Whitfield (Manatee County, Florida)

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Whitfield
Manatee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Whitfield Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Manatee County
Coordinates : 27 ° 25 ′  N , 82 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 25 ′  N , 82 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,882 (as of 2010)
Population density : 800.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.6 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 5 m
FIPS : 12-77467
GNIS ID : 1867236

Whitfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County in the US state of Florida with 2882 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Whitfield is located about 5 km south of Bradenton and about 70 km south of Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico . The CDP borders the Sarasota – Bradenton International Airport in the east and is crossed by US Highway 41 ( Tamiami Trail ).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 2882 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1403 households. The population density was 800.6 inh / km². 91.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 3.4% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 1.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 9.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 34.3% of all households lived in 22.4% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 64.1% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.31 people and the average family size was 2.77 people.

18.1% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 18.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 34.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 29.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 49 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

The median annual income was $ 60,556, with 9.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 92.57% of the population and 7.43% spoke Spanish .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed July 27, 2015 .
  2. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed July 27, 2015 .