Mulberry (Florida)

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Mulberry
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Mulberry Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 27 ° 54 ′  N , 81 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′  N , 81 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,817 (as of 2010)
Population density : 483.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.3 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 7.9 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 34 m
Postal code : 33860
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-47200
GNIS ID : 0287439
Website : www.cityofmulberryfl.com
Mayor : George H. Hatch

Mulberry is a city in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 3817 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Mulberry is about 10 km west of Bartow and about 40 km east of Tampa .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 3817 inhabitants were distributed over 1883 households. The population density was 483.2 inh / km². 79.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 14.6% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 3.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 12.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 43.3% of all households lived in 28.1% 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 2.43 people and the average family size was 2.93 people.

26.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 19.9% ​​were 20 to 39 years old, 22.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 31.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 44 years. 47.2% of the population were male and 52.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 30,117, with 28.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 95.77% of the population and 4.23% spoke Spanish .

traffic

Mulberry is crossed by Florida State Roads 37 and 60 . The nearest airport is Tampa International Airport (around 65 km west).

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 .