Ridge Wood Heights

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Ridge Wood Heights
Sarasota County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ridge Wood Heights Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Sarasota County
Coordinates : 27 ° 17 ′  N , 82 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 17 ′  N , 82 ° 31 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 4,795 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,295.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 7 m
FIPS : 12-60475
GNIS ID : 1867196

Ridge Wood Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County in the US state of Florida with 4795 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Ridge Wood Heights is about 5 km southeast of Sarasota and about 90 km south of Tampa .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 4795 inhabitants were distributed over 2464 households. The population density was 1295.9 inh / km². 93.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.6% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 1.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.0% to several ethnic groups. 8.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 24.1% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.4% of all households. 55.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.16 people and the average family size was 2.77 people.

20.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 34.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 45 years. 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 45,292, with 17.4% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 93.74% of the population, 4.67% spoke Spanish and 1.59% had another mother tongue.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed September 30, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed September 30, 2015 .