Wekiwa Springs is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Seminole County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wekiwa Springs had a population of 23,428. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Name

Wekiwa is the Creek-Seminole word for "a spring". The pronunciation of a soft-"w", sometimes perceived as a "v" or "b", resulted in cartographers mislabeling maps in later years. The maps drawn in 1838 and 1849 were spelled Wekiwa. with an authentic Creek-Seminole source, but that just was an alternate spelling used by developers that has fostered differences in spellings.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of 23.7&nbsp;km (9.2&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>), of which 22.4&nbsp;km (8.6&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.3&nbsp;km (0.5&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>) (5.68%) is water.

Wekiwa Springs

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Wekiwa Springs had a population of 23,428. The median age was 44.6 years. 21.2% 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 89.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.7 males age 18 and over.

There were 9,227 households in Wekiwa Springs, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 57.3% were married-couple households, 11.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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| White || 18,170 || 77.6%

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| Black or African American || 925 || 3.9%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 41 || 0.2%

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| Asian || 730 || 3.1%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 11 || 0.0%

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| Some other race || 745 || 3.2%

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| Two or more races || 2,806 || 12.0%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 3,418 || 14.6%

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2010 census

As of the census