Editing Buckingham, Florida

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'''Buckingham''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lee County, Florida]], United States. The population was 4,443 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Buckingham_CDP,_Florida?g=1600000US1209350 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from 4,036 at the 2010 census. It is part of the [[Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

Historic [[Buckingham School (Buckingham, Florida)|Buckingham School]] is located there.

==Geography==
Buckingham is located in northeastern Lee County at {{coord|26|40|N|81|44|W|type:city}} (26.6592, -81.7343).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the southwest by [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], the [[county seat]], and to the south and east by unincorporated [[Lehigh Acres, Florida|Lehigh Acres]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Buckingham CDP has a total area of {{convert|47.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|47.2|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.6|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 1.36%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_12.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Florida| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 3742
| 2010 = 4036
| 2020 = 4443
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,742 people, 1,283 households, and 1,008 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|197.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,360 housing units at an average density of {{convert|71.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.86% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.68% of the population.

There were 1,283 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,068, and the median income for a family was $55,719. Males had a median income of $33,176 versus $25,676 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,103.  About 6.4% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
[[John Ashley (bandit)|John Ashley]]- [[outlaw]] and occasional [[pirate]] active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==References==
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{{Lee County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lee County, Florida]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Florida]]