Bokeelia, Florida

Lee County

12-07375

Bokeelia is a census -designated place (CDP ) in Lee County in the U.S. state of Florida with 1,780 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Bokeelia is located in the north of the island Pine Iceland. The island is connected by a bridge to Cape Coral. The CDP is located 32 km west of Fort Myers, as well as some 210 miles from Tampa and 260 miles from Miami.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 1,780 inhabitants distributed to 1,385 households. The population density was 77.7 inh. / Km ². 91.9 % of the population were white, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American and 0.3 % Asian Americans. 6.1% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.0% of different ethnicities. 19.2 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 44.5 % of all households lived in 17.4 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 64.1 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.21 persons and the average family size is 2.65 people.

16.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 16.1% were 20-39 years old, 26.3% were 40-59 years old and 40.8 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 55 years. 51.2 % of the population were male and 48.8 % female.

The average annual income was $ 49,704, while 7.6 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 86.21 % of the population spoke Spanish and 13.79 %.