Editing Whiskey Creek, Florida

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'''Whiskey Creek''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lee County, Florida]], United States. The population was 4,842 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Whiskey_Creek_CDP,_Florida?g=1600000US1277137 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from 4,655 at the 2010 census. It is part of the [[Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Whiskey Creek is located in central Lee County at {{coord|26|34|39|N|81|53|23|W|type:city}} (26.577502, -81.889836).<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 north by the city of [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]], the Lee [[county seat]]. To the west it is bordered by the [[Caloosahatchee River]] and by a small tributary, Whiskey Creek, for which the community is named. To the west across Whiskey Creek is the CDP of [[McGregor, Florida|McGregor]], while to the south is [[Cypress Lake, Florida|Cypress Lake]] and to the east are [[Villas, Florida|Villas]], [[Pine Manor, Florida|Pine Manor]], and a southern extension of Fort Myers.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Whiskey Creek CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|4.0|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 4.50%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), Whiskey Creek CDP, Florida |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US1277137 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213151712/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US1277137 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=December 5, 2019 |website=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 4806
| 2010 = 4655
| 2020 = 4842
| 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 4,806 people, 2,199 households, and 1,517 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|3,002.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,374 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,482.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.96% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.71% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.23% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.29% of the population.

There were 2,199 households, out of which 19.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.0% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 19.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 33.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $52,068, and the median income for a family was $60,383. Males had a median income of $40,911 versus $30,094 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $29,304.  About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

==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]]