Lake Park is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Lake Park is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 9,047 at the 2020 US census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (7.66%) is water.
History
In 1923, it was officially incorporated as The Town of Kelsey City.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Lake Park town, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
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|White alone (NH)
|3,310
|2,710
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,702
|37.95%
|33.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.87%
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|Black or African American alone (NH)
|4,174
|4,378
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,843
|47.86%
|53.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53.53%
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|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|16
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.18%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
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|Asian alone (NH)
|249
|197
|style='background: #ffffe6; |220
|2.86%
|2.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.43%
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|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
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|Other race alone (NH)
|18
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57
|0.21%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
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|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|448
|183
|style='background: #ffffe6; |282
|5.14%
|2.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.12%
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|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|506
|653
|style='background: #ffffe6; |938
|5.80%
|8.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.37%
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|Total
|8,721
|8,155
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,047
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lake Park had a population of 9,047. The median age was 37.7 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.9 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,456 households in Lake Park, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 34.1% were married-couple households, 23.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
2010 census
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!colspan=4|Lake Park Demographics
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|2010 Census||Lake Park||Palm Beach County||Florida
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|Total population||8,155||1,320,134||18,801,310
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|Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010||−6.5%||+16.7%||+17.6%
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|Population density||3,740.8/sq mi||670.2/sq mi||350.6/sq mi
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|White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic)||37.4%||73.5%||75.0%
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|(Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian)||33.2%||60.1%||57.9%
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|Black or African-American||53.7%||17.3%||16.0%
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|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)||8.0%||19.0%||22.5%
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|Asian||2.4%||2.4%||2.4%
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|Native American or Native Alaskan||0.1%||0.5%||0.4%
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|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian||0.1%||0.1%||0.1%
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|Two or more races (Multiracial)||2.2%||2.3%||2.5%
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|Some Other Race||0.2%||3.9%||3.6%
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As of the 2010 United States census, there were 8,155 people, 2,751 households, and 1,785 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census 48.80% African American, 0.34% Native American, 2.89% Asian, 1.27% from other races, and 5.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.80% of the population.
As of 2000, there were 3,346 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.28.
In 2000, in the town, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $33,983, and the median income for a family was $37,047. Males had a median income of $26,476 versus $23,518 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,212. About 12.5% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 76.01% of all residents, while French Creole made up 13.11%, Spanish was at 5.83%, French consisted of 2.35%, Vietnamese made up 1.34%, and Chinese as a mother tongue made up 0.59% of the population.
As of 2000, Lake Park had the sixth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, with 14.50% of the populace. It also had the nineteenth highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the US, at 5.80% of the town's population (tied with the Carol City section of Miami Gardens.)
Libraries
The Lake Park Library is a public library at 529 Park Avenue, Lake Park, FL 33403. It was founded by the Lake Park Woman's Club in 1962, and it was established on the Town Hall's second floor.
Current Events
Recently, Lake Park has been notable in the news, as famous hockey celebrity and four time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux has recently committed suicide in the area, within the back warehouse of Andros Home, a furniture store which he co-founded and co-owned with his wife.
References
External links
- Town of Lake Park Official website
- Lake Park Marina Official website