Cross City

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Cross City
Dixie County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cross City Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Dixie County
Coordinates : 29 ° 38 ′  N , 83 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 38 ′  N , 83 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,728 (as of 2010)
Population density : 352.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 12 m
Postal code : 32628
Area code : +1 352
FIPS : 12-15575
GNIS ID : 0281091

Cross City is a city and also the county seat of Dixie County in the US state of Florida with 1728 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Cross City is about 140 km southeast of Tallahassee and about 180 km southwest of Jacksonville .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1728 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 845 households. The population density was 352.7 inh / km². 69.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 27.5% as African-Americans , 0.2% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 0.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.0% to several ethnic groups. 1.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 33.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 30.2% of all households. 65.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.42 people and the average family size was 3.02 people.

27.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 24.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 45.6% of the population were male and 44.4% were female.

The median annual income was $ 38,177, with 24.1% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 98.92% of the population, 0.84% ​​spoke Spanish and 0.24% spoke German .

traffic

Cross City is traversed by US Highways 19 , 27 and 98 on a shared route .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 134 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There were three robberies, five break-ins, 24 thefts and one car theft.

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-Cross-City-Florida.html