Grand Ridge

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Ridge
Jackson County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grand Ridge Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Jackson County
Coordinates : 30 ° 43 ′  N , 85 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 43 ′  N , 85 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 892 (as of 2010)
Population density : 159.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.8 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5.6 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code : 32442
Area code : +1 850
FIPS : 12-27175
GNIS ID : 0283275
Mayor : Wayne Edenfield

Grand Ridge is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Florida with 892 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Grand Ridge is about 20 km east of Marianna and about 80 km northwest of Tallahassee .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 892 inhabitants were distributed over 414 households. The population density was 159.3 inh / km². 90.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 5.2% as African American and 1.5% as Indians . 0.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 1.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 34.3% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 26.8% of all households. 67.1% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.46 people and the average family size was 3.00 people.

27.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 46.4% of the population were male and 53.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 38,382, with 10.3% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 98.89% of the population and 1.11% spoke Spanish .

traffic

Grand Ridge is crossed by US Highway 90 ( SR 10 ). The nearest airport is Tallahassee International Airport (about 80 km southeast).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  2. Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved November 14, 2014.