Leesburg (Florida)

Lake County

12-39875

Leesburg is a city in Lake County in the U.S. state of Florida with 20,117 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

The city is located about 10 km west of Tavares and about 60 km north- west of Orlando.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 20,117 inhabitants distributed to 10,625 households. The population density was 416.5 inh. / Km ². 63.5 % of the population were white, 28.2% African American, 0.3% Native American and 1.7 % Asian Americans. 3.6% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.7% in different ethnic groups. 9.0 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 37.3 % of all households lived in 28.1 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 60.0 % 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 2.31 ​​persons and the average family size is 2.91 people.

26.8 % of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.3% were 20-39 years old, 21.7% were 40-59 years old and 29.0% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 41 years. 45.8 % of the population were male and 54.2 % female.

The average annual income was $ 36,061, while 16.0 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 95.03 % of the population spoke Spanish 4.05% and 0.92 % had a different mother tongue.

Traffic

Leesburg is the U.S. Highways 27 and 441 ( SR 500 ) and crossed by the Florida State Roads 33, 44, 48 and 91 (Florida 's Turnpike, a toll road ). With the Leesburg International Airport, the city has its own airport. The nearest international airport is the Orlando International Airport ( some 80 km south-east ).

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 457 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) in the high range. There was a murder, 14 rapes, 58 robberies, 125 injuries, 207 burglaries, 856 thefts, 32 auto thefts and two arsons.