Editing Silver Springs Shores, Florida

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'''Silver Springs Shores''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]], [[Florida]], United States. The population was 24,846 at the 2020 census, up from 6,539 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is part of the [[Ocala, Florida]] [[Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

The community, often called “The Shores" by locals, serves primarily as a [[bedroom community]] for Ocala. It is the largest community in southeastern Marion County.

==Geography==
Silver Springs Shores is located at {{coord|29|6|5|N|82|0|45|W|type:city}} (29.101279, -82.012439).<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 {{convert|10|mi|0}} southeast of the center of Ocala, the [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|15.1|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|14.9|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|1}}, or 1.42%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1980= 3983
|1990= 6421
|2000= 6554
|2010= 6539
|2020= 24846
|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" /> of 2000, there were 6,690 people, 2,846 households, and 1,886 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|1,401.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 3,372 housing units at an average density of {{convert|706.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 63.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 28.45% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.35% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 12.08% of the population.

There were 2,846 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 29.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,493, and the median income for a family was $30,723. Males had a median income of $24,798 versus $18,279 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,884.  About 8.9% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Schools==
Most elementary-level students are served by Greenway Elementary and Emerald Shores Elementary schools; most middle school students attend [[Lake Weir Middle School]], with the exception of the far western part of the community attending [[Fort King Middle School]] in [[Ocala]]. Most high school students attend [[Lake Weir High School]] which is located on Oak Road, with the remainder of the students in the far western part of the community attending [[Forest High School (Florida)|Forest High School]]

==References==
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{{Marion County, Florida}}

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