Clewiston, Florida

Hendry County

12-13000

Clewiston is a city in Hendry County in the U.S. state of Florida with 7,155 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Clewiston is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee and is located approximately 50 km east of LaBelle and 150 km north- west of Miami.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 7,155 inhabitants distributed to 2,684 households. The population density was 591.3 inh. / Km ². 61.4 % of the population were white, 12.7% African American, 0.8 % Native American and 2.3% Asian Americans. 19.8% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.9% in different ethnic groups. 48.7 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 24.6 % of all households lived in 43.2 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 75.3 % 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 3.03 and the average family size is 3.36 people.

30.7 % of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.4 % were 20-39 years old, 25.5% were 40-59 years old and 16.6 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 34 years. 51.4 % of the population were male and 48.6 % female.

The average annual income was $ 40,371, while 15.2 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 63.11 % of the population spoke Spanish and 36.89 %.

Traffic

By Clewiston result of U.S. Highway 27 and the Florida State Roads 80 and 832 The nearest airports are the Belle Glade State Municipal Airport (national, 30 km to the east ) and the Palm Beach International Airport (100 km east).

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 325 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) within the average range. There was a rape, eleven robberies, 36 injuries, 61 burglaries, 164 thefts, 14 car thefts and one arson.