Wahneta

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Wahneta
Polk County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Wahneta Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 27 ° 57 ′  N , 81 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 57 ′  N , 81 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 5,091 (as of 2010)
Population density : 808.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 6.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 40 m
Postal code : 33880
Area code : +1 863
FIPS : 12-74775
GNIS ID : 0292821

Wahneta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County in the US state of Florida with 5091 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Wahneta is about 10 km northeast of Bartow and about 70 km east of Tampa .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 5091 inhabitants were distributed among 1504 households. The population density was 808.1 inh / km². 65.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.1% as African American , 0.9% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 30.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.4% to several ethnic groups. 64.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 49.6% of all households and persons aged at least 65 were living in 19.9% ​​of all households. 76.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.77 people and the average family size was 4.04 people.

36.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 20.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 10.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 28 years. 54.0% of the population were male and 46.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 30,833, with 43.4% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 57.54% of the population and 42.46% spoke Spanish .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed September 15, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed September 15, 2015 .