Hawthorne (Florida)

Alachua County

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Hawthorne ( Hawthorn also ) is a city in Alachua County in the U.S. state of Florida with 1,417 inhabitants ( 2010).

The city is the birthplace of James Burrows Edwards, who was from 1975 to 1979 Governor of South Carolina.

Geography

Hawthorne is located 20 kilometers west of Gainesville and about 85 km south of Jacksonville.

Religions

In Hawthorne, there are 14 different churches from 5 different denominations. Among the belonging to a denomination churches the Baptist church is best represented with 8 churches. There are no denominational church belonging ( as of 2004).

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 1,417 inhabitants distributed to 681 households. The population density was x inh. / Km ². 52.4 % of the population were white, 45.2% African American, 0.1% Native American and 0.3 % Asian Americans. 0.6 % were members of other ethnic groups and 1.5 % of various ethnicities. 2.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 31.9 % of all households lived in 31.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 63.5 % 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 2.53 and the average family size is 3.15 people.

25.7 % of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.4% were 20-39 years old, 29.0% were 40-59 years old and 23.0 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 42 years. 47.8 % of the population were male and 52.2 % female.

The average annual income was $ 38,900, while 26.7 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100 % of the population.

Traffic

Hawthorne is on U.S. Highway 301 ( SR 200 ) and the Florida State Road 20 crosses. The nearest airport is Gainesville Regional Airport ( approximately 25 miles west).