Florida City, Florida

Miami -Dade County

12-22975

Florida City is a city in Miami -Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida with 11,245 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Florida City is located about 40 km southwest of Miami and adjacent to the city Homestead.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 11,245 inhabitants distributed to 3,792 households. The population density was 1354.8 inh. / Km ². 39.1 % of the population were white, 52.4 % African American, 0.2% Native American and 0.3 % Asian Americans. 5.3% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.6% in different ethnic groups. 42.4 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 20.0 % of all households lived in 52.0 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 74.8 % 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 3.38 persons and the average family size is 3.86 people.

38.8 % of the population were younger than 20 years, 29.4 % were 20-39 years old, 21.8 % were 40-59 years old and 10.0 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 27 years. 47.5 % of the population were male and 52.5 % female.

The average annual income was $ 25,434, while 45.2 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 65.63 % of the population spoke Spanish 28.33 % and 6.03% spoke Haitian.

Traffic

By Florida City leads U.S. Highway 1 and Florida State Road 997 In addition, this is the end of the north take the SR 821 ( Homestead Extension of Florida 's Turnpike, a toll road ).

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was with 1,214 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the very high range. This Florida City is considered the most dangerous city in Miami -Dade County. There were in 2010, 95 robberies, 210 injuries, 244 burglaries, 917 thefts and 52 car thefts.