Westwood Lakes

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Westwood Lakes
Miami-Dade County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Westwood Lakes Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Miami-Dade County
Coordinates : 25 ° 43 ′  N , 80 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 43 ′  N , 80 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 11,838 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,630.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.7 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 1 m
FIPS : 12-77075
GNIS ID : 0293159

Westwood Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida with 11,838 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Westwood Lakes is about 15 km west of Miami . Florida State Roads 821  ( Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike , toll), 976 and 985 cross and touch the CDP .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 11,838 inhabitants were distributed among 3501 households. The population density was 2630.7 inh / km². 94.2% of the population identified themselves as white , 1.3% as African American and 1.0% as Asian Americans . 1.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 86.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 46.9% of all households lived in 38.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 82.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.46 people and the average family size was 3.54 people.

20.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female.

The median annual income was $ 44,663, with 14.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 20.04% of the population and 79.96% spoke Spanish .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 23, 2015.