Winter Garden (Florida)

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Winter garden
Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Winter Garden Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1908
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Orange County
Coordinates : 28 ° 34 ′  N , 81 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 34 ′  N , 81 ° 35 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 34,568 (as of 2010)
Population density : 866.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 40.4 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of
which 39.9 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 38 m
Postcodes : 34777, 34778, 34787
Area code : +1 407
FIPS : 12-78250
GNIS ID : 0293423
Website : www.cwgdn.com
Mayor : John Rees

Winter Garden is a city in Orange County in the US state of Florida with 34,568 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Winter Garden is located on the south shore of Lake Apopka and approximately 20 km west of Orlando . Bordering cities are Ocoee and Oakland .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 34,568 inhabitants were distributed over 13,260 households. The population density was 866.4 inh / km². 68.8% of the population identified themselves as whites , 16.0% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 5.1% as Asian Americans . 6.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.6% to several ethnic groups. 22.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 44.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.8% of all households. 75.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.87 people and the average family size was 3.28 people.

23.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 65,424, with 7.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 82.26% of the population, 15.99% spoke Spanish and 1.75% spoke another language.

Attractions

The Luther F. Tilden House , the Winter Garden Downtown Historic District and the Winter Garden Historic Residential District are in the National Register of Historic Places listed.

traffic

Florida State Roads 50 , 91 ( Florida's Turnpike , toll), 429 ( Daniel Webster Western Beltway , toll) and 438 run through the city . The Florida Central Railroad operates freight traffic from here to Forest City , to Orlando and to Sorrento and Umatilla . The Orlando International Airport is located about 40 km southeast of the city.

Web links

Commons : Winter Garden, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ FLORIDA - Orange County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed May 6, 2015 .
  4. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2