| Century Village, Florida | |
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| — CDP — | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Palm Beach |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| • Land | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 7,616 |
| • Density | 7,588.1/sq mi (2,929.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 12-11437[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867125[2] |
Century Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Palm Beach County, Florida,[3] United States (west of the City of West Palm Beach) and is best known as a retirement community.
There are three other Century Village developments in Broward and Palm Beach Counties (in Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton and Pembroke Pines) which are not part of the Century Village CDP.
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As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 7,616 people, 5,536 households, and 1,777 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,940.6/km² (7,588.1/mi²). There were 8,754 housing units at an average density of 3,379.9/km² (8,721.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.41% White (95.6% were Non-Hispanic White,)[4] 0.43% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.99% of the population.
There were 5,536 households out of which 0.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% were married couples living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 67.9% were non-families. 65.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 57.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.38 and the average family size was 2.07.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 0.3% under the age of 18, 0.3% from 18 to 24, 1.9% from 25 to 44, 12.9% from 45 to 64, and 84.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 78 years. For every 100 females there were 61.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 61.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,780, and the median income for a family was $29,604. Males had a median income of $22,557 versus $22,292 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,920. About 7.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, English was the first language for 86.46% of all residents, while Yiddish accounted for 3.77%, Spanish for 3.43%, German was spoken by 1.75%, French made up 1.27%, Russian was totaled at 1.07%, Hebrew totaled 0.74%, Italian was at 0.67%, Polish at 0.47%, and Hungarian was the mother tongue 0.33% of the population.[5]
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