Sewall's Point, Florida

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Sewall's Point is a town in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,053 [1].

[edit] Geography

Sewall's Point is located at 27°11′42″N, 80°11′52″W (27.195057, -80.197731).^GR1 It is bordered by water on the south, east, and west due to its penninsula shape of the entire town. On the south and west is the St. Lucie River and to the east is the Indian River Lagoon. The only place that borders the town itself is Ocean Breeze Park to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 7.5 km² (2.9 mi²) of it (70.05%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,946 people, 758 households, and 607 families residing in the town. The population density was 610.9/km² (1,578.1/mi²). There were 828 housing units at an average density of 259.9/km² (671.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.72% White, 0.41% African American, 0.41% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population.

There were 758 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.4% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 19.9% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $97,517, and the median income for a family was $104,893. Males had a median income of $82,748 versus $32,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $55,121. About 4.6% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

Sewall's Point is home to multi-platinum singer/songwriter/pianist Tori Amos.

On September 26, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne made landfall at Sewell's Point, exactly three weeks after Hurricane Frances did so at the same location.