Union Park is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 10,452 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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–

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. The ZIP codes for Union Park are 32817 and 32825. The community is southwest of the

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Geography

Union Park is located at (28.565461, -81.237144). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 7.8 km (3.0 mi²), of which 7.7 km (3.0 mi²) is land and 0.1 km (0.04 mi²) (0.99%) is water. The elevation is above

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. The boundaries of Union Park are North Dean Road to the west, the

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to the west and north, J Blanchard Trail to the north, Rouse Road to the east, and Bloomfield Drive to the south.U.S. Census Bureau block maps, Orange County, Florida; January 2011

Schooling

Union Park has four schools: one elementary, one middle, one charter and one high school.

Public Schools

* Union Park Elementary School * Lawton Chiles Elementary School * Union Park Middle School * University High School

Independent Schools

* Renaissance Charter School

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 10,191 people, 3,644 households, and 2,507 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 1,316.0/km (3,411.5/mi²). There were 3,791 housing units at an average density of 489.5/km (1,269.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.16%

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, 4.94%

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, 0.32% Native American, 3.45%

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, 0.06%

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, 9.43% from

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, and 3.64% from two or more races.

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of any race were 26.07% of the population. The ancestral population are German (12.3%), Irish (10.5%), English (8.1%), United States (6.8%), Italian (6.6%) and Polish (3.2%). 10.2% of the community's population is foreign born (6.4%

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, 1.8%

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). There were 3,644 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were

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living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.19. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,174, and the median income for a family was $45,191. Males had a median income of $31,982 versus $23,384 for females. The

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for the CDP was $19,087. About 7.9% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the

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, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.

Population history

Neighboring communities

The nearest communities are Azalea Park (4 miles southwest),

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(5 miles northwest),

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(8 miles north), Winter Park (8.5 miles northwest), Conway (8 miles southwest), and

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(8 miles east). Downtown

is 9 miles to the west.

References

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