Gretna (Florida)

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Gretna
Gadsden County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gretna Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Gadsden County
Coordinates : 30 ° 37 ′  N , 84 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 37 ′  N , 84 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,460 (as of 2010)
Population density : 298 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.9 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 91 m
Postal code : 32332
Area code : +1 850
FIPS : 12-27650
GNIS ID : 0294791
Website : mygretna.com
Mayor : Anthony J. Baker

Gretna is a city in Gadsden County in the US state of Florida with 1460 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Gretna is about 5 km northwest of Quincy and about 40 km northwest of Tallahassee .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1460 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 583 households. The population density was 298 inh. / Km². 4.6% of the population described themselves as whites, 83.8% as African American and 0.6% as Indians . 10.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 13.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 26.6% of all households lived in 42.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 78.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.01 people and the average family size was 3.40 people.

32.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 46.4% of the population were male and 53.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 28,393, with 35.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 92.19% of the population and 7.81% spoke Spanish .

Attractions

On June 10, 2008, the Gretna School was entered on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Gretna is crossed and tangent to US Highway 90 ( SR 10 ) and Florida State Road 12 . The nearest airport is Tallahassee International Airport (around 45 km southeast).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 346 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one robbery, 19 assaults, 17 break-ins, eleven thefts and one car theft.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. ^ FLORIDA - Gadsden County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 27, 2015 .
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Gretna-Florida.html