Editing Lantana, Florida (section)

===2000 census===

In 2000, the age distribution included 6.1% under 5, 21.4% under 18, and 13.8% were 65 years or older. The median income for a household in the town was $41,624. About 17.4% of the population was below the [[poverty line]].

As of 2000, [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]] accounted for 73.24% of all residents, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was found to be the first language of 13.95%, [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]] made up 6.82%, and [[Finnish language|Finnish]] was the [[mother tongue]] of 5.01% of the population (the [[Finntown|highest percentage]] in Florida). Also, [[French language|French]] was spoken by 0.62% of residents and [[German language|German]] was spoken by 0.34% of the populace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=39375&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Lantana, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=November 21, 2007}}</ref>

As of 2000, Lantana had the 111th-highest percentage of [[Finnish American|Finns]] in the US, which accounted for 5.4% of all residents (tied with two US areas in [[Michigan]]),
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Finnish.html |title=Ancestry Map of Finnish Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107090554/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Finnish.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [[Haitian American|Haitians]] had the thirty-fifth highest percentage, with 5.20% of the population.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 21, 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>
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