Sharpes (Florida)

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Sharpes
Brevard County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sharpes Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Brevard County
Coordinates : 28 ° 26 ′  N , 80 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 26 ′  N , 80 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,411 (as of 2010)
Population density : 443 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 16.3 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 7.7 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 6 m
Postal code : 32959
Area code : +1 321
FIPS : 12-65525
GNIS ID : 0290941

Sharpes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brevard County in the US state of Florida with a population of 3,411 (as of 2010).

geography

Sharpes is located on the Indian River near the east coast of Florida and borders the city of Cocoa to the south . The CDP is about 10 km south of Titusville and about 60 km east of Orlando . It is crossed by US Highway 1 ( SR 5 ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 3411 inhabitants were distributed over 1728 households. The population density was 443 inhabitants / km². 91.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 3.4% as African American , 0.9% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 1.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.3% to several ethnic groups. 3.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 34.3% of all households lived in 23.9% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 61.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.32 people and the average family size was 2.81 people.

21.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 33.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 26.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 47 years. 51.6% of the population were male and 48.4% were female.

The median annual income was $ 34,418, with 10.1% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 97.04% of the population, 2.18% spoke Spanish and 0.78% spoke German .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 19, 2014.