Inglis is a town in Levy County, Florida, United States. It is on U.S. Highway 19 near the Cross Florida Greenway. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,476, up from 1,325 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
left|upright=0.75|thumb|Sign along [[Florida_State_Road_40#County_extensions_west_of_US_41|CR 40 memorializing the filming of the 1962 Elvis Presley movie "Follow That Dream" along the road in Inglis]]
The town is named after Captain John L. Inglis, a Scottish American with family from Glasgow, Scotland, who skippered a boat from Spain to the mouth of the Withlacoochee River for trading purposes, and was connected with Dunnellon Phosphate.
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Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable"
|+Inglis racial composition<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010
!Pop 2020
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|White (NH)
|1,215
|1,343
|91.70%
|90.99%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|6
|14
|0.45%
|0.95%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|4
|7
|0.30%
|0.47%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|17
|8
|1.28%
|0.54%
|-
|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|1
|4
|0.08%
|0.27%
|-
|Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)
|20
|50
|1.51%
|3.39%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|62
|50
|4.68%
|3.39%
|-
|Total
|1,325
|1,476
|100.00%
|100.00%
|-
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Inglis had a population of 1,476. The median age was 57.1 years. 13.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 32.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.0 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 693 households in Inglis, of which 16.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 34.9% were married-couple households, 27.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
2010 census
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 1,325 people, 758 households, and 448 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census