Lake Worth, Florida
Palm Beach County
12-39075
Lake Worth is a city in Palm Beach County in Florida. The city name comes from William J. Worth, a former U.S. general. In 2010, the population was 34 910.
Geography
The coordinates of Lake Worth are: 26 ° 37 '11 "N, 80 ° 3' 31" W. The city is located seven miles away from West Palm Beach and 60 miles north of downtown Miami. The city has an area of 16.7 km ², of which 14.6 km ² of land and 2.1 km ² water surface.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the then 34 910 inhabitants distributed to 16,473 households. The population density was 2391.1 inh. / Km ². 60.0 % of the population were white, 19.8% African American, 5.6% Native American and 1.0 % Asian Americans. 9.0% were members of other ethnic groups and 4.6% of different ethnicities. 39.6 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 22.1 % of all households lived in 30.1 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 53.8 % 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 2.65 persons and the average family size is 3.37 people.
24.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.3% were 20-39 years old, 27.3 % were 40-59 years old and 15.7 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 35 years. 54.0 % of the population were male and 46.0 % female.
The average annual income was $ 37,288, while 27.8 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 56.61 % of the population spoke Spanish 26.57 % and 16.82% had a different mother tongue.
Education
The Lake Worth High School is the second oldest high school Palm Beach counties.
Traffic
Lake Worth 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 802
In addition, the city has a breakpoint at the operated by the Tri-Rail track from Mangonia Park to Miami International Airport.
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 560 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the high range. There were three murders, twelve rapes, 202 robberies, 232 injuries, 507 burglaries, 1,051 thefts, 119 vehicle thefts, and seven arsons.