Fanning Springs

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Fanning Springs
Gilchrist County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fanning Springs Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Gilchrist County
Coordinates : 29 ° 35 ′  N , 82 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 35 ′  N , 82 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 764 (as of 2010)
Population density : 78 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 9.8 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 9 m
Postal code : 32693
Area code : +1 352
FIPS : 12-21850
GNIS ID : 0291913
Website : Website
Mayor : Cheryl Nekola

Fanning Springs is a city in the counties Gilchrist and Levy in the US state Florida with 764 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Fanning Springs is on the east bank of the Suwannee River ; Fanning Springs State Park stretches along the shore . The city is located about 10 km west of Trenton , 35 km northwest of Bronson and about 160 km southwest of Jacksonville .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 764 inhabitants were distributed among 415 households. The population density was 78 inhabitants / km². 95.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.8% as African American , 1.4% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 0.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 7.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 40.5% of all households lived in 24.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 63.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.33 people and the average family size was 2.77 people.

20.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 20.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 33.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 49 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

The median annual income was $ 30,304, with 28.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 96.67% of the population and 3.33% spoke Spanish .

traffic

Fanning Springs is crossed by US Highways 19 , 27 and 98 (on the same route) as well as by Florida State Road 26 . The nearest airport is Gainesville Regional Airport (around 70 km east).

Web links

Commons : Fanning Springs, 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 1, 2014.
  2. Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 1, 2014.