Century (Florida)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Century
Escambia County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Century Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1901
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Escambia County
Coordinates : 30 ° 59 ′  N , 87 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 59 ′  N , 87 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,698 (as of 2010)
Population density : 199.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.7 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.5 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 26 m
Postal code : 32535
Area code : +1 850
FIPS : 12-11362
GNIS ID : 0280274
Website : www.centuryflorida.com
Mayor : Henry Hawkins

Century is a city in Escambia County in the US state Florida with 1698 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Century is right on the border with Alabama , on the north side of which is the city of Flomaton . Century is about 60 km north of Pensacola .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1698 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 765 households. The population density was 199.8 inh / km². 39.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 56.1% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.1% to several ethnic groups. 1.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 31.4% of all households lived in 34.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 64.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.20.

29.4% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 21.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.7% were 60 years or older. The mean age was 39 years. 44.3% of the population were male and 55.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 21,719, with 40.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 98.71% of the population, 1.03% spoke Spanish and 0.26% spoke Tagalog .

Attractions

On September 28, 1989, the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Century is crossed by US Highway 29 and Florida State Road 4 . The nearest airport is Pensacola International Airport (around 65 km away).

Web links

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.
  3. ^ FLORIDA - Escambia County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 26, 2015 .