Lehigh Acres

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Lehigh Acres
Lee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lehigh Acres Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1954
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lee County
Coordinates : 26 ° 36 ′  N , 81 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 36 ′  N , 81 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 86,784 (as of 2010)
Population density : 353.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 248.6 km 2  (approx. 96 mi 2 ) of
which 245.8 km 2  (approx. 95 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 6 m
Postcodes : 33900-33999
Area code : +1 239
FIPS : 12-39925
GNIS ID : 0285447

Lehigh Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County in the US state of Florida with 86,784 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Fort Myers is immediately adjacent to Lehigh Acres to the west. The CDP is crossed by Florida State Road 82 . Tampa and Miami are each approximately 200 km away.

history

1954 saw the first settlements of the later Lehigh Acres in the area of ​​the Lucky Lee Ranch. At first it was predominantly retirees who settled here, later many families with middle incomes were added because of the job opportunities in Fort Myers and the surrounding area. Many Germans have also bought a second place of residence here in the last twenty years. Until recently, the settlement area was one of the fastest growing communities in Florida. Due to the financial crisis and the weak dollar, house prices fell up to 50% of their original value. Since 2008 there has been a trend towards forced homework and thus considerable vacancies, which in some cases has already led to vandalism and neglect. The residents are now starting to organize themselves in citizen groups in order to counter the further deterioration of their place of residence.

In order to get out of the low house price misery, the local Chamber of Commerce will apply for city rights for Lehigh Acres in order to obtain greater planning independence in the expected new upswing.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 86,784 inhabitants were distributed among 38,995 households. The population density was 353.1 inh / km². 67.5% of the population identified themselves as whites , 19.3% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.2% as Asian Americans . 8.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.3% to several ethnic groups. 34.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 22.7% of all households lived in 45.0% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 75.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.97 people and the average family size was 3.33 people.

32.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 32 years. 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 44,042, with 18.2% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 84.52% of the population, 11.81% spoke Spanish and 3.67% spoke another language.

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.