South Palm Beach, Florida

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South Palm Beach is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 699 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 1,536 [1].

[edit] Geography

South Palm Beach is located at 26°35′30″N, 80°2′15″W (26.591746, -80.037525)^GR1.

South Palm Beach is a small community on one of Florida's barrier islands -just a few city blocks in length- along US Hwy A1A. It is bordered on the north by the Town of Palm Beach, Florida; on the west by the intracoastal waterway (known locally as the Lake Worth Lagoon); on the south by the beach, beach access road and bridge for the Town of Lantana, Florida; and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (60.61%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 699 people, 453 households, and 196 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,076.0/km² (5,204.3/mi²). There were 872 housing units at an average density of 2,589.9/km² (6,492.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.28% White, 0.14% Native American and 0.57% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.29% of the population.

There were 453 households out of which 2.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 56.7% were non-families. 52.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 28.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.54 and the average family size was 2.14.

In the town the population was spread out with 2.6% under the age of 18, 1.4% from 18 to 24, 11.3% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 54.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 67 years. For every 100 females there were 75.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,375, and the median income for a family was $47,250. Males had a median income of $41,591 versus $30,536 for females. The per capita income for the town was $38,456. About 15.3% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.