Medulla (Florida)

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Medulla
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Medulla Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 27 ° 58 ′  N , 81 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 58 ′  N , 81 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 8,892 (as of 2010)
Population density : 604.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 14.7 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 14.7 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 49 m
FIPS : 12-43925
GNIS ID : 0286674

Medulla is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 8,892 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Medulla borders directly on the city of Lakeland to the north and is about 15 km northwest of Bartow and about 45 km east of Tampa . The CDP is affected by Florida State Road 37 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,892 inhabitants were distributed over 3,918 households. The population density was 604.9 inh / km². 78.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 13.7% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.2% as Asian Americans . 3.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.7% to several ethnic groups. 13.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 17.7% of all households lived in 39.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 73.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.68 people and the average family size was 3.08 people.

29.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 53,554, with 8.4% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 94.27% of the population, 5.23% spoke Spanish and 0.50% spoke French .

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 .