Fruitland Park

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Fruitland Park
Fruitland Park City Hall
Fruitland Park City Hall
County and state location
Lake County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fruitland Park Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lake County
Coordinates : 28 ° 52 ′  N , 81 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 52 ′  N , 81 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 4,078 (as of 2010)
Population density : 536.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.5 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 7.6 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 33 m
Postal code : 34731
Area code : +1 352
FIPS : 12-24975
GNIS ID : 0282844
Website : www.fruitlandpark.org
Mayor : Chris Bell

Fruitland Park is a city in Lake County in the US state of Florida with 4078 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Fruitland Park is about 20 km west of Tavares and about 70 km northwest of Orlando . It is bordered by Leesburg to the south and Lady Lake to the north . Fruitland Park is on the western shore of Lake Griffin. The state park of the same name is also located here .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 4078 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1644 households. The population density was 536.6 inh / km². 84.7% of the population identified themselves as white, 9.4% as African-American , 0.2% as Native American and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 2.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 7.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 22.7% of all households lived in 42.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 73.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.76 people and the average family size was 3.17 people.

30.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 15.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 55,521, with 14.4% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 96.79% of the population, 2.53% spoke Spanish and 0.68% spoke German .

Attractions

On December 27, 1974, the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Fruitland Park is crossed by US Highway 27 ( SR 500 / SR 25 ). The nearest airports are Leesburg International Airport and Orlando International Airport (approx. 10 and 90 km southeast).

Web links

Commons : Fruitland Park, Florida  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  3. ^ FLORIDA - Lake County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 30, 2015 .