Plantation (Sarasota County, Florida)

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Plantation
Sarasota County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Plantation Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Sarasota County
Coordinates : 27 ° 4 ′  N , 82 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 4 ′  N , 82 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 4,919 (as of 2010)
Population density : 863 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.5 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 5.7 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
FIPS : 12-57450
GNIS ID : 2403427

Plantation is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County in the US state of Florida with 4919 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Plantation is about 30 km southeast of Sarasota and about 110 km south of Tampa . The CDP is affected by the Tamiami Trail ( US 41 ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 4919 inhabitants were distributed among 3793 households. The population density was 863 inhabitants / km². 98.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.6% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 0.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.2% to several ethnic groups. 1.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 77.0% of all households lived in 5.0% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 70.9% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 1.88 people and the average family size was 2.18 people.

4.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 3.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 14.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 77.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 70 years. 46.1% of the population were male and 53.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 62,330, with 3.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 95.95% of the population, 1.83% spoke German and 2.22% had another mother tongue.

Individual evidence

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