The Hammocks is an

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Miami-Dade County 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 ...

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. The population was 51,003 at the 2010 census.

Name origin

The name of the CDP originates from a

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called, "The Hammocks". The area of the planned community is smaller than the CDP, encompassing the area west of SW 137th Ave, south of SW 88th St, east of SW 177 Ave, and north of SW 120th St.

Geography

The Hammocks is located at (25.670601, -80.436006); or about 6 miles west of Kendall. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (2.12%) is water.

Government and infrastructure

The

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operates the Hammocks District Station in The Hammocks.The Hammocks CDP, Florida
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. Retrieved on January 9, 2010.

Education

Public education in The Hammocks is serviced by the

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system. Elementary schools *Claude Pepper Elementary School *Gilbert L. Porter Elementary School *Oliver Hoover Elementary School *Christina M. Eve Elementary School Middle school *Hammocks Middle School High school *

Felix Varela High School Felix Varela Senior High School is a public high school located at 15255 SW 96th St. in The Hammocks, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Past principals include Millie Fornell (2000–2005) and Connie Navarro (2005–201 ...

Private school *

Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School is a private high school in The Hammocks, Dade County, Florida, United States, that was opened in 1998. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, it is accredited through the Southern Associat ...

*Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School - Established in 1997.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 59,480 people, 19,617 households, and 16,685 families residing in the CDP.

2010 census

As of 2010, there were 17,565 households, with 6.7% being vacant. As of 2000, there were 15,203 households, out of which 46.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were

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living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 3.47.

2000 census

In 2000, the CDP the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 36.2% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $50,909, and the median income for a family was $54,444. Males had a median income of $35,159 versus $30,178 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,962. About 7.0% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the

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, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of

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as a

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accounted for 71.34% of residents, while

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made up 22.82%,

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was at 1.21%, French Creole at 0.94%,

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0.83%, and

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was 0.54% of the population.

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made up 0.49% of the population. As of 2000, The Hammocks had the third-highest percentage of

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n residents in the US, with 10.02% of the populace. It had the twenty-eighth-highest percentage of

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n residents in the US, at 17.59% of the population, the fifth-highest percentage of

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vians in the US, at 3.36%, and the third-highest percentage of

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n residents in the US, at 3.14% of its population (tied with

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). It also had the thirteenth-most

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ns in the US, at 2.88%, while it had the fifty-fifth-highest percentage of Dominicans, at 2.46% of all residents, while the

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ian community had the fifty-fifth-highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.10% of the population. Alienware headquarters

References

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