Watergate (Florida)

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Watergate
Watergate (Florida)
Watergate
Watergate
Location in Florida
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Palm Beach County
Coordinates : 26 ° 20 ′  N , 80 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 20 ′  N , 80 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,942 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,775.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.06 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 1.06 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 4 m
Area code : +1 561
FIPS : 12-75275
GNIS ID : 2628537

Watergate is a census-designated place (CDP) in Palm Beach County in the US state of Florida with 2942 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Watergate is around 50 km south of West Palm Beach . The CDP is affected by US Highway 441 ( SR 7 ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 2942 inhabitants were distributed over 1116 households. The population density was 2775.5 inh / km². 85.3% of the population identified themselves as whites , 5.0% as African American , 1.2% as Indians and 1.6% as Asian Americans . 4.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.9% to several ethnic groups. 20.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 35.8% of all households and people aged 65 or over lived in 19.0% of all households. 71.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.93 people and the average family size was 3.33 people.

26.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 34.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 50.6% of the population were male and 49.4% were female.

The median annual income was $ 43,811, with 28.2% of the population living below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed July 19, 2015 .