Leisure City

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leisure City
Miami-Dade County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Leisure City Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Miami-Dade County
Coordinates : 25 ° 30 ′  N , 80 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 30 ′  N , 80 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 22,655 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,574.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.8 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.8 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 2 m
Postcodes : 33030, 33033
Area code : +1 305
FIPS : 12-39950
GNIS ID : 0285449

Leisure City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida with 22,655 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Leisure City is directly adjacent to the city of Homestead to the south and is located about 40 km southwest of Miami . The CDP is affected by US Highway 1 and Florida State Road 821 ( Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike , toll).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 22,655 inhabitants were distributed over 6,669 households. The population density was 2,574.4 inh / km². 73.0% of the population identified themselves as whites , 17.5% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 5.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.6% to several ethnic groups. 74.9% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 23.6% of all households lived in 52.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 82.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.63 people and the average family size was 3.85 people.

33.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 12.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 31 years. 50.2% of the population were male and 49.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 35,569, with 35.2% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 31.03% of the population, 64.83% spoke Spanish and 4.14% had another mother tongue.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 8, 2015.