Sweetwater (Miami-Dade County, Florida)

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Sweetwater
Seal of Sweetwater
seal
County and state location
Miami-Dade County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sweetwater Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1941
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Miami-Dade County
Coordinates : 25 ° 48 ′  N , 80 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 48 ′  N , 80 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 13,499 (as of 2010)
Population density : 6,428.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Postcodes : 33100-33199
Area code : +1 305 786
FIPS : 12-70275
Website : www.cityofsweetwater.fl.gov
Mayor : Orlando Lopez

Sweetwater is a city in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida with 13,499 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Sweetwater is about 3 miles west of Miami .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 13,499 inhabitants were distributed over 4,195 households. The population density was 6,428.1 inh / km². 92.4% of the population identified themselves as whites , 1.8% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 3.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 95.5% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 lived in 38.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 38.8% of all households. 80.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.27 people and the average family size was 3.43 people.

21.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.5% of the population were male and 51.5% were female.

The median annual income was $ 32,315, with 24.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

traffic

Sweetwater is crossed or tangent to the Tamiami Trail ( US 41 , SR 90 ) and Florida State Roads 821 ( Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike , toll), 968 and 985 .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 185 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There were three rapes, 11 robberies, 26 assaults, 43 break-ins, 178 thefts, 27 car thefts and four arson attacks.

Web links

Commons : Sweetwater, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Sweetwater-Florida.html