Loughman

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Loughman
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Loughman Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 28 ° 15 ′  N , 81 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 15 ′  N , 81 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,680 (as of 2010)
Population density : 279.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.7 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) of
which 9.6 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 31 m
Postal code : 33858
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-41400
GNIS ID : 0286130

Loughman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County in the US state of Florida with a population of 2,680 (as of 2010).

geography

Loughman is about 60 km northeast of Bartow and about 35 km southwest of Orlando . The CDP is crossed on a common route by US Highways 17 and 92 ( SR 600 ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 2680 inhabitants were distributed over 2242 households. The population density was 279.2 inh / km². 77.2% of the population identified themselves as whites , 9.7% as African American , 0.8% as Indians and 2.5% as Asian Americans . 7.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.7% to several ethnic groups. 27.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 19.7% of all households lived in 35.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 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 2.67 and the average family size was 3.09.

26.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 49.9% of the population were male and 50.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 45,028, with 13.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 90.79% of the population and Spanish spoke 9.21%.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed September 15, 2015 .