Bascom (Florida)

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Bascom
Jackson County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bascom Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Jackson County
Coordinates : 30 ° 56 ′  N , 85 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 56 ′  N , 85 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 121 (as of 2010)
243,985
Population density : 201.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.6 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 0.6 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code : 32423
Area code : +1 850
FIPS : 12-03725
GNIS ID : 0278143

Bascom is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Florida with 121 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Bascom is about 20 km northeast of Marianna and about 110 km northwest of Tallahassee .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 121 inhabitants were distributed over 56 households. The population density was 201.7 inh / km². 86.8% of the population identified themselves as white and 9.9% as African American . 3.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group. 3.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 35.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 35.4% of all households. 66.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.52 people and the average family size was 3.22 people.

31.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 19.9% ​​were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 55,625, with 9.8% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100% of the population.

traffic

Major roads nearby are Florida State Roads 2 and 71 (each approximately 3 miles away). The nearest airport is Dothan Regional Airport (around 70 km northwest).

sons and daughters of the town

  • Faye Dunaway (* 1941), actress, director, producer and screenwriter

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved July 13, 2013.