Punta Rassa

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Punta Rassa
Lee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Punta Rassa Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Lee County
Coordinates : 26 ° 31 ′  N , 82 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 31 ′  N , 82 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,750 (as of 2010)
Population density : 286.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.6 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) of
which 6.1 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) is land
Area code : +1 239
FIPS : 12-59250
GNIS ID : 0289383

Punta Rassa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County in the US state of Florida with 1750 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Punta Rassa is located at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River in the Gulf of Mexico and around 15 km southwest of Fort Myers . Tampa is approximately 220 km and Miami 230 km away.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1750 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1436 households. The population density was 286.9 inh / km². 99.0% of the population identified themselves as white , 0.9% as African American and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 0.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 1.7% of all households and people aged 65 or over lived in 91.2% of all households. 44.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 1.51 people and the average family size was 2.08 people.

1.5% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 1.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 6.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 81.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 81 years. 38.2% of the population were male and 61.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 46,228, with 3.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100% of the population.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved April 17, 2013.