Delray Beach, Florida

Palm Beach County

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Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida with 60 522 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Delray Beach is located near the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Boynton Beach and Boca Raton.

The city has a total area of 41.2 km ². Of these, 39.8 km ² land area and 1.4 km ² or 3.34% of water.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 60 522 inhabitants distributed in 34 156 households. The population density was 1520.7 inh. / Km ². 65.7 % of the population were white, 28.0% African American, 0.2% Native American and 1.8 % Asian Americans. 2.6% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.7% in different ethnic groups. 9.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 38.0 % of all households lived in 19.8 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 51.8 % 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 2.18 persons and the average family size is 2.93.

18.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.3% were 20-39 years old, 27.2% were 40-59 years old and 30.1% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 46 years. 48.1 % of the population were male and 51.9 % female.

The average annual income was $ 49,823, while 13.9 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 75.44 % of the population, 11.73 % spoke Haitian, Spanish languages ​​7.02% and 5.81% had a different mother tongue.

Twin Cities

Delray Beach has the following two partner cities:

Sports

In Delray Beach is discharged at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships an annual men's tennis tournament of the ATP Tour.

Traffic

Delray Beach is located on the running in a north-south direction off Interstate 95 more runny in the city streets of U.S. Highway 1 and Florida State Roads A1A and 806

In addition, the city has a railway station on the run by the Tri-Rail track from Mangonia Park to Miami International Airport. Amtrak provides direct connections from here to New York City on.

By air, the city is internationally accessible via the following airports: the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale and the Miami International Airport in Miami.

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 478 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the high range. There were three murders, 22 rapes, 198 robberies, 367 injuries, 724 burglaries, 2,423 thefts, 193 vehicle thefts, and seven arsons.

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