Iona (Florida)

Lee County

12-34012

Iona is a census -designated place (CDP ) in Lee County in the U.S. state of Florida with 15,369 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

Iona lies on the southern banks of the Caloosahatchee River, just before its confluence with the Gulf of Mexico. The CDP is crossed by the Florida State Roads 865 and 867. It borders immediately south of Cape Coral and is about 9 km southwest of Fort Myers. Tampa is located about 210 miles and Miami 230 km away.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 15,369 inhabitants distributed to 13,224 households. The population density was 830.8 inh. / Km ². 94.9 % of the population were white, 1.1% African American, 0.2% Native American and 1.0 % Asian Americans. 1.7% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.2% in different ethnic groups. 5.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 58.5 % of all households lived in 9.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years. 57.6 % 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 1.86 persons and the average family size is 2.31 ​​people.

9.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 11.4% were 20-39 years old, 23.1% were 40-59 years old and 56.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 63 years. 48.4 % of the population were male and 51.6 % female.

The average annual income was $ 49,615, while 6.6 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 93.88 % of the population spoke Spanish 3.48% and 2.64 % had a different mother tongue.