Ridgecrest (Florida)

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Ridgecrest
Pinellas County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ridgecrest Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Pinellas County
Coordinates : 27 ° 54 ′  N , 82 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′  N , 82 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,558 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,705.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.5 km 2  (about 1 mi 2 ) of
which 1.5 km 2  (about 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 17 m
FIPS : 12-60275
GNIS ID : 1853281

Ridgecrest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County in the US state of Florida with 2558 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Ridgecrest is directly adjacent to the city of Largo and is approximately 5 km south of Clearwater and approximately 25 km west of Tampa . The CDP is crossed by 688 Florida State Road .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 2558 inhabitants were distributed over 1069 households. The population density was 1705.3 inh / km². 24.9% of the population identified themselves as whites , 67.9% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 2.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.6% to several ethnic groups. 9.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 46.1% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 27.4% of all households. 76.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.01 people and the average family size was 3.40 people.

37.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 31 years. 46.1% of the population were male and 53.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 36,264, with 22.8% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 95.89% of the population and 4.11% spoke Spanish .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed September 18, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed September 18, 2015 .