South Beach is a

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(CDP) on

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Indian River County Indian River County ( es, Condado de Río Indio, link=) is a county located in the Treasure Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159,788. Its seat is Vero Beach. It is Florida's 7th richest county ...

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, United States. The population was 3,501 at the 2010 census. It is ranked tenth in

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as of 2010. South Beach is part of the Sebastian–

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Geography

South Beach is located in southeastern Indian River County at , on Orchid Island. It is bounded on the east by the

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, on the south by the border between Indian River and St Lucie counties, on the west by the Indian River Lagoon, and on the north by the

city limits. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 60.31%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,457 people, 1,610 households, and 1,220 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,066 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.15%

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, 0.58%

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, 0.09% Native American, 1.01%

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, 0.06% from

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, and 0.12% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.36% of the population. There were 1,610 households, out of which 15.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.7% were

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living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.45. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.7% under the age of 18, 1.4% from 18 to 24, 11.3% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 43.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 61 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $108,702, and the median income for a family was $126,755. Males had a median income of $89,395 versus $26,607 for females. The

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for the CDP was $90,938. About 1.4% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the

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, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Indian River County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean