Lake Magdalene is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Tampa Bay area. The population was 30,742 at the 2020 census.
History
As a rural community northwest of Tampa, this area of Hillsborough County had welcomed enough residents to receive its first post office in 1888, followed by a scattering of schools and churches—most notably the United Brethren Church
(now Lake Magdalene United Methodist), started in 1895 by Reverend Isaac W. Bearss, whose family line still maintains several acres of citrus groves in the region, butted up against the busy east-west, North Tampa corridor that bears the family name. The rustic qualities of Lake Magdalene remained until the 1990s when residential construction in Tampa pushed northward. By 1990 almost 16,000 people lived in Lake Magdalene, The lake's name may come from the moniker of a Native American woman, Magdalena, who interpreted the language for a Spanish expedition into Florida in 1549,
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Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable"
|+Lake Magdalene racial composition<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010
!Pop 2020
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|White (NH)
|19,076
|16,560
|66.91%
|53.87%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|1,974
|2,344
|6.92%
|7.62%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|55
|44
|0.19%
|0.14%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|774
|1,112
|2.71%
|3.62%
|-
|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)
|16
|14
|0.06%
|0.05%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|75
|185
|0.26%
|0.60%
|-
|Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)
|520
|1,181
|1.82%
|3.84%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|6,019
|9,302
|21.11%
|30.26%
|-
|Total
|28,509
|30,742
|
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lake Magdalene had a population of 30,742. The median age was 44.5 years. 17.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.6 males age 18 and over.
There were 12,785 households in Lake Magdalene, of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.9% were married-couple households, 19.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 18,961 || 61.7%
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| Black or African American || 2,574 || 8.4%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 102 || 0.3%
|-
| Asian || 1,129 || 3.7%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 20 || 0.1%
|-
| Some other race || 2,298 || 7.5%
|-
| Two or more races || 5,658 || 18.4%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 9,302 || 30.3%
|}
2010 census
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 28,509 people, 12,263 households, and 7,509 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census
Schools
Lake Magdalene is served by Hillsborough County Public Schools through the following:
- Lake Magdalene Elementary School
- Miles Elementary School
- Buchanan Middle School
- Chamberlain High School
- Gaither High School
Hillsborough County Public Schools has a magnet program and students in the district can attend these schools:
- Walker Middle Magnet School
- Hillsborough High School