Port Salerno
| Port Salerno | |
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 County and state location
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Florida |
| County : | Martin County |
| Coordinates : | 27 ° 9 ′ N , 80 ° 12 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 10.091 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,073.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 10.4 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.4 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 4 m |
| Postal code : | 34992 |
| Area code : | +1 239 |
| FIPS : | 12-58727 |
| GNIS ID : | 0289239 |
Port Salerno is a census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County in the US state of Florida with 10,091 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Port Salerno is located directly at the confluence of the St. Lucie River with the Indian River , part of the Intracoastal Waterway on the east coast of Florida. The place is about 5 km southeast of Stuart and about 140 km north of Miami . The CDP is crossed or tangent to US Highway 1 , Florida State Road A1A and the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway . To the southeast, Port Salerno borders the Seabranch Preserve State Park .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the 10,091 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 5,370 households. The population density was 1073.5 inh / km². 82.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 9.1% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 5.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 14.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 39.4% of all households lived in 22.5% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 60.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.24 people and the average family size was 2.80 people.
20.4% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 19.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 32.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 49 years. 49.1% of the population were male and 50.9% were female.
The median annual income was $ 43,963, with 15.5% of the population living below the poverty line.
In 2000, 92.35% of the population spoke English as their first language, 6.65% spoke Spanish and 1.00% spoke another language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
