Cross City, Florida

Dixie County

12-15575

Cross City is a city and also the county seat of Dixie County in the U.S. state of Florida with 1,728 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Cross City is located approximately 140 km southeast of Tallahassee and about 180 km south-west of Jacksonville.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 1,728 inhabitants distributed in 845 households. The population density was 352.7 inh. / Km ². 69.6 % of the population were white, 27.5 % African American, 0.2% Native American and 0.4 % Asian Americans. 0.2 % were members of other ethnic groups and 2.0% in different ethnic groups. 1.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 30.2 % of all households lived in 33.3 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.4 % 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 2.42 persons and the average family size is 3.02 people.

27.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.7% were 20-39 years old, 26.0% were 40-59 years old and 24.4% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 40 years. 45.6 % of the population were male and 44.4 % female.

The average annual income was $ 38,177, while 24.1 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 98.92 % of the population spoke Spanish 0.84% ​​and 0.24 % spoke German.

Traffic

Cross City is traversed on a common route of U.S. Highways 19, 27 and 98.

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 134 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the low range. There were three robberies, five burglaries, robberies and car theft 24.