Kenneth City is a town in southern Pinellas County, Florida, between St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park, United States. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan statistical area (MSA), much more commonly known as the Tampa Bay area. The population was 5,047 at the 2020 US census.
History
Kenneth City was founded in 1957 by Sidney Colen, a local developer, who named the town after his son Kenneth D. Colen. Following the passage of a 2013 charter modification from a strong mayor to a council-manager form of government, the town hired its first manager since becoming incorporated in 1957. Following the March 2014 recruitment of a town manager, the town underwent reorganization intending to bolster its identity and gain recognition among the 23 other municipalities in Pinellas County.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Climate
Kenneth City has a humid subtropical climate zone (Cfa).
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kenneth City racial composition<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010
!Pop 2020
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|White (NH)
|3,638
|3,445
|73.05%
|68.26%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|290
|323
|5.82%
|6.40%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|8
|3
|0.16%
|0.06%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|309
|372
|6.20%
|7.37%
|-
|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)
|21
|1
|0.42%
|0.02%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|16
|24
|0.32%
|0.48%
|-
|Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)
|85
|224
|1.71%
|4.44%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|613
|655
|12.31%
|12.98%
|-
|Total
|4,980
|5,047
|
|
|-
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Kenneth City had a population of 5,047. The median age was 52.4 years. 15.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 30.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 82.5 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,122 households in Kenneth City, of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.3% were married-couple households, 19.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Demographic estimates
According to the Census Bureau's 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, there were 1,078 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the 2000 US Census, there were 4,400 people, 1,952 households, and 1,169 families residing in the town.