displays. Most festivals are held in the spring or fall when many tourists can attend. Many other annual festivals are held in parks and public sites throughout the year. The Brevard Cultural Alliance (BCA) maintains an event calendar[193] and a map of sites of historic, cultural, and ecological interest.[194]

The annual Florida Key Lime Pie Festival is held beach side every Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. In 2018 The Florida Key Lime Pie Company successfully made the World's largest key lime pie.[195]

An annual February Greek Festival had over 8,000 visitors in 2011.[196]

The annual Grant Seafood Festival attracts as many as 50,000 people for the two-day February event. It is the Southeast's largest and longest running seafood festival.[197]

An ice skating rink in Rockledge serves the county's residents and visitors with hockey and figure skating events.[198]

In 2009, recreational boat owners generated almost $51 million annually towards the county economy, ranking the industry fifth in the state.[199]

Competitiveness

In 2010 a local group compared the county against four other "peer" cities: Austin, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Huntsville, Alabama; and Raleigh, North Carolina. It evaluated nine areas: business dynamism/vitality, competitiveness, education, economic growth, economic prosperity, livability, productivity/labor supply, technology and innovation/work force. While the county does well against national figures, and scored high in livability, it usually ranked last against these "peers" in the other eight areas.[89]

In 2009, the county had 13 patents per 1,000 workers, more than double the national average of 6.4 patents per 1,000.[89]

In 2009, Forbes ranked the county 18th out of 100 MSAs and first out of 8 metros in Florida for affordable housing and short commute times, among others.[200]

In August 2009, Florida Trend rated two Brevard companies, Harris Corporation[201] and Health First Health Plans,[202] in their rankings of the best places to work in Florida.

In May 2009, the Palm Bay-Melbourne area was ranked as the No. 8 tech center in the United States by Bizjournals. It overcame its low number of total high-tech companies and jobs by having a high number of jobs per high tech company (#4) and high tech jobs compared to total private-sector jobs (#2).[203]

Forbes magazine ranked Melbourne 2nd out of 150 metropolitan areas in the US, for the percentage of the population that are engineers, 6.6%, just ahead of Silicon Valley.

It reached a maximum employment of 254,514 in 2006.[204]

In 2006, Forbes magazine named Harris Corporation, headquartered in Brevard, to its "Platinum 400" List.

The Technological Research and Development Authority, based on the Space Coast, delivers technologies to schools and small businesses throughout the state of Florida. They obtain this information through strategic alliances with NASA, the federal government, the aerospace industry and state partners. They also sponsor a business incubator at the Melbourne Airport.

The largest hotel in Brevard has 284 rooms and 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of meeting space.[205]

Labor

There were 168,500 private sector jobs in the county in 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted the following workers in Brevard along with average annual pay ($):

  • Retail 25,900 ($23,361)
  • Manufacturing 21,700 ($65,521)
  • Local government 20,100 ($42,517)
  • Hospitality 19,600 ($15,857).

The largest local employer is Brevard Public Schools with 9,500 of whom 5,000 are teachers.[206] Brevard County Teachers are represented by the Brevard Federation of Teachers (AFT).

The county had an unemployment rate of 12.7% in January 2010, a 20-year record high.[207] In March 2010, there were 33,500 people out of work.[208] The county experienced a record low unemployment in 2005 of 2.8%.[209] There were 32,608 people unemployed in the county in January 2011.[210]

In 2009, there were 6,400 federal workers, total, employed in the county. They earned an average of $74,600.[211]

In 2009, average annual salaries in the county for engineers was $90,563; registered nurses $53,315; education $49,441; police officers $43,035; cooks $21,569; and cashiers $19,489. The average annual pay for all workers was then $42,411.[212]

In 2011, there were more engineers (48) per thousand workers than any other region in the United States.[213]

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the largest employer in the county with 15,000 contractors and civil servants.[214] While there is concern about the new generation of space vehicles requiring 1/3 fewer workers, about that number were eligible for retirement by 2011. Unions represented at KSC include the American Federation of Government Employees, the International Association of Machinists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Banking

In 2007, Space Coast Credit Union was the largest locally based financial institution in Brevard County and the third largest credit union in the state of Florida, with assets of over $3 billion.[215][216]

In 2011, Wells Fargo, with $1.9 billion in local deposits, had 26% share of the business; SunTrust $1.3 billion, 17%; Bank of America $1.2 billion, 16%; Regions Bank $408 million, 5%; and JPMorgan Chase $379 million, 5%.[217]

Retail

In 2011, the majority of groceries were sold in chain stores. Publix has 23 stores; Winn-Dixie has 10; Wal-Mart has 12 stores; the county has three warehouse clubs. 38% of groceries were purchased at Publix, 30% at Wal-Mart superstores, and 7% at Winn-Dixie.[218]

Private charities

In 2013, there were 1,611 private charities registered in the county. They received $1.5 billion, spent $1.4 billion, and held $2.5 billion in assets.[219]

Health

Health statistics

Brevard was ranked 25th in the state, out of 67 counties, for health outcomes in 2014. 22% of residents smoke, 28% are obese, 25% are physically inactive, 20% drink in excess. The county ranked 13 in clinical care, 25th in societal factors (including air pollution and drinking water quality).[220] In 2013, there were about 88,000 persons without medical insurance in the county.[221]

Health care services tend to cost more in Brevard than Orlando or the statistical average in Florida. In 2009, a nursing home private room averaged $79,023 annually, semi-private $74,643, private one-bedroom assisted living $39,000. A home health aide, Medicare-certified, was $88,660, substantially higher than the Florida average of $51,480. Adult day care (44 hours) was cheaper at $12,870 annually, as was a home health aide "licensed-only" $38,896.[222]

According to 2007 health risk data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Brevard County (Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area) is tied for fourth highest among all Micro- and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in percentage of heavy drinkers.[223]

In 2013, the County Health Department Director issued a caution about the potential danger of flesh-eating bacteria that inhabit inland estuaries.[224]

Healthcare facilities

As of 2011, there were ten hospitals in the county, with 1,734 beds total.[225] Health First is the largest healthcare provider in the county, consisting of four not-for-profit hospitals—Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Viera Hospital in Viera, Florida and Palm Bay Community Hospital in Palm Bay.

Besides hospitalization, services include outpatient centers; the county's only trauma center (at Holmes Regional Medical Center); home care; specialized programs for cancer, diabetes, heart, stroke, and rehabilitative services; central Brevard's largest medical group; and Medicare Advantage, commercial POS, and commercial HMO health plans. Health First tries to integrate quality healthcare services with state-of-the-art technology.[226] Parrish Medical Center, a 210-bed hospital, was named America's No. 1 Healing Hospital for the third straight year by the Baptist Healing Trust.[227]

Space Coast Center for Independent Living offers over-all services for individuals with all types of disabilities: peer support, advocacy, skills training, accessibility surveys, support groups, transportation, specialized equipment, sign language interpreter coordination services,[228] and a program for high school students for career development.[229]

The Space Coast Early Intervention Center is a nationally recognized not-for-profit pre-school and therapeutic center that offers care and aids with the development of small children with special needs.[230] Children are treated and educated with the specific goal of mainstreaming children diagnosed with the following into public school: Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, cerebral palsy, deletion syndrome, PDDs including Rett syndrome, autism, and Apert syndrome, as well as children with visual, speech and hearing delays.

Health Outreach Prevention & Education (HOPE) is a network of community partners working together to provide care for people without insurance, and for children with special needs. This network includes hospitals.[citation needed]

Harmony Farms runs a therapeutic riding program located on land donated by Duda Ranch located in Cocoa, Florida.[231]

Mental Health

The Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation is unique for being a local organization only. It has three adult daycare service locations and often provides transportation and funding.[232] The non-profit Circles of Care provides mental health programs to Brevard.[233] Dialing 2-1-1 in the county gives response to people in crisis and/or needing information about community resources.[234]

Former place names

Main article: Former place names in Brevard County, Florida

There are place names currently used, or used at one time by the USGS. Some are early developments, while others are former stations along the main line of the Florida East Coast Railway. Several of these disappeared when Kennedy Space Center took over their area.[235]

Education

Main article: Education in Brevard County, Florida

Higher education is provided by Eastern Florida State College (EFSC) and Florida Institute of Technology. There are satellite campuses for the University of Central Florida, Barry University, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Keiser University, and Webster University.

Elementary and secondary education is provided by the Brevard Public Schools and private schools.

In 2011, six public schools were ranked by the state in the top ten schools in the state, out of 2,800 There was one list each for primary and secondary schools.[236]

Libraries

Main article: Brevard County Library System

The Brevard County Library System has 17 branches.[237] Although the Merritt Island Public Library is counted as part of the Brevard County Public Library System, it is actually a special library district. In 2005, HB1079 was passed to codify all the special acts that the Merritt Island Public Library District exists under.[238]

Sports

Minor league baseball

Brevard County was the home of the Brevard County Manatees, the Class-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers until 2016.

In 2009, the Space Coast Surge, a member of the Florida Winter Baseball League, had the Cocoa Stadium as their home stadium.[239]

Major league baseball

The Washington Nationals held their spring training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera until 2016. They play about 14 games against other professional teams locally in March as part of the "Grapefruit" League.[240]

Minor league basketball

The Brevard Blue Ducks, members of the United States Basketball League (USBL), played at the Clemente Center at Florida Tech.[241]

Minor league football

The Brevard Rams and Space Coast Predators were scheduled to play as members of the Florida Football Alliance in 2010.[242]

Amateur sports

Aside from school-sponsored sports, there are youth leagues for basketball, football, soccer, lacrosse, gymnastics, baseball and swimming.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Brevard County, Florida

While Brevard County has transportation available in the usual modes for a coastal county—highways, shipping, and airlines—it has the addition of space transportation, making it unique in the world.[243]

Public transportation is provided by Space Coast Area Transit.[244]

The county contains about 300 gasoline retail outlets.[245]

Airports

Power

Florida Power & Light (FPL) maintains an oil-fired generating plant at Sharpes; it generates 800 megawatts (1,100,000 hp), supplying most of the requirements for the county. In 2008 the company announced plans to replace the plant with a more efficient natural gas-powered plant in 2013 with a 1,250 megawatt capacity, which can supply 250,000 homes or businesses.[246] Near FPL's plant is the Indian River Power Plant; formerly owned by the Orlando Utilities Commission, it is now owned and operated by RRI Energy. In 2016, FPL had 304,400 customers in Brevard.[247]

Florida City Gas furnishes natural gas to various areas of the county.[248]

Communication

The area code for most of the county became "321" in 1999, as in the "3...2...1... lift-off!" countdown sequence. A small portion of the county along the southern border, including the communities of Micco and Barefoot Bay, share a 772 area code with Indian River County and St. Lucie County, Florida to the south.

Solid waste

The county government maintains various landfills for solid waste. Brevard County Central Disposal Facility is located in Cocoa, has a size 190-acre (77 ha) and receives annually around 275,000 tonnes of waste.[249] In 2013, the county planned a new $100 million landfill, north of U.S. Route 192, near the border with Osceola County, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) west of I-95. The county has awarded a $3.9 million contract for a wetlands mitigation for this new landfill.[250]

In 2013, the county, for the first time, let a seven-year contract out for bids for solid waste. The resulting contract is expected to cost $1 billion over the lifetime of the contract, the county's largest single contract. This was the first time in 20 years, a bid was requested. In the past, Waste Management, Inc has performed the work, not only for the county but for 9 of 16 Brevard municipalities. Waste Pro has five of the remaining municipal contracts. Rockledge and Titusville maintain their own trash service.[251] In 2013, the county directly contracts for solid waste pickup for 100,000 residences.[252]

Water

In 2013, the county consumed about 100,000,000 US gallons (380,000,000 l; 83,000,000 imp gal) daily. Landscape irrigation accounted for about half of this usage.[253]

In 2017, there were five municipal entities selling water (figures in parentheses are millions of gallons/day): Cocoa (22), Melbourne (19), Palm Bay (6), Titusville (2), and West Melbourne (1). The fifth, Brevard County (1), is low because county areas outside the preceding cities, purchase their water from those cities.[254]

Wastewater

The county controls six Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Mims (900,000 US gallons (3,400,000 l; 750,000 imp gal)/day), Port St. John (500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 l; 420,000 imp gal)/day), South Central (Viera) (12,000,000 US gallons (45,000,000 l; 10,000,000 imp gal)/day), South Beaches, and Barefoot Bay area.[255] Some cities have wastewater treatment plants, as well.[256]

Media

Brevard County is within the Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne-Cocoa-Clermont television market. The county is within range of many television and radio stations located in Orlando. [257]

Newspapers

Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Melbourne, Brevard County and the Space Coast region of Florida. It is owned by the media conglomerate Gannett Company.[258] A monthly newspaper, El Playero, serves the Spanish-speaking population of the Space Coast.[259] The Brevard Business News, Hometown News, Space Coast Daily, Talk of Titusville, and Viera Voice also cover local news within Brevard County.[citation needed]

The Brevard Technical Journal is the industry monthly newspaper for business management, engineering, purchasing and manufacturing. It features news topics ranging from business to technology.[citation needed]

Radio

Television

Most of Brevard County receives cable television from Charter Spectrum. Comcast serves the Micco and Palm Bay areas in southern Brevard County.

Local stations licensed to or located in Brevard County include:

Films and television

The following films were filmed (in parts) in Brevard County:[260]

Television series included:

Arts and culture

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, seating 2000, features locally produced and former Broadway shows, ballet, and symphony. Several different performances are scheduled each week.

The Brevard Symphony Orchestra and the Space Coast Ballet offer shows performed by professionals. There is the professional Space Coast Symphony Orchestra.[262] Community orchestras and bands include, but are not limited to, the Melbourne Community Orchestra,[263] the Space Coast Pops and the Community Band of Brevard.[264] Choral groups include the Brevard Community Chorus,[265] the Indialantic Chamber Singers,[266] and the Brevard Youth Chorus.[267]

The Brevard Zoo is a 75 acres (30 ha) facility[268] that contains more than 650 animals representing more than 165 species from Florida, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. The Zoo offers animal experiences including giraffe and lorikeet feedings, African kayak tours, paddle boats in the wetlands and a train ride.[citation needed]

Ballet

The Space Coast Ballet incorporates professional principal dancers and instructors together with many roles for local senior talent as well as roles for students. They annually stage The Nutcracker.

Museums and attractions

The Space Coast has a number of museums from the rocket exhibitions at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and the Air Force Space and Missile Museum, to local museums and others of unique character, such as the American Police Hall of Fame & Museum.[citation needed]

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers an educational look at the accomplishments of America's space program. The Observation Gantry near Launch Complex 39 offers a view of the Space Shuttle launch pads (first built for the Apollo missions), the Vehicle Assembly Building, and the crawlerway over which rockets are taken to the pad. The Apollo/Saturn V Center displays an example of the largest rocket ever launched.[citation needed]

The US Space Walk of Fame in Titusville commemorates the manned space program's history with museum and monuments.[citation needed]

The Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science features the remains of the "Windover Man", the oldest human remains found on the North American continent, and a re-creation of the Windover Dig, a "wet" archaeological site. A visitor may see how Native Americans lived and Florida pioneers survived.[269]

Honor America runs the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum. This houses a replica of the Liberty Bell, historical documents, and patriotic memorabilia. Items are permanent reminders of our nation's history, as well as a memorial to military veterans.

The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center features a museum with artifacts and timeline of the civil rights movement and the story of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, civil rights leaders who were killed after their home was bombed on December 25, 1951.[270]

Communities

Cities

Towns

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated communities

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[74]

References

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Further reading

  • Busick, Glenda Carlin (1992). Brevard good ole boys: A taxpayer searches for truth in the "good ole boy" network of county government. Tampa, Florida: Free Press Publishing. ASIN B0006OUK3C. – a critic summarizes and comments on Brevard politics in the late 20th century
  • Eriksen, John (1994). Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955. Melbourne, Florida: JohnEriksen.net/. ASIN B076H69FDW. – This is a documented history of Brevard County, from prehistoric to the space age. Documented with 320 end notes drawn from 1000 sources.
  • Middleton, Sallie. "Space Rush: Local Impact of Federal Aerospace Programs on Brevard and Surrounding Counties," Florida Historical Quarterly, Fall 2008, Vol. 87 Issue 2, pp 258–289

External links

  •   Media related to Brevard County, Florida at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Brevard County travel guide from Wikivoyage
  •   Geographic data related to Brevard County, Florida at OpenStreetMap
Government links and constitutional offices
  • Brevard County Government / Board of County Commissioners
  • Brevard County Supervisor of Elections
  • Brevard County Property Appraiser
  • Brevard County Sheriff's Office August 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  • Brevard County Parks and Recreation
  • South Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility October 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Special districts
  • Barefoot Bay Recreation District
Judicial branch
  • Brevard County Clerk of Courts
  • Brevard County Public Defender December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • Office of the State Attorney, 18th Judicial Circuit April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine serving Brevard and Seminole Counties
  • Circuit and County Court for the 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Local references
  • Florida Today "Fact Book" on Brevard County
  • USF Maps of Historical Brevard County
  • Old Florida Map Collection
  • North Brevard – Titusville, Florida – Community Directory
  • Searchable Database of Brevard County Property Records
  • Space Coast Wiki – a community wiki for Brevard County
  • General business statistics November 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • Brevard County Collection on the RICHES Mosaic Interface April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 28°18′N 80°42′W / 28.30°N 80.70°W / 28.30; -80.70

January 01, 2023
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Not to be confused with Broward County Florida This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2019 Brevard County b r e ˈ v ɑːr d bre VARD is a county located in the east central portion of the U S state of Florida As of the 2020 census the population was 606 612 making it the 10th most populated county in Florida 1 2 The official county seat is located in Titusville 3 Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay Melbourne Titusville FL Metropolitan Statistical Area It is located along the east Florida coast and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean Brevard CountyCountyHistoric Brevard County Courthouse in Titusville FlagSealLogoLocation within the U S state of FloridaFlorida s location within the U S Coordinates 28 18 N 80 42 W 28 3 N 80 7 W 28 3 80 7Country United StatesState FloridaFoundedMarch 14 1844Named forTheodorus W BrevardSeatTitusvilleLargest cityPalm BayArea Total1 557 sq mi 4 030 km2 Land1 016 sq mi 2 630 km2 Water541 sq mi 1 400 km2 34 8 Population 2020 Total606 612 Density597 sq mi 231 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Congressional district8thWebsitewww wbr brevardfl wbr govWith an economy strongly influenced by the John F Kennedy Space Center Brevard County is also known as the Space Coast As such it was designated with the telephone area code 321 as in 3 2 1 liftoff The county is named after Theodore Washington Brevard an early Florida settler and state comptroller A secondary center of county administrative offices was built beginning in 1989 in Viera Florida a master planned community in an unincorporated area The county offices were developed to serve the more populous southern part of the long county Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Geology 2 2 Climate 2 2 1 Environment 2 3 Adjacent counties 2 4 Fauna 2 4 1 Avian 2 5 Flora 3 Demographics 3 1 Census 3 2 Languages 3 3 Religion 4 Metropolitan Statistical Area 5 Government 5 1 Elected officials 5 2 Justice system 5 2 1 Courts 5 3 Public services 5 3 1 Public safety 5 3 2 Utilities 5 3 3 Public recreation 5 3 4 Social services 6 Elections 7 Economy 7 1 Personal income 7 2 Housing 7 2 1 Development 7 3 Industry 7 3 1 Military 7 3 2 Agriculture 7 3 3 Tourism 7 3 4 Competitiveness 7 4 Labor 7 5 Banking 7 6 Retail 7 7 Private charities 8 Health 8 1 Health statistics 8 2 Healthcare facilities 8 3 Mental Health 9 Former place names 10 Education 11 Libraries 12 Sports 13 Infrastructure 13 1 Transportation 13 2 Airports 13 3 Power 13 4 Communication 13 5 Solid waste 13 6 Water 13 7 Wastewater 14 Media 14 1 Newspapers 14 2 Radio 14 3 Television 14 4 Films and television 15 Arts and culture 16 Communities 16 1 Cities 16 2 Towns 16 3 Census designated places 16 4 Other unincorporated communities 17 See also 18 Notes 19 References 20 Further reading 21 External linksHistory EditMain article History of Brevard County Florida The prehistory of Brevard County begins with the native cultures living in the area for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century The Windover Archeological Site discovered in 1982 was found during excavation to have the largest collection of human remains and artifacts of the early Archaic Period 6 000 5 000 BCE or more than 8 000 years before present It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark 4 The geographic boundaries of the county have changed significantly since its founding by European Americans in the 19th century 5 The county is named for Judge Theodore W Brevard an early settler and state comptroller 6 Geography Edit The Brevard Volusia county line According to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 1 557 square miles 4 030 km2 of which 1 016 square miles 2 630 km2 is land and 541 square miles 1 400 km2 34 8 is water 7 Most of the water is the Atlantic Ocean the St Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon The county is larger in area than the nation of Samoa and nearly the same size and population as Cape Verde 8 It is roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island Located halfway between Jacksonville and Miami Brevard County extends 72 miles 116 km from north to south and averages 26 5 miles 42 6 km wide Marshes in the western part of this county are the source of the St Johns River Emphasizing its position as halfway down Florida are two roads that have been numbered halfway down Florida s numbering system State Road 50 and State Road 500 The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway along the eastern edge of Brevard County is the major waterway route in Brevard County It includes the Indian River Additional waterways include Lake Washington Lake Poinsett Lake Winder Sawgrass Lake the St Johns River and the Banana River Dredging for the Intracoastal created 41 spoil islands in the Brevard portion of the Indian River 9 Brevard County is the sole county in the Palm Bay Melbourne Titusville Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area formerly the Melbourne Titusville Cocoa Florida Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and Melbourne Titusville Palm Bay Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area There is no major urban center 10 The county is unofficially divided into three sections North County comprising Titusville Mims and Port St John Central Brevard which includes Cocoa Rockledge Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach and South County which includes Melbourne Palm Bay Grant Valkaria and the South Beaches The South Beaches is a term that measures direction south from the dividing line of Patrick Space Force Base and includes South Patrick Shores Satellite Beach Indian Harbour Beach Indialantic and Melbourne Beach The county government has historically labeled the beach areas differently The North Reach includes 9 4 miles 15 1 km in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach The Patrick Space Force Base beach is 4 1 miles 6 6 km The Mid Reach includes the 7 6 miles 12 2 km in Satellite Beach The South Reach includes the 3 8 miles 6 1 km in Indialantic and Melbourne Beach The South Beaches include 14 5 miles 23 3 km south of Melbourne Beach to Sebastian 11 The United States Board on Geographic Names considered two proposals in 2012 to officially name the barrier island extending from Port Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet The 45 mile long 72 km island includes the cities of Cape Canaveral Cocoa Beach Indialantic Melbourne Beach Patrick Space Force Base Indian Harbour Beach and Satellite Beach The American Indian Association of Florida submitted in October 2011 a proposal to name the island after the Ais people In January 2012 the United Third Bridge and the Florida Puerto Rican Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne submitted a proposal to name the island Ponce de Leon Island after Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon but it was ultimately not named There are 16 municipalities The largest by population is Palm Bay the smallest Melbourne Village 12 The county has nine major canals Some of these such as the C 1 and C 54 are 100 feet 30 m wide giving them the capacity to handle excessive rainfall that may accompany tropical storms or hurricanes 13 14 The following are regularly used for transportation and drainage Canaveral Barge Canal Courtenay transportation Faulk Canal Rockledge Grand Canal Tropic Haulover Canal Mims transportation Melbourne Tillman Canal Melbourne West drainage Old Canal Wilson C 1 Canal 1 which is maintained by the Melbourne Tillman Water Control District 15 C 54 Canal on the south Brevard County Line drainage L 15 Canal Crane Creek Drainage District 16 which has a watershed of about 12 000 acres 4 900 ha 17 Geology Edit The underlying limestone in the county is relatively young at 150 000 years old This means that the ground will not develop the sinkholes that are prevalent in the spine of Florida where limestone is from 15 to 25 million years old 18 Climate Edit The county has a Koppen climate classification of Cf with a year round distribution of rainfall This means a humid subtropical climate with hot humid summers 19 There are distinct wet and dry seasons The dry lasts from December through May the wet from June through November During the dry season periods of drought often occur and can lead to a persistent and high wild land fire threat 20 In numerous instances these fires have caused property damage Several fires in 2008 forced the evacuation of Bayside High School in the town of Palm Bay In that particular event 162 homes were damaged 21 January is the coldest month with an average low of 50 7 F 10 4 C and an average high 71 F 22 C The warmest months are July and August with average highs of 90 F 32 C and average lows of 72 2 F 22 3 C The driest month is April with 1 6 inches 4 1 cm of rainfall the wettest is September with 6 6 inches 17 cm 22 Offshore ocean temperatures have averaged January 64 F 18 C February 62 F 17 C March 67 F 19 C and April 72 F 22 C 23 Florida is a large subtropical state that is regularly affected by hurricanes Although Brevard County is located along Florida s eastern peninsula because of associated weather patterns it is less frequently hit by direct hurricane landfalls than are portions of the Panhandle or South Florida There are two predominant reasons for this First westward moving tropical systems often reach an atmospheric ridge weakness in the Bermuda High by the time they approach Florida at a latitude as northerly as Brevard County Combined with frontal systems that exit the United States East Coast many of these tropical systems are steered northwest and eventually curve northward offshore along Florida s East Central Coast A second reason is that hurricanes making landfall along the Florida peninsula Gulf Coast often weaken to a tropical storm by the time they move northeast and reach Brevard County 2004 s Charley was an exception No major hurricane defined as category 3 or higher has struck Brevard since 1850 the beginning of recorded climate 24 Although residents may refer to past storms as hurricanes by the time they strike the county most have subsided to tropical storms or depressions But because of the threat of storm surge the beach community on the barrier island is often required to evacuate well in advance of the storm 25 The possibility of storm surge is diminished when the storm comes across the state instead of directly from the Atlantic 26 Five hurricanes have directly affected Brevard since 1950 David September 3 1979 Erin August 2 1995 made landfall near Sebastian Inlet and caused mostly minor wind damage and more extensive flooding countywide Charley August 13 2004 caused damage in Titusville and North Brevard Frances September 3 2004 struck neighboring Vero Beach in Indian River County directly and caused widespread wind damage throughout Brevard 27 and Jeanne September 26 2004 struck Vero Beach directly following very nearly the same path as Frances The latter two storms caused widespread damage in South Brevard and resulted in 2 8 billion in claim payments 28 Slightly more than half of one percent 0 6 of houses were lost 29 The following storms did not affect Brevard County with hurricane force winds Floyd September 15 1999 30 and Irene October 16 1999 31 Tropical Storm Fay dropped a record rainfall of 27 65 inches 70 2 cm in 2008 32 The winter of 2009 2010 was the coldest on record since 1937 when such records were first kept 33 Planting season which normally starts around February 14 came six weeks later instead 34 Some flowers and herbs are planted as early as January 35 December 2010 was the coldest December on record 36 In federal maps printed before 2012 nearly half of Brevard was classified as prone to flooding Most of this was in the relatively undeveloped low lying areas west of Interstate 95 on the banks of the St Johns River About 18 900 homes out of 164 000 single family homes were in that area 37 Environment Edit Main article Environmental issues in Brevard County Pine flatwoods and sand pine scrub Brevard County works together with the federal and state government to control pollution and preserve wetlands and coastal areas through lands dedicated to conservation and wildlife protection There are 250 square miles 650 km2 of federally protected wildlife refuges 38 These lands include Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge the Canaveral National Seashore the St Johns National Wildlife Refuge the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge several conservation areas managed by the St Johns River Water Management District Brevard County s Environmentally Endangered Lands Program Sanctuaries 39 and lands dedicated by the State as conservation areas Adjacent counties Edit Volusia County north Indian River County south Osceola County southwest Orange County westFauna Edit There are 4 000 species of animals locally 40 Common mammals include North American river otters bobcats white tailed deer raccoons marsh rabbits 41 and opossum 42 Feral pigs introduced by Europeans present an occasional traffic hazard Lovebug season occurs twice annually in May and August September Motorists usually encounter swarms of these while driving during a four week period 43 44 Deer flies are particularly noticeable from April through June 45 There were 1 677 manatees in Brevard County in 2015 out of a total of 6 063 in the state This is an increase from 2014 when there was a total of 612 in Brevard County 46 Manatees are experiencing numerous threats within Brevard where 312 have died in the first half of 2021 47 Bottlenose dolphin are commonly seen in the Intracoastal Waterway 48 The venomous brown recluse spider is not native to the area but has found the environment congenial 49 The Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network has counted species of butterflies monthly for a year since 2007 In 2010 it counted 45 species 50 Included are zebra swallowtail butterflies 51 Fish and reptiles include alligators red snapper sea turtles 42 scrub lizards 51 and rat snakes 52 There are an estimated 3 500 gopher tortoises in the county They are on the endangered list 53 North Atlantic right whales give birth near the coast of Brevard among other places from November 15 to April 15 They are rare a protected species 54 Avian Edit Local bird counts indicate that there are at least 163 species of birds in the county 55 Turkey vultures a migrating species are protected by federal law They migrate north in the summer and return in September 56 The county s most common winter bird is the lesser scaup a diving duck In 2008 half a million were counted In 2010 15 000 were estimated 57 Other birds include the red shouldered hawk 58 the loggerhead shrike 59 the endangered red cockaded woodpecker 60 Cooper s hawks pileated woodpeckers Savannah sparrows 51 rails which also includes coots Florida scrub jays an endangered species wood storks grackles 42 great horned owls 61 northern mockingbirds brown thrashers catbirds 62 green winged teals greater yellowlegs western sandpipers least sandpipers dowitchers and American white pelicans 52 Peak migration in the fall is from the last week in September through the first week in October Fall migration tends to be stronger than spring because birds typically take different flyways 63 Flora Edit Native trees include cabbage palm the state tree of Florida fringetree coral bean sweet acacia geiger tree 64 firebush beautyberry coral honeysuckle and blanket flower 65 Other native plants include sea grape red mulberry purslane dandelion Spanish bayonet blackberry Jerusalem artichoke dogwood and gallberry 66 On the east coast of the state mangroves have normally dominated the coast from Cocoa Beach southward Northward these may compete with salt marshes moving in from the north depending on the annual weather conditions 67 Live oak trees various grasses and juniper plants were sufficiently common to generate pollen noticeable by some people in February 2011 68 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1860246 18701 216394 3 18801 47821 5 18903 401130 1 19005 15851 7 19104 717 8 5 19208 50580 3 193013 28356 2 194016 14221 5 195023 65346 5 1960111 435371 1 1970230 006106 4 1980272 95918 7 1990398 97846 2 2000476 32019 4 2010543 37614 1 2020606 61211 6 U S Decennial Census 69 1790 1960 70 1900 1990 71 1990 2000 72 2010 2015 2 2018 73 Brevard County racial composition as of 2020 NH Non Hispanic a Race Pop 2010 75 Pop 2020 76 2010 2020White NH 421 466 430 936 77 56 71 04 Black or African American NH 52 677 56 498 9 69 9 31 Native American or Alaska Native NH 1 709 1 569 0 31 0 26 Asian NH 11 098 15 587 2 04 2 57 Pacific Islander NH 385 482 0 07 0 08 Some Other Race NH 1 075 3 389 0 2 0 56 Mixed Multi Racial NH 11 023 30 244 2 03 4 99 Hispanic or Latino 43 943 67 907 8 09 11 19 Total 543 376 606 612As of the 2020 United States census there were 606 612 people 236 005 households and 148 934 families residing in the county The 2019 US Census estimates Brevard s population at 601 942 residents with a median household income of 56 775 77 According to the 2000 census the county had about 80 000 veterans 21 of the population older than 18 is a veteran 78 This had dropped to 74 000 in 2010 This was 21 of the people in the county 79 An actual count by a local agency in 2010 indicated that 225 of veterans were homeless 80 In 2007 a local census by volunteers counted 1 899 homeless residents 81 In the 1950s the county population was just under 24 000 In 1960 it was just over 111 000 In 1969 at the height of the space program it was 234 000 82 In 2015 interracial marriage constituted 29 of all marriages the fourth highest in the nation which averaged 17 83 Census Edit In 2010 there were 229 692 households out of which 23 20 had children under the age of 18 living with them 48 28 were married couples living together 11 80 had a female householder with no husband present and 35 40 were non families 28 44 of all households were made up of individuals and 12 53 4 00 male and 8 53 female had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 33 and the average family size was 2 84 84 85 The population was distributed by age with 19 8 under the age of 18 7 9 from 18 to 24 21 5 from 25 to 44 30 4 from 45 to 64 and 20 4 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 45 5 years For every 100 females there were 96 1 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93 9 males 85 The median income for a household in the county was 49 523 and the median income for a family was 60 842 Males had a median income of 48 191 versus 33 276 for females The per capita income for the county was 27 606 About 7 2 of families and 10 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 14 4 of those under age 18 and 6 9 of those aged 65 or over 86 In 2010 8 6 of the county s population was foreign born with 59 4 being naturalized American citizens Of foreign born residents 49 1 were born in Latin America 22 9 were born in Europe 18 3 born in Asia 6 4 in North America 2 4 born in Africa and 0 9 were born in Oceania 87 In 2010 90 of residents had a high school degree compared with 85 statewide 88 In 2009 25 7 of residents had an undergraduate degree below the national average of 27 7 89 but the same as the rest of Florida 88 14 7 of residents over 25 had undergraduate degrees in engineering This is almost twice the national average 90 From 2007 through 2010 the population was essentially static 91 In 2012 the Urban Institute ranked the Brevard metro fourth in the country for racial equality Criteria were integration of neighborhoods income and the quality of schools minorities attend The area was ranked first for Hispanic equality with whites 92 Languages Edit As of 2010 90 20 of all residents spoke English as their first language while 5 29 spoke Spanish 0 62 German 0 61 French and 0 47 French Creole mostly Haitian Creole as their mother language 93 In total 9 80 of the population spoke languages other than English as their primary language 93 Religion Edit In 2010 Evangelical Protestants numbered 79 893 mainline Protestants 30 877 Catholics 64 831 Unaffiliated 353 946 94 In 2000 the following were counted by denomination 95 Protestants 95 202 Evangelical Protestant 59 301 Mainline Protestant 35 901 Catholics 79 847 Orthodox Christians 2 804 Other 8 663 Unclaimed 289 714Metropolitan Statistical Area EditThe United States Office of Management and Budget has designated Brevard County as the Palm Bay Melbourne Titusville FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 96 The United States Census Bureau ranked the Palm Bay Melbourne Titusville FL Metropolitan Statistical Area as the 98th most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 96th most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1 2012 97 98 Government EditMain article Government of Brevard County Brevard county commissioners are elected by the public to establish ordinances and policies for the county The Commission appoints a County Manager who executes the will of the commission The county employed about 2 900 workers in 2009 99 There are 16 autonomous municipal governments within the county The various cities towns and villages of Brevard have varying reliance on services provided by the Brevard County government About 100 000 households are located outside organized municipalities and their occupants are directly served by the county government 100 A centrally located County Government Center in Viera was established to provide more accessible services to residents in the southern part of the county It houses the various county government branches including Housing and Human Services Juvenile Justice Public Safety Public Works and Solid Waste Management The Brevard County government had annual expenditures just over 1 billion in the fiscal year 2009 2010 exclusive of the municipalities 101 In 2009 real estate taxes for homesteaded property averaged 0 83 of the value of the property 102 Real estate taxes are levied by each authority They are collected by the County Tax Collector 103 The total taxable real estate base was 33 7 billion in 2009 104 County taxes rose 26 5 in total per capita revenue from 2002 to 2007 and 49 8 in property tax per capita in the same time frame 105 Delinquent taxes were 36 million in 2008 106 In 2012 bonds issued by the county were given a rating of AA by the Fitch Group and improved ratings by Moody s 107 Brevard County has two unique election districts One governs Port Canaveral the other the maintenance of the Sebastian Inlet Elected officials Edit County Commissioners District 1 Rita Pritchett 108 District 2 Tom Goodson 108 District 3 John Tobia 108 District 4 Rob Feltner 108 District 5 Kristine Zonka 108 Commissioners were paid 58 145 annually in 2017 108 The following are elected school board officials District 1 Megan Wright 108 District 2 Gene Trent 108 District 3 Jennifer Jenkins 108 District 4 Matt Susin 108 District 5 Katye Campbell 108 The following are considered state officials but are elected and paid by the county Sheriff Wayne Ivey Clerk of the Courts Rachel M Sadoff The clerk s office had 323 workers including subcontractors as of 2011 109 Brevard Property Appraiser Dana Blickley Tax Collector Lisa Cullen 110 Supervisor of Elections Tim Bobanic 111 State Attorney Phil Archer Public Defender Blaise TrettisSince redistricting following the 2010 U S Census Brevard County has been part of Florida s 8th congressional district It is represented by Republican Bill Posey The county lies within two state senatorial districts the 8th covering the northern part of the county held by Republican Tom A Wright the 19th covering the southern part of the county held by Republican Debbie Mayfield The county lies within five state representative districts the 30th covering the northernmost part of the county held by Republican Chase Tramont the 31st covering the north central part of the county held by Republican Tyler Sirois the 32nd covering the central part of the county held by Republican Thad Altman the 33rd covering most of the southern part of the county held by Republican Randy Fine the 34th covering the southeastern part of the county held by Republican Robbie Brackett See List of members of the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County FloridaPrior to the creation of districts in 1967 state representatives were elected by county This geographic representation resulted in a longstanding domination of the state legislature by rural interests as it did not recognize changing patterns of settlement and business in the state Justice system Edit Main articles County court Florida and Florida circuit courts Courts Edit Harry T and Harriette V Moore Justice Center in Viera The county has centralized most county and circuit courts in Viera which try a variety of cases including felonies misdemeanors traffic and domestic The courthouse in Titusville provides the venue for circuit and county cases arising in the north part of the county while the courthouse in Melbourne is the venue for county cases arising in the southern portion of the county An elected State Attorney prosecutes criminal cases for the State of Florida Indigent defendants can be represented by the office of the elected Public Defender The 18th Circuit Court includes Seminole County as well as Brevard and includes not only the court itself but the State Attorney and the Public Defender 112 In 2008 the public defender had a staff of 45 lawyers in Brevard who handled about 24 000 cases annually 113 The States Attorney s Office sponsors the Victim Witness Services 114 This provides advocates to alleged victims of violent crime and their families The advocate helps the family understand the legal system as they navigate through it They also seek out financial assistance or counseling they might need In 2005 they helped 8 448 alleged victims in Brevard County Public services Edit Public safety Edit Brevard County Sheriff s boat next to Carnival Victory at Port Canaveral The County elects a sheriff directly responsible to the courts but also to the state for the enforcement of state laws Police chiefs appointed by their cities or towns perform the same function locally citation needed Most municipalities are located on at least one waterway This has resulted in the county and seven cities having a boat or access to one to aid boaters or to enforce the law in the water in their jurisdiction 115 The county jail is a 1976 facility which rapidly became overcrowded Voters rejected expanding the jail on four occasions 116 The sheriff solved the problem by the construction of a large but less expensive hardened tent to house non violent offenders Crowding reached its peak in 2007 at 1 988 inmates 300 over capacity The budget for the facility was 42 million in 2010 There were 1 585 residents Costs for feeding and housing was 72 per inmate daily There were 475 staff members 117 The county jail retains inmates awaiting trial or those who have been sentenced to a year or less Longer sentences must be served in state prisons such as the facility in Sharpes for young men A unit of the Coast Guard homeported at Port Canaveral plays a role in preventing illegal immigration and is an interdictor of drugs in the area Public safety for unincorporated areas of the county is the responsibility of the Brevard County Sheriff s Office All but three of the 17 incorporated municipalities Malabar Cape Canaveral and Palm Shores maintain their own law enforcement services Those three contract that service to the Sheriff s Office 118 An officer from the Cocoa Police Department poses with a child next to a patrol car emblazoned with Autism Awareness livery during a community event in Cocoa Village In 2009 there were 1 200 law enforcement officers working in the county of which 361 are sheriff s deputies 119 The number of Sheriff s deputies had risen to 843 in 2015 120 Of all crime that came to the attention of the sheriff s office in 2007 80 was drug related 121 From January to June 2009 the county reported a total of 10 037 crimes Of these a majority 3 002 were under the jurisdiction of the sheriff s department 122 In 2009 the crime rate was 3 471 3 property related crimes per 100 000 residents slightly above the national average 89 Public safety for Port Canaveral is under the direction of the Port Authority Traditionally emphasis was placed on monitoring the content of containerized cargo on incoming ships as well as underwater inspection of arriving ships that could be carrying explosive devices In 2008 the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved the creation of an independent police department 123 124 In 2017 the Florida Highway Patrol had about 32 troopers working different shifts on the I 95 interstate and the unincorporated parts of the county Normally there were five or six officers per shift 125 The county runs a fire rescue service In the year 2015 2016 they responded to 11 383 trauma calls 126 In 2017 the fatality rate for pedestrians was the second worst for metropolitan areas in the nation 127 In 2017 the most dangerous road for bicycles and pedestrians was on State Road A1A from Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral 128 Utilities Edit Three cities provide potable water and sewage for their cities and surrounding areas Cocoa Melbourne and Titusville The majority of Melbourne water customers are supplied with treated surface water from Lake Washington 129 Where available residents were obligated to hook into the system In 2012 there were 90 000 septic tanks 130 Storm and wastewater management fees vary In 2014 the county charged 36 annually per household Cities and towns charged from 36 to 77 52 per household annually 131 Public recreation Edit Main category Parks in Brevard County Florida Boardwalk over wetlands area at Chain of Lakes in Titusville There are more than 100 parks and three campgrounds in the county that are managed by local government agencies 132 Many of these are managed by the Brevard County Parks and Recreation an agency within the Brevard County Government There are 25 public golf courses and three private ones Due to dwindling numbers of golfers five courses closed from 2004 to 2017 In 2017 three public courses were being considered for closure 133 In 11 sanctuaries that protect natural ecosystems the county s Environmentally Endangered Lands EEL Program offers passive recreation opportunities such as hiking wildlife viewing biking and paddling In 2013 there was a total of 24 000 acres 9 700 ha with 62 miles 100 km of trails and 120 miles 190 km of fire lanes The quantity of fire lanes was considered insufficient 134 The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 135 and the Canaveral National Seashore 136 are two national wildlife refuges in the county that offer recreational pursuits such as hiking wildlife viewing paddling and environmental education Social services Edit Main article Brevard County Social Services Brevard County provides a number of services to help older people juveniles people with physical or mental disabilities and minorities The Brevard County Housing Authority acquires and leases housing projects investigates housing conditions determines where slums and unsafe housing exist and investigates conditions dangerous to the public It is managed by a board appointed by the county commission 137 Several organization provide social services for juveniles such as the Children s Home Society Children s Advocacy Center of Brevard and The Vhild Care Association of Brevard County Elections EditAccording to the Secretary of State s office Republicans are a plurality of registered voters in Brevard County Brevard County voter registration amp party enrollment as of February 28 2022 138 Political party Total voters PercentageRepublican 191 197 42 42 Democratic 131 528 29 18 Independent 117 506 26 07 Third Parties 10 453 2 32 Total 450 684 100 United States presidential election results for Brevard County Florida 139 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 207 883 57 48 148 549 41 08 5 221 1 44 2016 181 848 57 16 119 679 37 62 16 614 5 22 2012 159 300 55 62 122 993 42 94 4 135 1 44 2008 157 589 54 54 127 620 44 17 3 718 1 29 2004 153 068 57 66 110 309 41 55 2 085 0 79 2000 115 253 52 75 97 341 44 55 5 894 2 70 1996 88 022 45 11 80 445 41 23 26 666 13 67 1992 84 585 43 19 61 091 31 19 50 184 25 62 1988 104 854 70 30 43 004 28 83 1 301 0 87 1984 102 477 73 45 36 985 26 51 49 0 04 1980 69 460 60 07 39 007 33 73 7 169 6 20 1976 44 470 48 15 46 421 50 26 1 473 1 59 1972 62 773 78 73 16 854 21 14 106 0 13 1968 37 124 48 02 18 281 23 65 21 909 28 34 1964 24 551 49 71 24 833 50 29 0 0 00 1960 17 585 61 37 11 069 38 63 0 0 00 1956 10 004 71 81 3 928 28 19 0 0 00 1952 6 756 61 91 4 157 38 09 0 0 00 1948 2 315 41 61 2 348 42 20 901 16 19 1944 1 769 40 02 2 651 59 98 0 0 00 1940 1 984 39 85 2 995 60 15 0 0 00 1936 1 147 33 28 2 300 66 72 0 0 00 1932 956 34 05 1 852 65 95 0 0 00 1928 1 830 62 12 1 063 36 08 53 1 80 1924 515 34 22 872 57 94 118 7 84 1920 659 39 30 894 53 31 124 7 39 1916 174 18 95 599 65 25 145 15 80 1912 61 10 34 357 60 51 172 29 15 1908 225 38 86 294 50 78 60 10 36 1904 125 17 58 553 77 78 33 4 64 1900 121 17 34 513 73 50 64 9 17 1896 337 37 36 505 55 99 60 6 65 1892 0 0 00 449 88 74 57 11 26 Economy EditThe county Domestic Product was 14 5 billion in 2009 140 and increased to 24 6 billion in 2019 141 In 2010 and 2011 the Brookings Institution reported that Brevard ranked in the bottom fifth of the nation s top metro areas based on unemployment gross metropolitan product housing prices and foreclosed properties 142 Foreclosures reached a monthly high of 963 in March 2009 143 The county reached an annual high foreclosure in 2009 of 9 772 144 In December 2010 Forbes magazine rated the area the worst place in America to find a job 145 Government purchasing contributed 12 15 of the county s gross domestic product from 2000 to 2010 146 Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies 736 a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009 The area had 23 096 high tech jobs with a ratio of 124 per 1 000 total jobs 147 In December 2010 Forbes magazine ranked the area as the worst in the country for finding a job for the second time in 2010 148 During 2020 overlapping the COVID 19 pandemic the metropolitan area was the second best performing out of 200 in the country 149 Personal income Edit As of the census of 2000 Median income for a family 47 571 Median income for males 36 542 Median income for females 24 632 Per capita income 21 484 The county has the 17th highest per capita income in the state out of 67 Median income for a household 40 099 In 2005 the median income for a household had risen to 43 281 150 The county ranked 17th for per capita income out of Florida s 67 counties The following were below the poverty line in 2000 Families 6 80 Total population 9 50 Under age 18 13 00 Age 65 or older 6 50 In 2012 79 621 people in the county were receiving food stamps 151 In 2010 there were 5 600 civilian government workers in the county They earned an average of 74 000 each in 2009 152 In 2009 84 401 households in the county 38 received social security payments averaging 16 136 for a total of 1 7 billion annually 53 717 24 received pension payments averaging 24 327 for a total of 1 3 billion annually 153 Housing Edit The taxable value of property went from 20 billion in 2002 to 40 billion in 2007 In 2009 the bubble burst and a rapid descent to 24 billion was experienced in 2017 the value rose to 35 billion The last figure includes new construction 154 In 2011 the county was rated 6th worst in the country for foreclosures There were 1 039 for the third quarter of 2010 Nearly half the homes in the county were worth less than their mortgages The average home had dropped 53 4 since the peak of the boom 155 In 2012 the county was the highest in foreclosure rate in the nation In 2013 the metro area was rated best in the country for buying with a 34 months supply of houses with a discount rate of 28 according to RealtyTrac It has since reduced its backlog 156 After various insurance companies pulled out of Florida after their losses from the 2004 hurricane season property insurance became a major concern for many homeowners As of 2011 32 000 Brevard policyholders insure with the state owned Citizens Property Insurance Corporation 157 In 2010 Kiplinger com rated the county one of five best places in America to retire Factors evaluated included cost of living weather the number of doctors taxes crime rates and recreational opportunities 158 The largest home in Brevard is a 50 room 19 000 square feet 1 800 m2 mansion in Suntree built in 1991 and once owned by Cecil Fielder 159 Development Edit The Viera Company developing West Viera gained state permission and county acquiescence to create a self governing board named the Viera Stewardship District that could raise taxes and sell bonds to pay for roads water lines pumping stations and other infrastructure needed to support the construction of 16 500 houses apartments and condominiums The company proved that development could fund itself citation needed Industry Edit The Brevard economy has been driven by Trade Transportation and Utilities 18 Professional and Business Services 17 Total government 15 Education and Health 14 Manufacturing 12 Leisure and hospitality 10 Construction 6 Financial 4 In 2012 local government employed 21 000 workers Over the years the percentage has varied from 7 2 to 7 9 of the population 160 The number of people working in construction dropped from 2 630 in 2005 to 1 420 in 2010 161 Port Canaveral is one of the world s busiest cruise port There are seven cruise lines with six major cruise terminals There is 750 000 square feet 70 000 m2 of covered freight storage capacity It handled 4 000 000 short tons 3 600 000 t of cargo in 2004 The port has contributed 500 million annually to the county s economy Two hospitals were among the top five private employers in the county together employing 8 850 in 2009 104 In 2008 14 865 workers were employed at the NASA Kennedy Space Center The Center directly spent 1 82 billion in the county 104 A concern has been the probable reassignment of thousands of Space Coast workers when the Space Shuttle is discontinued in 2010 In 2010 9 000 jobs were expected to be lost from the shuttle and other programs 162 Each launch contributed 4 million to the county s economy Annually 78 million is spent at the Space Center Visitor s Complex and 5 9 million from space business visitors 163 In 2014 there were 495 aerospace companies in the county There were 36 223 workers Sales and revenue from this industry were 3 4 billion 164 L3Harris Technologies headquartered in the county has the most employees in the private sector 7 000 in 2019 165 Two locally headquartered builders Mercedes Homes and Holiday were among the top 30 in the nation Mercedes had 1 billion in sales in 2004 There are 15 Community Redevelopment agencies in the county They are funded from real estate taxes in the affected area Cocoa has three and Eau Gallie one 166 Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies 736 a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009 The area had 23 096 high tech jobs with a ratio of 124 per 1 000 total jobs 167 The county had 1 050 restaurants in 2007 and nearly that many 1 040 in 2010 There were 22 600 leisure and hospitality workers in the county in 2006 This figure includes hotel workers That figure had dropped 8 5 to 20 700 in 2010 168 In the early 2010s the Shiloh area was proposed by Space Florida as a potential location for the development of a commercial only spaceport Located immediately north of the U S Government s Kennedy Space Center the open access to the flyover range on the open Atlantic Ocean to the east and easy access to the tracking facilities of the Eastern Test Range make the location an attractive launch site Among other potential users of the commercial spaceport facility SpaceX was reported to be considering Shiloh as one of several potential locations for building a commercial launch facility 169 Military Edit Military installations in Brevard County include Patrick Space Force Base near Satellite Beach Cape Canaveral Space Force Station CCSFS adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center and the U S Air Force Malabar Test Facility on Minton Road in suburban Palm Bay In 2009 they employed a total of 2 000 civilian federal workers 152 In 2012 there were 2 900 military jobs in the county 160 The United States Coast Guard USCG Maintains one station in Port Canaveral the station is located on the east bank of the West Turning Basin The station is home to USCG cutter 617 170 The Navy maintains a Trident turning basin at Port Canaveral for ballistic missile submarines The Naval Ordnance Test Unit NOTU tests weapons on these subs which arrive at the rate of one a month 160 ships visited their two piers in 2017 171 The 2005 base closures included realigning NOTU out of state The community was successful in having this decision revoked citation needed The unit employs 100 military personnel and 900 civilian contractors 172 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station houses the Air Force Space amp Missile Museum and Launch Complex 26 where many unmanned rockets were launched early in the U S space program including Explorer 1 the first US spacecraft placed in earth orbit citation needed The USS Brevard AK 164 was a World War II Alamosa class naval cargo ship that was decommissioned shortly after the war citation needed Agriculture Edit 23 of Brevard County is agricultural usable for citrus raising cattle or horses Cattle ranches include the Deseret Duda Ranch Kempfer and two other major ranches 173 Citrus growers include Victory Groves and Harvey s Indian River Groves The county ranked 21 out of 24 Florida counties in the shipment of gift fruit citation needed In 2009 aquaculture was a 900 000 business in the county 174 The county produces more than 25 of all blue crabs along Florida s East Coast 175 There are 40 4 H related clubs in the county including livestock and pet related and after school clubs 176 As in all Cooperative extension service a land grant college the University of Florida conducted over 60 courses in 2010 in aid of 4 H programs and other agricultural pursuits 177 In February 2010 the USDA declared that Brevard along with 59 other Florida counties was a primary natural disaster area 174 This happened when the temperature falls below 28 F 2 C degrees for 4 hours where crops are being grown Tourism Edit In 2016 tourism represents about 9 of the county s gross domestic product The industry employs about 13 of the workforce 178 The county raised its room tax to 5 in 2005 In 2012 this raised 8 4 million 179 In 2008 tourists spent 2 89 billion in the county This is distributed in several categories lodging 839 million eating and drinking 509 million Kennedy Space Center 597 million retail sales 450 million entertainment 120 million and Port Canaveral 109 million 180 Brevard tourists come mainly from ten states Florida itself is first followed by Ohio Illinois Michigan New York Virginia Wisconsin Georgia Minnesota and Pennsylvania The five primary sources of foreign visitors are Canada the United Kingdom Germany China and Italy 181 1 6 million people visited the Space Center Visitor Complex in 2008 104 Tourism measured by the tourist tax reached a peak in March 2007 182 In 2009 there were 2 4 million overnight visitors in the county There were 1 2 million day visitors 183 In 2013 a city manager estimated that 20 of income from tourism comes during spring break 184 Brevard competes with other Florida areas for tourists A number of organizations help promote the area The Space Coast Office of Tourism consists of county staff and the Brevard County Tourist Development Council TDC They attempt to attract tourists The TDC serves as an advisory council to the county on the expenditures of revenues received from a tourist tax This revenue is spent on beach improvements visitor information centers and website 185 promotion and advertising the Brevard Zoo additional beach improvements and the Space Coast Stadium 97 7 million has been spent on beach replenishment in the county between 2000 and 2010 This was funded 58 by the federal government 27 by the state and 15 by the county 186 In 2008 monthly tourist tax revenue slumped from a high of 1 174 742 in March to a seasonal low in September of 432 145 187 In 2008 the county had 11 000 hotel rooms available In July 2007 there was a 66 1 occupancy rate 188 In 2008 the county had a nearly identical 81 occupancy rate in March and April This fell to a seasonal low of 42 3 in September 189 In January 2010 the average hotel room rate was 88 25 190 Cocoa Main Street a member of the Florida and National Main Street Programs works toward restoring business sites in the historic area known as Cocoa Village Cocoa Main Street has received six Florida Main Street Awards given by the Secretary of State The restored area is a tourist attraction and an economic magnet 191 Melbourne Main Street is another historic business area and tourist attraction restored through the Main Street Programs 192 Brevard has five judged art festivals annually attracting tens of thousands of people to art displays Most festivals are held in the spring or fall when many tourists can attend Many other annual festivals are held in parks and public sites throughout the year The Brevard Cultural Alliance BCA maintains an event calendar 193 and a map of sites of historic cultural and ecological interest 194 The annual Florida Key Lime Pie Festival is held beach side every Martin Luther King Jr Day weekend In 2018 The Florida Key Lime Pie Company successfully made the World s largest key lime pie 195 An annual February Greek Festival had over 8 000 visitors in 2011 196 The annual Grant Seafood Festival attracts as many as 50 000 people for the two day February event It is the Southeast s largest and longest running seafood festival 197 An ice skating rink in Rockledge serves the county s residents and visitors with hockey and figure skating events 198 In 2009 recreational boat owners generated almost 51 million annually towards the county economy ranking the industry fifth in the state 199 Competitiveness Edit In 2010 a local group compared the county against four other peer cities Austin Texas Colorado Springs Colorado Huntsville Alabama and Raleigh North Carolina It evaluated nine areas business dynamism vitality competitiveness education economic growth economic prosperity livability productivity labor supply technology and innovation work force While the county does well against national figures and scored high in livability it usually ranked last against these peers in the other eight areas 89 In 2009 the county had 13 patents per 1 000 workers more than double the national average of 6 4 patents per 1 000 89 In 2009 Forbes ranked the county 18th out of 100 MSAs and first out of 8 metros in Florida for affordable housing and short commute times among others 200 In August 2009 Florida Trend rated two Brevard companies Harris Corporation 201 and Health First Health Plans 202 in their rankings of the best places to work in Florida In May 2009 the Palm Bay Melbourne area was ranked as the No 8 tech center in the United States by Bizjournals It overcame its low number of total high tech companies and jobs by having a high number of jobs per high tech company 4 and high tech jobs compared to total private sector jobs 2 203 Forbes magazine ranked Melbourne 2nd out of 150 metropolitan areas in the US for the percentage of the population that are engineers 6 6 just ahead of Silicon Valley It reached a maximum employment of 254 514 in 2006 204 In 2006 Forbes magazine named Harris Corporation headquartered in Brevard to its Platinum 400 List The Technological Research and Development Authority based on the Space Coast delivers technologies to schools and small businesses throughout the state of Florida They obtain this information through strategic alliances with NASA the federal government the aerospace industry and state partners They also sponsor a business incubator at the Melbourne Airport The largest hotel in Brevard has 284 rooms and 30 000 square feet 2 800 m2 of meeting space 205 Labor Edit There were 168 500 private sector jobs in the county in 2009 The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted the following workers in Brevard along with average annual pay Retail 25 900 23 361 Manufacturing 21 700 65 521 Local government 20 100 42 517 Hospitality 19 600 15 857 The largest local employer is Brevard Public Schools with 9 500 of whom 5 000 are teachers 206 Brevard County Teachers are represented by the Brevard Federation of Teachers AFT The county had an unemployment rate of 12 7 in January 2010 a 20 year record high 207 In March 2010 there were 33 500 people out of work 208 The county experienced a record low unemployment in 2005 of 2 8 209 There were 32 608 people unemployed in the county in January 2011 210 In 2009 there were 6 400 federal workers total employed in the county They earned an average of 74 600 211 In 2009 average annual salaries in the county for engineers was 90 563 registered nurses 53 315 education 49 441 police officers 43 035 cooks 21 569 and cashiers 19 489 The average annual pay for all workers was then 42 411 212 In 2011 there were more engineers 48 per thousand workers than any other region in the United States 213 Kennedy Space Center KSC is the largest employer in the county with 15 000 contractors and civil servants 214 While there is concern about the new generation of space vehicles requiring 1 3 fewer workers about that number were eligible for retirement by 2011 Unions represented at KSC include the American Federation of Government Employees the International Association of Machinists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Banking Edit In 2007 Space Coast Credit Union was the largest locally based financial institution in Brevard County and the third largest credit union in the state of Florida with assets of over 3 billion 215 216 In 2011 Wells Fargo with 1 9 billion in local deposits had 26 share of the business SunTrust 1 3 billion 17 Bank of America 1 2 billion 16 Regions Bank 408 million 5 and JPMorgan Chase 379 million 5 217 Retail Edit In 2011 the majority of groceries were sold in chain stores Publix has 23 stores Winn Dixie has 10 Wal Mart has 12 stores the county has three warehouse clubs 38 of groceries were purchased at Publix 30 at Wal Mart superstores and 7 at Winn Dixie 218 Private charities Edit In 2013 there were 1 611 private charities registered in the county They received 1 5 billion spent 1 4 billion and held 2 5 billion in assets 219 Health EditHealth statistics Edit Brevard was ranked 25th in the state out of 67 counties for health outcomes in 2014 22 of residents smoke 28 are obese 25 are physically inactive 20 drink in excess The county ranked 13 in clinical care 25th in societal factors including air pollution and drinking water quality 220 In 2013 there were about 88 000 persons without medical insurance in the county 221 Health care services tend to cost more in Brevard than Orlando or the statistical average in Florida In 2009 a nursing home private room averaged 79 023 annually semi private 74 643 private one bedroom assisted living 39 000 A home health aide Medicare certified was 88 660 substantially higher than the Florida average of 51 480 Adult day care 44 hours was cheaper at 12 870 annually as was a home health aide licensed only 38 896 222 According to 2007 health risk data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Brevard County Palm Bay Melbourne Titusville Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is tied for fourth highest among all Micro and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in percentage of heavy drinkers 223 In 2013 the County Health Department Director issued a caution about the potential danger of flesh eating bacteria that inhabit inland estuaries 224 Healthcare facilities Edit As of 2011 there were ten hospitals in the county with 1 734 beds total 225 Health First is the largest healthcare provider in the county consisting of four not for profit hospitals Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne Viera Hospital in Viera Florida and Palm Bay Community Hospital in Palm Bay Besides hospitalization services include outpatient centers the county s only trauma center at Holmes Regional Medical Center home care specialized programs for cancer diabetes heart stroke and rehabilitative services central Brevard s largest medical group and Medicare Advantage commercial POS and commercial HMO health plans Health First tries to integrate quality healthcare services with state of the art technology 226 Parrish Medical Center a 210 bed hospital was named America s No 1 Healing Hospital for the third straight year by the Baptist Healing Trust 227 Space Coast Center for Independent Living offers over all services for individuals with all types of disabilities peer support advocacy skills training accessibility surveys support groups transportation specialized equipment sign language interpreter coordination services 228 and a program for high school students for career development 229 The Space Coast Early Intervention Center is a nationally recognized not for profit pre school and therapeutic center that offers care and aids with the development of small children with special needs 230 Children are treated and educated with the specific goal of mainstreaming children diagnosed with the following into public school Down syndrome Williams syndrome cerebral palsy deletion syndrome PDDs including Rett syndrome autism and Apert syndrome as well as children with visual speech and hearing delays Health Outreach Prevention amp Education HOPE is a network of community partners working together to provide care for people without insurance and for children with special needs This network includes hospitals citation needed Harmony Farms runs a therapeutic riding program located on land donated by Duda Ranch located in Cocoa Florida 231 Mental Health Edit The Brevard Alzheimer s Foundation is unique for being a local organization only It has three adult daycare service locations and often provides transportation and funding 232 The non profit Circles of Care provides mental health programs to Brevard 233 Dialing 2 1 1 in the county gives response to people in crisis and or needing information about community resources 234 Former place names EditMain article Former place names in Brevard County Florida There are place names currently used or used at one time by the USGS Some are early developments while others are former stations along the main line of the Florida East Coast Railway Several of these disappeared when Kennedy Space Center took over their area 235 Education EditMain article Education in Brevard County Florida Higher education is provided by Eastern Florida State College EFSC and Florida Institute of Technology There are satellite campuses for the University of Central Florida Barry University Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Keiser University and Webster University Elementary and secondary education is provided by the Brevard Public Schools and private schools In 2011 six public schools were ranked by the state in the top ten schools in the state out of 2 800 There was one list each for primary and secondary schools 236 Libraries EditMain article Brevard County Library System The Brevard County Library System has 17 branches 237 Although the Merritt Island Public Library is counted as part of the Brevard County Public Library System it is actually a special library district In 2005 HB1079 was passed to codify all the special acts that the Merritt Island Public Library District exists under 238 Sports EditMinor league baseballBrevard County was the home of the Brevard County Manatees the Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers until 2016 In 2009 the Space Coast Surge a member of the Florida Winter Baseball League had the Cocoa Stadium as their home stadium 239 Major league baseballThe Washington Nationals held their spring training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera until 2016 They play about 14 games against other professional teams locally in March as part of the Grapefruit League 240 Minor league basketballThe Brevard Blue Ducks members of the United States Basketball League USBL played at the Clemente Center at Florida Tech 241 Minor league footballThe Brevard Rams and Space Coast Predators were scheduled to play as members of the Florida Football Alliance in 2010 242 Amateur sportsAside from school sponsored sports there are youth leagues for basketball football soccer lacrosse gymnastics baseball and swimming Infrastructure EditTransportation Edit Main article Transportation in Brevard County Florida While Brevard County has transportation available in the usual modes for a coastal county highways shipping and airlines it has the addition of space transportation making it unique in the world 243 Public transportation is provided by Space Coast Area Transit 244 The county contains about 300 gasoline retail outlets 245 Airports Edit Arthur Dunn Airpark Melbourne Orlando International Airport Merritt Island Airport Space Coast Regional Airport Valkaria AirportPower Edit Florida Power amp Light FPL maintains an oil fired generating plant at Sharpes it generates 800 megawatts 1 100 000 hp supplying most of the requirements for the county In 2008 the company announced plans to replace the plant with a more efficient natural gas powered plant in 2013 with a 1 250 megawatt capacity which can supply 250 000 homes or businesses 246 Near FPL s plant is the Indian River Power Plant formerly owned by the Orlando Utilities Commission it is now owned and operated by RRI Energy In 2016 FPL had 304 400 customers in Brevard 247 Florida City Gas furnishes natural gas to various areas of the county 248 Communication Edit The area code for most of the county became 321 in 1999 as in the 3 2 1 lift off countdown sequence A small portion of the county along the southern border including the communities of Micco and Barefoot Bay share a 772 area code with Indian River County and St Lucie County Florida to the south Solid waste Edit The county government maintains various landfills for solid waste Brevard County Central Disposal Facility is located in Cocoa has a size 190 acre 77 ha and receives annually around 275 000 tonnes of waste 249 In 2013 the county planned a new 100 million landfill north of U S Route 192 near the border with Osceola County 8 5 miles 13 7 km west of I 95 The county has awarded a 3 9 million contract for a wetlands mitigation for this new landfill 250 In 2013 the county for the first time let a seven year contract out for bids for solid waste The resulting contract is expected to cost 1 billion over the lifetime of the contract the county s largest single contract This was the first time in 20 years a bid was requested In the past Waste Management Inc has performed the work not only for the county but for 9 of 16 Brevard municipalities Waste Pro has five of the remaining municipal contracts Rockledge and Titusville maintain their own trash service 251 In 2013 the county directly contracts for solid waste pickup for 100 000 residences 252 Water Edit In 2013 the county consumed about 100 000 000 US gallons 380 000 000 l 83 000 000 imp gal daily Landscape irrigation accounted for about half of this usage 253 In 2017 there were five municipal entities selling water figures in parentheses are millions of gallons day Cocoa 22 Melbourne 19 Palm Bay 6 Titusville 2 and West Melbourne 1 The fifth Brevard County 1 is low because county areas outside the preceding cities purchase their water from those cities 254 Wastewater Edit The county controls six Wastewater Treatment Facilities Mims 900 000 US gallons 3 400 000 l 750 000 imp gal day Port St John 500 000 US gallons 1 900 000 l 420 000 imp gal day South Central Viera 12 000 000 US gallons 45 000 000 l 10 000 000 imp gal day South Beaches and Barefoot Bay area 255 Some cities have wastewater treatment plants as well 256 Media EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Brevard County Florida news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Brevard County is within the Orlando Daytona Beach Melbourne Cocoa Clermont television market The county is within range of many television and radio stations located in Orlando 257 Newspapers Edit Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Melbourne Brevard County and the Space Coast region of Florida It is owned by the media conglomerate Gannett Company 258 A monthly newspaper El Playero serves the Spanish speaking population of the Space Coast 259 The Brevard Business News Hometown News Space Coast Daily Talk of Titusville and Viera Voice also cover local news within Brevard County citation needed The Brevard Technical Journal is the industry monthly newspaper for business management engineering purchasing and manufacturing It features news topics ranging from business to technology citation needed Radio Edit Television Edit Most of Brevard County receives cable television from Charter Spectrum Comcast serves the Micco and Palm Bay areas in southern Brevard County Local stations licensed to or located in Brevard County include Channel 43 WOTF TV UniMas Channel 52 WHLV TV TBN Channel 68 WEFS educational independent Films and television Edit The following films were filmed in parts in Brevard County 260 Matinee 1993 filmed in Cocoa Village and Cocoa Playhouse Apollo 13 1995 Contact 1997 Armageddon 1998 and Moonraker 1979 all utilized Cape Canaveral or Kennedy Space Center facilities Marvin s Room 1996 filmed in Rockledge Nightmare 1981 horror film shot in Merritt Island Cocoa Cocoa Beach and Titusville A Night in Heaven 1983 filmed in Titusville Things Behind the Sun 2001 by independent filmmakers Allison Anders raised in Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral and Kurt Voss Space Cowboys 2000 Portions of Jaws 3 D 1983 were filmed on the Minutemen Causeway The Number 23 2007 shot scenes on the shore of Cocoa Beach I ll Believe You 2007 The Manure Film Project A Crappy Documentary with Absolutely No Budget 2018 261 Transformers Dark of the Moon directed by Michael Bay Filmed in 2010 at Kennedy Space Center s Vehicle Assembly Building VAB orbiter processing facilities and launch pad among other areasTelevision series included The Cape 13 episodes 1996 through 1997 From the Earth to the Moon a miniseries 1998 I Dream of Jeannie a 1960s comedy series was set in Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral but filmed in California Arts and culture EditThe Maxwell C King Center for the Performing Arts seating 2000 features locally produced and former Broadway shows ballet and symphony Several different performances are scheduled each week The Brevard Symphony Orchestra and the Space Coast Ballet offer shows performed by professionals There is the professional Space Coast Symphony Orchestra 262 Community orchestras and bands include but are not limited to the Melbourne Community Orchestra 263 the Space Coast Pops and the Community Band of Brevard 264 Choral groups include the Brevard Community Chorus 265 the Indialantic Chamber Singers 266 and the Brevard Youth Chorus 267 The Brevard Zoo is a 75 acres 30 ha facility 268 that contains more than 650 animals representing more than 165 species from Florida South America Africa Asia and Australia The Zoo offers animal experiences including giraffe and lorikeet feedings African kayak tours paddle boats in the wetlands and a train ride citation needed BalletThe Space Coast Ballet incorporates professional principal dancers and instructors together with many roles for local senior talent as well as roles for students They annually stage The Nutcracker Museums and attractionsThe Space Coast has a number of museums from the rocket exhibitions at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and the Air Force Space and Missile Museum to local museums and others of unique character such as the American Police Hall of Fame amp Museum citation needed The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers an educational look at the accomplishments of America s space program The Observation Gantry near Launch Complex 39 offers a view of the Space Shuttle launch pads first built for the Apollo missions the Vehicle Assembly Building and the crawlerway over which rockets are taken to the pad The Apollo Saturn V Center displays an example of the largest rocket ever launched citation needed The US Space Walk of Fame in Titusville commemorates the manned space program s history with museum and monuments citation needed The Brevard Museum of History amp Natural Science features the remains of the Windover Man the oldest human remains found on the North American continent and a re creation of the Windover Dig a wet archaeological site A visitor may see how Native Americans lived and Florida pioneers survived 269 Honor America runs the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum This houses a replica of the Liberty Bell historical documents and patriotic memorabilia Items are permanent reminders of our nation s history as well as a memorial to military veterans The Harry T and Harriette V Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center features a museum with artifacts and timeline of the civil rights movement and the story of Harry T and Harriette V Moore civil rights leaders who were killed after their home was bombed on December 25 1951 270 Communities EditCities Edit Cape Canaveral Cocoa Cocoa Beach Indian Harbour Beach Melbourne Palm Bay Rockledge Satellite Beach Titusville West Melbourne Towns Edit Grant Valkaria Indialantic Malabar Melbourne Beach Melbourne Village Palm Shores Census designated places Edit Cocoa West June Park Merritt Island Micco Mims Patrick SFB Port St John Sharpes South Patrick Shores Viera East Viera West Other unincorporated communities Edit Angel City Aurantia Barefoot Bay Bellwood Canaveral Groves Courtenay Eau Gallie Floridana Beach Georgiana Indianola Lotus Melbourne Shores Pineda Scottsmoor Shiloh South Cocoa Beach Suntree TropicSee also EditBrevard North Carolina National Register of Historic Places listings in Brevard County FloridaNotes Edit Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos can be of any race 74 References Edit McCarthy John Sweilem Amira New Census data shows Brevard following national trend of greater diversity Florida Today Retrieved August 13 2021 a b State amp County QuickFacts United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 9 2021 Find a County National Association of Counties Retrieved December 18 2022 Historic Brevard Landmark guide PDF Brevard County Historical Commission Retrieved December 18 2022 Brevard County Maps University of South Florida Retrieved September 15 2010 Publications of the Florida Historical Society Florida Historical Society 1908 p 30 US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States Census Bureau February 12 2011 Retrieved April 23 2011 List of Countries by Land Mass Ranked by Area Retrieved November 15 2013 History Spoil Island Project Indian River Lagoon 2012 Retrieved December 10 2016 Keep SCAT rolling Melbourne Florida Florida Today December 2 2010 pp 10A Barker Virginia October 31 2007 Beach and Dune Erosion PDF Melbourne Florida Brevard County Board of Commissioners p 5 Heale Rick January 21 2010 Brevard s 17th municipality Melbourne Florida Florida Today pp 3A Waymer Jim September 1 2017 What if Brevard got hit by 50 inches of rain Imagine the unimaginable Florida Today Melbourne Florida pp 1A Retrieved September 1 2017 Brevard County Florida Canals Florida hometownlocator com Retrieved December 18 2012 The Canal 1 Rediversion Project Floridaswater com November 16 2012 Archived from the original on February 14 2014 Retrieved December 18 2012 City of Melbourne Florida Minutes Regular Meeting before City Council PDF August 8 2006 Archived from the original PDF on June 17 2012 Retrieved November 15 2013 Gunnerson Scott February 25 2013 Plan proposed replacing canal with pipes Florida Today Melbourne Florida pp 1B Vazquez Tyler September 29 2017 The Hole Truth Florida Today Melbourne Florida pp 1A 2A Retrieved September 29 2017 Lascody Randy March 2002 The Onset of the Wet and Dry Seasons in East Central Florida A Subtropical Wet Dry Climate National Weather Service Weather 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