Deerfield Beach

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Deerfield Beach
Map of Florida highlighting Deerfield Beach.png
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : June 11, 1925
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Broward County
Coordinates : 26 ° 2 ′  N , 80 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 2 ′  N , 80 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 75,018 (status: 2010)
5,564,635 (status: 2010)
Population density : 2,155.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 38.7 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of
which 34.8 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 4 m
Postcodes : 33441-33443
Area code : +1 754, 954
FIPS : 12-16725
GNIS ID : 0281460
Website : www.deerfield-beach.com
Mayor : William 'Bill' Quite

Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County in the US state of Florida with 75,018 inhabitants (as of 2010). The geographic coordinates are: 26.31 ° north, 80.12 ° west. The urban area has a size of 38.7 km².

geography

The city is 15 km north of Fort Lauderdale and 45 km north of Miami . Surrounding communities are Coconut Creek , Pompano Beach , Lighthouse Point and Hillsboro Beach (Broward) and Boca Raton ( Palm Beach ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 75,018 inhabitants were distributed over 42,671 households. The population density was 2155.7 inh / km². 65.8% of the population identified themselves as white , 25.6% as African-American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 4.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.7% to several ethnic groups. 14.2% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 36.7% of all households lived in 23.1% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 53.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.22 people and the average family size was 2.94 people.

19.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.4% were 60 years or older. The mean age was 43 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 38,822, with 17.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 75.36% of the population, 8.70% spoke Spanish and 15.94% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

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

schools

Deerfield Beach: Beach and Pier
  • Deerfield Beach Elementary School
  • Deerfield Park Elementary School
  • Quiet Waters Elementary School
  • Deerfield Beach Middle School
  • Deerfield Beach High School

Religions

Deerfield Beach currently has 44 different churches from 20 different denominations. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with seven churches. There are eleven churches that do not belong to any denomination (as of 2004).

economy

The largest employers in 2018 were:

employer Workers
Publix 1875
JM Family Enterprises 1366
Broward Health North 1300
UPS 560
City of Deerfield Beach 557
Republic National distribution 426
Target 380
People's Trust 361
Broward Sheriff's Office 292
List Industries 228

traffic

Interstate 95 and Florida's Turnpike cross or touch the city ​​area in a north-south direction . Other roads are US Highway 1 and Florida State Roads A1A , 5 , 810 , 811 , 834 , 845 and 869 ( Sawgrass Expressway , toll road).

The Deerfield Beach station is a railway station in the regional and long distance traffic. Both Amtrak trains from Miami to New York City and Tri-Rail trains from Miami to Mangonia Park stop here . The nearest airports are Boca Raton Airport (national) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 324 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, 24 rapes, 156 robberies, 248 bodily harm, 581 break-ins, 1,752 thefts, 176 car thefts and five arson attacks. On June 18, 2018, rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead outside a motorcycle shop in Deerfield Beach.

Web links

Commons : Deerfield 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 March 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ^ FLORIDA - Broward County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 26, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Deerfield Beach 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , at www.deerfield-beach.com , accessed March 29, 2020
  5. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Deerfield-Beach-Florida.html