South Brooksville is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Hernando County
Hernando County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill.
Hernando County is incl ...
,
Florida
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, United States. The population was 4,007 at the 2010 census.
It is a suburb included in the
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
South Brooksville is in the east-central part of Hernando County, located at (28.543005, -82.394738).
It borders the city of
Brooksville to the southwest, south, and southeast. It is in turn bordered to the south and west by unincorporated
Spring Hill, and to the west by
Wiscon
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.
U.S. Route 41
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crosses the central portion of the CDP, leading north into Brooksville and south to
Masaryktown.
Florida State Road 50
State Road 50 (SR 50) runs across the center of the U.S. state of Florida through Orlando, Florida, Orlando, with its termini at State Road 55 (Florida), SR 55 (U.S. Highway 19 (Florida), US 19) at Weeki Wachee, Florida, Weeki Wachee and State Ro ...
crosses the northern portions of the CDP, leading east to
Ridge Manor and west to
Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee is an unincorporated community and former city located in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community has a total population of 16. The Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs park are ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the South Brooksville CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.67%, are water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,376 people, 559 households, and 386 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 636 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 58.72%
White
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, 37.35%
African American
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, 0.15%
Native American, 0.44%
Asian
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, 1.16% from
other races
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, and 2.18% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 4.36% of the population.
There were 559 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were
married couples living together, 20.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,073, and the median income for a family was $25,956. Males had a median income of $27,292 versus $20,938 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $15,758. About 11.5% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
See also
*
South Brooksville Avenue Historic District
References
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Census-designated places in Hernando County, Florida
Census-designated places in Florida