Country Club is a

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and a suburban

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located in northwest

Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...

, United States. It 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 State Road 826 (SR 826) is a bypass route around the greater Miami area, traveling approximately in a northeasterly arc from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Pinecrest to its terminus at State Road A1A in Sunny Isles Beach. Between its southern terminu ...

, the Palmetto Expressway, runs along the southern edge of the community, leading east to Florida's Turnpike and Interstate 95, and south to

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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

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 49,967 people, 16,710 households, and 12,228 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 Non-Hispanic White,) 22.01%

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

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, 7.25% from

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, 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

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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

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and, , the fourth la ...

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.

Dade Christian School Dade Christian School is a private Christian school that enrolls kindergarten through 12th grade students in Miami, Florida. DCS was founded as a segregation academy in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Miami-Dade public schools. It ...

(K-12) is in Country Club.Country Club CDP
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Parks and recreation

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

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida Census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida 1961 establishments in Florida Populated places established in 1961