Zephyrhills

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Zephyrhills
Pasco County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Zephyrhills Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1888
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Pasco County
Coordinates : 28 ° 14 ′  N , 82 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 14 ′  N , 82 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 13,288 (as of 2010)
Population density : 820.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 16.4 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 16.2 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 29 m
Postcodes : 33539-33544
Area code : +1 813
FIPS : 12-79225
GNIS ID : 0293620
Website : www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us
Mayor : Gene Whitfield

Zephyrhills is a city in Pasco County in the US state of Florida with 13,288 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Zephyrhills is located approximately 10 km south of Dade City and approximately 35 km northeast of Tampa .

history

In 1886, the Tropical Florida Railroad , a subsidiary of the Florida Railroad , opened a railway line from Ocala via Zephyrhills to Plant City . The railway line was extended to Tampa in 1890 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 13,288 inhabitants were distributed over 8,300 households. The population density was 820.2 inh / km². 88.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 4.9% as African-Americans , 0.2% as Indians and 1.4% as Asian Americans . 2.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.0% to several ethnic groups. 10.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 42.1% of all households lived in 24.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 61.0% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.18 people and the average family size was 2.71 people.

20.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 20.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 35.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 48 years. 46.3% of the population were male and 53.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 35,819, with 17.8% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 94.14% of the population, 4.95% spoke Spanish and 0.91% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The Capt. Harold B. Jeffries House and the Zephyrhills Downtown Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

traffic

Florida State Road 54 joins US Highway 301 from the west in Zephyrhills . The nearest airport is Tampa International Airport (around 50 km southwest).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 494 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There was one murder, four rapes, 23 robberies, 37 assaults, 232 break-ins, 688 thefts and 23 car thefts.

Web links

Commons : Zephyrhills, Florida  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  2. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed July 26, 2015 .
  3. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed July 26, 2015 .
  4. ^ FLORIDA - Pasco County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 26, 2015 .
  5. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Zephyrhills-Florida.html