Editing Vero Beach South, Florida

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'''Vero Beach South''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Indian River County, Florida|Indian River County]], [[Florida]], United States. The population was 23,092 at the 2010 census. It is part of the [[Sebastian, Florida|Sebastian]]&ndash;[[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]] [[Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Vero Beach South is located at {{coord|27.619697|-80.411622|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], this unincorporated area in Indian River County has a total area of 10.9&nbsp;square miles (28.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 10.3&nbsp;square miles (26.8&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.6&nbsp;square mile (1.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (5.23%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 20362
|2010= 23092
|2020= 28020
|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 20,362 people, 8,649 households, and 5,881 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|1,969.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 9,505 housing units at an average density of {{convert|919.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.18% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.94% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.79% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.40% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.37% of the population.

There were 8,649 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% 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 2.81.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,569, and the median income for a family was $46,664. Males had a median income of $32,079 versus $24,506 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $21,604.  About 4.6% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Indian River County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Indian River County, Florida]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Florida]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida]]