Editing Lake Placid, Florida (section)

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Lake Placid racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lake Placid town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Placid+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lake Placid town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Placid+town;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|991
|1,108
|44.58%
|46.95%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|150
|174
|6.75%
|7.37%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|9
|5
|0.40%
|0.21%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|21
|27
|0.94%
|1.14%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|2
|0
|0.09%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|0
|6
|0.00%
|0.25%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|26
|55
|1.17%
|2.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,024
|985
|46.06%
|41.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,223'''
|'''2,360'''
|
|
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,360 people, 764 households, and 494 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Lake Placid town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Placid+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

According to the [[American Community Survey]], in 2016, 58.3% of households were family households &ndash; with one or more people related to the householder or related to one of a same-sex couple by birth, marriage or adoption; and 41.7% were non-family households &ndash; including same-sex couples with no other relatives. Family households included 29.0% with their own children under 18 years, 37.0% were a husband-wife family, 6.4% were a male householder with no wife present, 14.9% were a female householder with no husband present. Non-family households consisted of 12.2% males living alone &ndash; 5.8% 65 years and older &ndash; and 19.7% females living alone &ndash; 19.7% 65 years and older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.21. The median age of the population was 34.4 years.

From the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], the population was spread out, with 10% under 5 years old, 15.3% from 5 to 14, 45.2% from 15 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older (significant margins of error causes total to exceed 100%). The sex ratio was 106.3 males per 100 females. The educational attainment of the population who were a high school graduate or higher was 59.2%, while 12.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate of the population 25 years and older was 61.0% if less than a high school graduate, 52.2% if a high school graduate, 26.8% with some college, and 13.4% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The median earnings of the population 25 years and over during the past 12 months was $14,938, consisting of $10,625 if less than a high school graduate, $15,187 if a high school graduate, $18,988 with some college, and $147,961 with a bachelor's degree. The per capita income was $17,318. 54.7% of all people had incomes below the poverty level. All figures from the survey had significant margins of error.

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 2,223 people, 833 households, and 575 families residing in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Lake Placid town, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lake+Placid+town;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>