Country Club is a suburban

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located in northwest

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, United States. It is located in the

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. The CDP is named after the Country Club of Miami, which was established in 1961 in what was then an unpopulated and undeveloped section of the county. The population was 49,967 at the 2020 census, up from 3,408 in 1990.

Geography

Country Club is located northwest of

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at (25.939110, -80.311162). Its northern border is the

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line. It is bordered by the town of Miami Lakes to the south, unincorporated Palm Springs North to the west, and the city of Miramar to the north. Florida State Road 826, the Palmetto Expressway, runs along the southern edge of the community, leading east to

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and

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, and south to U.S. Route 1 at Pinecrest. According to the

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, the Country Club CDP has an approximate area of . of it are land and of it (6.60%) are water.

Demographics

2010 and 2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 49,967 people, 16,710 households, and 12,228 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 47,105 people, 13,971 households, and 10,352 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 36,310 people, 12,917 households, and 9,338 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 13,782 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 63.54%

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(15.5% were

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), 22.01%

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, 0.23% Native American, 2.21% Asian, 0.06%

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, 7.25% from other races, and 4.70% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 60.32% of the population. There were 12,917 households, out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.23. In the region the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the region was $56,272, and the median income for a family was $56,353. Males had a median income of $31,018 versus $24,901 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,999. About 10.9% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the

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, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a

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accounted for 64.02% of residents, while English made up 30.74%, French Creole was at 2.20%, French was at 0.92%, and

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at 0.53% of the population.

Education

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serves Country Club. * American Senior High School * Country Club Middle School *Joella C. Good Elementary School In 2009 sections of Country Club were rezoned to Barbara Goleman High School in Miami Lakes.

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(K-12) is in Country Club.Country Club CDP
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. Retrieved on September 11, 2011.

Parks and recreation

*Country Village Park *Country Club Villas Park *Willis D. Harding Park *North Pointe Community Center

References

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