Leisure City, Florida

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population_total = 22152
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
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latd = 25 |latm = 29 |lats = 39 |latNS = N
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postal_code = 33030, 33033
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Leisure City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,152 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Leisure City is located at coor dms|25|29|39|N|80|26|10|W|city (25.494037, -80.436229)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km²), of which, 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.58%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 22,152 people, 6,063 households, and 5,044 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,490.0 people per square mile (2,508.2/km²). There were 6,615 housing units at an average density of 1,938.0/sq mi (749.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 65.03% White (15.2% were Non-Hispanic Whites,) [cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Leisure_City.php |title=Demographics of Leisure City, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=2007-11-06] 18.00% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 11.42% from other races, and 4.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 65.30% of the population.

There were 6,063 households out of which 50.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.8% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.65 and the average family size was 3.94.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 36.2% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $29,091, and the median income for a family was $29,277. Males had a median income of $22,320 versus $18,619 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,966. About 22.4% of families and 25.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a first language accounted for 64.83% of residents, while English made up 31.02%, French Creole was at 4.01%, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0.12% of the population. [cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=39950&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r
title=MLA Data Center Results of Leisure City, FL |publisher=Modern Language Association |accessdate=2007-11-06]

As of 2000, Leisure City had the twenty-ninth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 17.15% of the populace. [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-11-06] It had the 100th highest percentage of Puerto Rican residents in the US, at 8.85% of the population, [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Puerto-Rican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Puerto Rican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-11-06] and the forty-fifth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, at 3.60% of its population (tied with West Park's [Miami Gardens, Broward County, Florida|Miami Gardens [Broward] neighborhood.) [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-11-06] It also had the thirty-first most Nicaraguans in the US, at 1.37%, [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Nicaraguan.html |title=Ancestry Map of Nicaraguan Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-11-06] while it had the 103rd highest percentage of Guatemalans, at 1.07% of all residents. [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Guatemalan.html |title=Ancestry Map of Guatemalan Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-11-06]

References

Education

Leisure City is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Leisure City is served by the Leisure City K-8 and Homestead High School.

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