Grandpa-locka

Grandpa-locka
	County and state location
Basic data
Foundation :	1926
State :	United States
State :	Florida
County :	Miami-Dade County
Coordinates :	25 ° 54 ′ N , 80 ° 15 ′ W Coordinates: 25 ° 54 ′ N , 80 ° 15 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : ; - Metropolitan Area :	15,219 (as of 2010); 5,564,635 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,358.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	11.6 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of; which 11.2 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	3 m
Postal code :	33054
Area code :	+1 305 786
FIPS :	12-51650
GNIS ID :	308425
Website :	www.opalockafl.gov
Mayor :	Myra Taylor

Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida with 15,219 inhabitants (as of 2010). The city, founded in the 1920s, has a large number of buildings in the style of oriental architecture .

geography

Opa-locka is located about 6 miles north of Miami . Adjacent communities are Miami Gardens , Hialeah, and North Miami .

history

The name of the city was borrowed from the Seminole language. They called the area Opa-tisha-wocka-locka (large island covered with trees and swamps), which was shortened to Opa-locka. The city was founded by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss . He had the architect Bernhardt Muller erect numerous buildings with oriental elements, and some of the streets were named after characters from Thousand and One Nights . Opa-locka received city rights in 1926. After the Great Miami Hurricane in the same year and the death of the Florida land boom , the young community profited from the establishment of a Navy base. After its closure in the 1950s, Opa-locka transformed from a suburb populated by middle-class whites to a community with a predominantly colored and less affluent population. Crime and unemployment rose from the 1980s, and in 2003 Grandpa-locka had the highest violent crime rate in any small town in Florida. In addition, in 2002 the state had to take over the finances of the city, which was in dire straits due to mismanagement.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 15,219 inhabitants were distributed over 5,966 households. The population density was 1358.8 inh / km². 27.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 65.8% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 4.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 35.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 24.8% of all households lived in 44.1% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 68.5% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.98 people and the average family size was 3.52 people.

32.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 29.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 31 years. 47.4% of the population were male and 52.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 22,214, with 32.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 68.44% of the population, 28.29% spoke Spanish and 3.27% had another mother tongue.

Architectural monuments

Opa-locka has more than 20 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places . These are still existing buildings of the oriental style buildings from the 1920s.