Gateway (Florida)

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Gateway
Lee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gateway Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lee County
Coordinates : 26 ° 34 ′  N , 81 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 34 ′  N , 81 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 8,401 (as of 2010)
Population density : 976.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.8 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.6 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 7 m
Postcodes : XXX
Area code : +1 239
FIPS : 12-25655
GNIS ID : 1853254

Gateway is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County in the US state of Florida with 8401 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Gateway is touched by Florida State Road 82 and is located directly east of Fort Myers . Tampa is 130 miles away and Miami is 130 miles away.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,401 inhabitants were distributed among 4108 households. The population density was 976.9 inh / km². 87.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 5.0% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 3.1% as Asian Americans . 1.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.3% to several ethnic groups. 11.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 38.3% of all households and people aged 65 or over lived in 23.4% of all households. 77.2% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.01.

28.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 22.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 91,611, with 2.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 94.81% of the population, 4.07% spoke Spanish and 1.11% spoke German .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved April 15, 2013.