Washington Park (Florida)

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Washington Park
Broward County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Washington Park Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Broward County
Coordinates : 26 ° 8 ′  N , 80 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 8 ′  N , 80 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,672 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,520 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.1 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 1 m
Area code : +1 305
FIPS : 12-75225
GNIS ID : 1853299

Washington Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County in the US state of Florida with 1672 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Washington Park is adjacent to the cities of Fort Lauderdale and Lauderhill, as well as CDP Boulevard Gardens .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 1672 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 624 households. The population density was 1520.0 inh / km². 2.8% of the population identified themselves as white, 94.9% as African American and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 0.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.3% to several ethnic groups. 1.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 40.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 24.7% of all households. 70.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.12 people and the average family size was 3.71 people.

32.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 38,800, with 32.3% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 97.82% of the population and Spanish spoke 2.17%.

traffic

The CDP is affected by Florida State Roads 838 and 842 . The Fort Lauderdale Airport is located about 5 km away.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 31, 2013.