Lake Hamilton (Florida)

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Lake Hamilton
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lake Hamilton Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 28 ° 3 ′  N , 81 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 3 ′  N , 81 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,231 (as of 2010)
Population density : 155.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 7.9 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 45 m
Postal code : 33851
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-37975
GNIS ID : 0285246
Website : www.townoflakehamilton.com
Mayor : Marlene M. Wagner

Lake Hamilton is a city in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 1231 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Lake Hamilton borders Dundee in the south and is around 25 km northeast of Bartow and around 60 km southwest of Orlando .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 1231 inhabitants were distributed over 508 households. The population density was 155.8 inh / km². 63.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 24.9% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 8.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 13.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 32.3% of all households lived in 29.1% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 72.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.01.

26.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 42,125, with 18.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 98.04% of the population and 1.96% spoke Spanish .

traffic

Lake Hamilton is crossed by US Highway 27 ( SR 25 ) and Florida State Road 17 . The nearest airport is Orlando International Airport (around 70 km northeast).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 264 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were three robberies, two assaults, 14 break-ins, 32 thefts, seven car thefts and one arson.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lake-Hamilton-Florida.html