Bonita Springs, Florida
Lee County
12-07525
Bonita Springs is a city in Lee County in the U.S. state of Florida with 43 914 inhabitants ( 2010).
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Geography
Bonita Springs is located in South Florida on the Gulf of Mexico and is bordered to the northwest by Fort Myers Beach. Fort Myers is 25 km, 200 km Miami and Tampa distance of 240 km.
Climate
The climate is subtropical and so warm all year round. Statistically, it rains in the summer months - even if only temporarily - on average 40 % of the days. Day temperatures between May to October 31 ° C. The coldest months from December to February bring average daytime temperatures of 24 ° C. In the summer, especially the high humidity leads to the perceived temperatures are well above the above 31 ° C.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the then 43 914 inhabitants distributed to 31,716 households. The population density was 480.5 inh. / Km ². 88.8 % of the population were white, 0.8 % African American, 0.5% Native American and 1.0 % Asian Americans. 7.4% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.4% in different ethnic groups. 22.5 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 48.9 % of all households lived in 15.7 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.6 % 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 2.19 persons and the average family size is 2.58 people.
15.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.9% were 20-39 years old, 22.5% were 40-59 years old and 43.5 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 55 years. 50.4 % of the population were male and 49.6 % female.
The average annual income was $ 53,274, while 14.9 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 81.68 % of the population spoke Spanish 15.30% and 3.02% had a different mother tongue.
Economy
The main employment sectors are: education, health and social services: (11.2%), trade / retail ( 16.7 %), future technologies, management, administration ( 10.9%), Arts, entertainment, food, restaurants ( 15.1% ), construction ( 17.4 %).
Traffic
Bonita Springs is located directly on the running in a north-south Interstate 75 and the Tamiami Trail ( U.S. 41 ). The nearest airport is Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, about 20 miles away.
Train
- Spring Creek Elementary School, about 940 students
- Bonita Springs Elementary School, about 400 students
- Bonita Springs Middle School, approximately 1,000 students
Twinning
Bonita Springs is twinned with the Rhineland-Palatinate green city.
Parks and sports facilities
Especially nice is the Bonita Beach Park - the public beach, with very fine and white sand. This can be daily dolphin watching, and with a little luck you can also see the very shy manatees (English manatees ) and giant manta rays. A little further south of Barefoot Beach Park (entrance fee required) is. Here, celebrities flock of Bonita Springs and Naples.
There is a small supply of various city parks as well as several sports facilities and playing fields and facilities for camping and barbecues. Furthermore, there are situated directly on the Bonita Beach Road is a mini golf course.