Poinciana (Florida)

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Poinciana
Osceola County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Poinciana Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Osceola County
Coordinates : 28 ° 9 ′  N , 81 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 9 ′  N , 81 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 53,193 (as of 2010)
Population density : 585.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91.5 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of
which 90.9 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 20 m
Postcodes : 34758, 34759
Area code : +1 407, 321, 863
FIPS : 12-57900
GNIS ID : 1853279

Poinciana is a census-designated place (CDP) in the counties Osceola and Polk in the US state Florida with 53,193 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Poinciana is about 10 km south of Kissimmee and about 40 km south of Orlando . The CDP is touched by US Highways 17 and 92 ( SR 600 ) on a shared route .

From here via Orlando to Debary the regional trains of the SunRail operate .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 53,193 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 22,171 households. The population density was 585.2 inh / km². 56.4% of the population identified themselves as whites , 24.5% as African American , 0.7% as Indians and 1.8% as Asian Americans . 11.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 5.0% to several ethnic groups. 51.2% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 45.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 29.7% of all households. 82.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.14 people and the average family size was 3.42 people.

32.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 40,625, with 23.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 59.86% of the population, 37.71% spoke Spanish and 2.43% had another mother tongue.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed May 29, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed May 29, 2015 .