Clearwater (Florida)

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Clearwater
Old courthouse
Old courthouse
County and state location
Map of Florida highlighting Clearwater.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1891
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Pinellas County
Coordinates : 27 ° 58 ′  N , 82 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 58 ′  N , 82 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 107,685 (as of 2010)
2,700,000
Population density : 1,102.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 97.7 km 2  (about 38 mi 2 )
Height : 15 m
Postcodes : 33755-56, 33759-65
Area code : +1 727
FIPS : 12-12875
GNIS ID : 0280543
Website : www.myclearwater.com
Mayor : George N. Cretekos

Clearwater is a city and also the county seat of Pinellas County in the US state of Florida with 107,685 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Clearwater is the headquarters of Scientology . The city on Tampa Bay is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ( Tampa Bay Area for short ) with around 2.8 million inhabitants.

geography

Clearwater is located between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay and is approximately 15 km west of Tampa . Adjacent cities are Dunedin , Belleair , Belleair Beach , Largo and Safety Harbor .

climate

The climate is mild and warm, with a light wind from the sea. Statistically, it rains an average of 30% of the days in the summer months, even if only for a short time. The highest temperatures are in May to October, with up to 33 ° C. The coldest months from December to February with an average of only 12 ° C. Snowfall is almost unknown in the region, but hurricanes can occur. Clearwater is listed in the Guinness Book of Records with the world record for the most sunny days (361).

history

Religions

Clearwater currently has 93 different churches from 22 different denominations, of which the Methodist Church is the most strongly represented with 8 churches. There are also 4 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).

The Church of Scientology has had what is known as the Spiritual Center in Clearwater since 1975 . Initially located in the Fort Harrison Hotel , the new Flag Building was inaugurated on November 17, 2013 , which is connected to Fort Harrison via a skyway .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 107,685 inhabitants were distributed over 59,156 households. The population density was 1102.2 inh / km². 79.8% of the population identified themselves as whites , 10.9% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 2.1% as Asian Americans . 4.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.4% to several ethnic groups. 14.2% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 23.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 32.5% of all households. 55.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.19 people and the average family size was 2.85 people.

20.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 26.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 44 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 41,986, with 15.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 84.23% of the population, 8.55% spoke Spanish and 7.22% had another mother tongue.

Culture and sights

Parks and sports facilities

There is a wide range of different city parks as well as several sporting facilities, as well as playgrounds and opportunities for camping and barbecuing.

Every year in November finds the Ironman 70.3 - World Cup (formerly the Half-Triathlon) instead.

Worth seeing

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

Other attractions in Clearwater:

  • Ruth Eckerd Hall
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium
  • Moccasin Lake Nature Park

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The main branches of employment are: education, health and social affairs (17.3%), trade / retail (14.1%), future technologies, management, administration (13.0%), arts, entertainment, food, restaurants (10.0%) %).

With Tech Data has the world's largest IT companies headquartered in Clearwater, as well as the toner distributors Toner.com .

traffic

Clearwater is crossed by US Highway 19 and Florida State Roads 60 , 580 and 590 . The nearest airport is St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (around 5 km away).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 381 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were five murders, 35 rapes, 245 robberies, 490 assaults, 777 break-ins, 3,360 thefts, 201 car thefts and twelve arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Clearwater, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scientology opens headquarters for "Super Power" program . Focus . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ The Controversial Story: Clearwater: The City of Scientologists | , Controversial , BR , March 31, 2017
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ FLORIDA - Pinellas County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed August 10, 2015 .
  6. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Clearwater-Florida.html