Editing Tangelo Park, Florida

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'''Tangelo Park''' is a [[census-designated place]] and an unincorporated area in [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]], [[Florida]], United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Tangelo Park CDP, Florida| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> It is part of the [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]&ndash;[[Kissimmee, Florida|Kissimmee]] [[Greater Orlando|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].
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==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 0.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} (0.3&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>), all land.

The neighborhood is built on land formerly used for [[orange (fruit)|orange groves]] and named after the [[tangelo]], a particular hybrid of [[citrus]] that mixed [[tangerine]]s and [[pomelo]]s. Originally built as housing for workers at the nearby missile testing grounds, it has become an isolated residential area surrounded by [[big-box store]]s and [[tourist trap]]s on [[International Drive]], as well as [[office park]]s and [[resort]]s to the east.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 2430
|2010= 2231
|2020= 2459
|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>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Tangelo Park, 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 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Tangelo Park CDP, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1271075|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Tangelo Park CDP, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1271075&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|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) – Tangelo Park CDP, Florida |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1271075&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|167
|118
|style='background: #ffffe6; |116
|6.87%
|5.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.72%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,149
|1,839
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,686
|88.44%
|82.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.56%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.12%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30
|0.21%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.22%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.08%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.00%
|0.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.06%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|40
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54
|1.65%
|1.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.20%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|64
|217
|style='background: #ffffe6; |546
|2.63%
|9.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22.20%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,430'''
|'''2,231'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,459'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,430 people, 747 households, and 595 families residing in the CDP.  The [[population density]] was 2,759.5/km{{sup|2}} (7,115.0/mi<sup>2</sup>).  There were 784 housing units at an average density of 890.3/km{{sup|2}} (2,295.5/mi<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the CDP was 7.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 89.05% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.98% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.63% of the population.

There were 747 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 30.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 15.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.25 and the average family size was 3.58.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,568, and the median income for a family was $33,710. Males had a median income of $22,379 versus $20,027 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $11,744.  About 11.3% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Tangelo Park is served by [[Orange County Public Schools]]. Education is provided through Tangelo Park Elementary School, Southwest Middle School, and Doctor Phillips High School.

In 1993, [[Harris Rosen]] "adopted" Tangelo Park, offering free preschool for children in the community and funding university and college educations for high school graduates from Tangelo Park. By 2013, he had donated about $10 million to the community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://now.msn.com/harris-rosen-offers-10-million-dollars-to-tangelo-park-florida|title=Harris Rosen offers 10 million dollars to Tangelo Park, Florida|date=April 18, 2013|publisher=[[MSN]]|access-date=November 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419164912/http://now.msn.com/harris-rosen-offers-10-million-dollars-to-tangelo-park-florida|archive-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Speaking in 2015, the sheriff of Orange County described Tangelo Park as "a changed neighborhood", with a significant reduction in violent crime.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Alvarez |first1=Lizette |title=One Man's Millions Turn a Community in Florida Around |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/us/tangelo-park-orlando-florida.html |access-date=10 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Rosen recalled his first visit to an elementary school class in Tangelo Park at the start of the project, where only two or three children expressed a desire to go on to college, to which Rosen said "That has to change." When he returned and asked the same question a year later, "every hand went up".<ref name="nyt"/>

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