Cocoa Beach

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Cocoa Beach
The beach at Cocoa Beach
The beach at Cocoa Beach
County and state location
Brevard County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cocoa Beach Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1925
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Brevard County
Coordinates : 28 ° 20 ′  N , 80 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 20 ′  N , 80 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 11,231 (as of 2010)
Population density : 884.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 39.0 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of
which 12.7 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 0 m
Postcodes : 32931, 32932
Area code : +1 321
FIPS : 12-13175
GNIS ID : 0280609
Website : www.cityofcocoabeach.com
Mayor : Dave Netterstrom

Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County in the US state of Florida with 11,231 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Cocoa Beach is located between the Indian River (part of the Intracoastal Waterway ) and the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's east coast. The city is located around 40 km south of Titusville and around 90 km southeast of Orlando .

Religions

In Cocoa Beach there are currently 14 different churches from 8 different denominations, of which the Catholic Church is most strongly represented with 2 churches. There are 4 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 11,231 inhabitants were distributed over 8,866 households. The population density was 884.3 inh / km². 95.6% of the population identified themselves as white , 0.8% as African-American , 0.4% as Native American and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 0.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 13.6% of all households and persons aged at least 65 in 46.2% 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 1.88 people and the average family size was 2.47 people.

12.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 13.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 42.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 56 years. 50.0% of the population were male and 50.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 53,951, with 8.1% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 92.58% of the population, 2.92% spoke Spanish and 4.50% had another mother tongue.

schools

  • Cocoa Beach Christian School
  • Cocoa Beach Junior / Senior High School
  • Freedom 7 School of International Studies
  • Our Savior Catholic School
  • Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School

Clinics

  • Cape Canaveral Hospital

traffic

Cocoa Beach is crossed by Florida State Roads A1A and 520 . The nearest airport is Orlando Melbourne International Airport (around 30 km away).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 499 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were eight rapes, 14 robberies, 73 assaults, 81 break-ins, 786 thefts, 23 car thefts and two arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

This and that

Cocoa Beach is known as the location of the sitcom The Glamor Jeannie .

Web links

Commons : Cocoa 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 July 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Cocoa-Beach-Florida.html