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public facilities. <br />Other elected officials serving County -wide are a Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, Supervisor of <br />Elections, Sheriff and Clerk of the Circuit Court who is also the Clerk of the Board of County <br />Commissioners. <br />PODUlatiOn <br />The 1990 Census population of the County was 90,208, an increase of 50.6% over the 1980 Census <br />population of 59,896. Vero Beach, the largest city in the County, and the County Seat, had a 1990 Census <br />population of 17,350, an increase of 7.4% over the 1980 Census population of 16,176. <br />In 1990, Indian River County ranked 31st out of 67 counties in Florida in terms of total population, <br />representing .7% of the total state population at that time. As illustrated in the following table, the <br />population of the County has more than tripled since 1960. It is anticipated that the growth of the County <br />will continue for the foreseeable future. <br />Year <br />Population <br />% Annual Increase <br />1960 <br />25,309 <br />11.32 <br />1970 <br />35,992 <br />4.22 <br />1980 <br />59,896 <br />6.64 <br />1985 <br />76,442 <br />2.76 <br />1986 <br />80,023 <br />4.68 <br />1987 <br />83,515 <br />4.36 <br />1988 <br />87,512 <br />4.79 <br />1989 <br />89,000 <br />1.70 <br />1990 <br />90,208 <br />1.35 <br />1991 <br />92,429 <br />2.46 <br />Source: U.S. Census and University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research <br />While the population of the County has been steadily increasing, so has the median age of the <br />resident population. The number of persons age 15-44 is the largest age category. The following table <br />illustrates the percentage of population in the various age groups since 1960. <br />Ave Group <br />1960 <br />1970 <br />1980 <br />1990 <br />0-14 <br />30.4% <br />27.3% <br />18.1% <br />15.6% <br />14-55 <br />33.5 <br />33.4 <br />37.2 <br />40.0 <br />45-64 <br />22.1 <br />21.9 <br />24.4 <br />22.2 <br />65+ <br />13.9 <br />17.4 <br />20.3 <br />25.2 <br />A-2 <br />0 <br />