Editing Lake Park, Florida (section)

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1930= 470
|1940= 379
|1950= 489
|1960= 3589
|1970= 6993
|1980= 6909
|1990= 6704
|2000= 8721
|2010= 8155
|2020= 9047
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Lake Park town, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lake Park town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1238600&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,702
|29.87%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,843
|53.53%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5
|0.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|220
|2.43%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0.00%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Other race]] alone (NH)
|57
|0.63%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|282
|3.12%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|938
|10.37%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,047'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 9,047 people, 2,733 households, and 1,759 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Lake Park town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Park+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2010 census===

{| class="wikitable" style="float: left; margin-right: 2em; width: 35%; font-size: 75%;" 
!colspan=4|'''Lake Park Demographics'''
|-
|'''[[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]'''||'''Lake Park'''||'''Palm Beach County'''||'''Florida'''
|-
|Total population||8,155||1,320,134||18,801,310
|-
|Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010||−6.5%||+16.7%||+17.6%
|-
|Population density||3,740.8/sq&nbsp;mi||670.2/sq&nbsp;mi||350.6/sq&nbsp;mi
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White or Caucasian]] (including [[White Hispanic]])||37.4%||73.5%||75.0%
|-
|([[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian]])||33.2%||60.1%||57.9%
|-
|[[Black (U.S. Census)|Black or African-American]]||53.7%||17.3%||16.0%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)]]||8.0%||19.0%||22.5%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]||2.4%||2.4%||2.4%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Native Alaskan]]||0.1%||0.5%||0.4%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]]||0.1%||0.1%||0.1%
|-
|[[Multiracial American|Two or more races (Multiracial)]]||2.2%||2.3%||2.5%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some Other Race]]||0.2%||3.9%||3.6%
|}

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 8,155 people, 2,751 households, and 1,785 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Lake Park town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Park+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2000 census===

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,721 people, 3,346 households, and 2,024 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|4,018.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,650 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,682.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 41.26% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (38% were [[Non-Hispanic White]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Lake_Park.php |title=Demographics of Lake Park, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=November 13, 2007}}</ref> 48.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.89% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.44% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 language|English]] as a [[first language]] accounted for 76.01% of all residents, while [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]] made up 13.11%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was at 5.83%, [[French language|French]] consisted of 2.35%, [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] made up 1.34%, and [[Chinese language|Chinese]] as a [[mother tongue]] made up 0.59% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=38600&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Lake Park, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |accessdate=November 13, 2007}}</ref>

As of 2000, Lake Park had the sixth highest percentage of [[Haitians|Haitian]] residents in the US, with 14.50% of the populace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=November 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923063913/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also had the nineteenth highest percentage of [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] residents in the US, at 5.80% of the town's population (tied with the [[Carol City, Florida|Carol City]] section of [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]].)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=November 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153154/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>