Delray Beach

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Delray Beach
Cornell Museum in Delray Beach
Cornell Museum in Delray Beach
County and state location
Map of Florida highlighting Delray Beach.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1884
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Palm Beach County
Coordinates : 26 ° 28 ′  N , 80 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 28 ′  N , 80 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 60,522 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,520.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 41.2 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of
which 39.8 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 5 m
Postcodes : 33444-33448, 33482-33484
Area code : +1 561
FIPS : 12-17100
GNIS ID : 0281485
Website : www.mydelraybeach.com
Mayor : Shelly Petrolia

Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County in the US state of Florida with 60,522 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Delray Beach is not far from the Atlantic Ocean between the two cities of Boynton Beach and Boca Raton .

The city has a total area of ​​41.2 km 2 . Of this, 39.8 km 2 are land and 1.4 km 2 or 3.34% are water.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 60,522 inhabitants were distributed over 34,156 households. The population density was 1520.7 inh / km². 65.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 28.0% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.8% as Asian Americans . 2.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 9.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 19.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 38.0% of all households. 51.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.18 people and the average family size was 2.93 people.

18.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 30.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 49,823, with 13.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 75.44% of the population, 11.73% spoke Haitian , 7.02% spoke Spanish, and 5.81% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities related to the city

  • Rick Blanc (around 1950–2010), jazz and studio musician
  • Cori Gauff (* 2004), tennis player, lives in Delray Beach

Twin cities

Delray Beach has the following two twin cities:

Sports

The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, an annual men's tennis tournament of the ATP Tour, are held in Delray Beach .

traffic

Delray Beach is on Interstate 95, which runs north-south . Other roads in the city are US Highway 1 and Florida State Roads A1A and 806 .

The city also has a train station on the Tri-Rail- operated railway line from Mangonia Park to Miami Airport . The Amtrak also offers direct connections to New York City from here.

The city can be reached internationally by air from the following airports: Palm Beach International Airport near West Palm Beach , Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport near Fort Lauderdale and Miami International Airport near Miami .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 478 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were three murders, 22 rapes, 198 robberies, 367 personal injuries, 724 break-ins, 2423 thefts, 193 car thefts and seven arson attacks.

Web links

Commons : Delray Beach, Florida  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NPS Focus Digital Asset Search. National Park Service , accessed July 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Delray-Beach-Florida.html