Gun Club Estates is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the

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. The population was 816 at the 2020 US census.

History

The CDP and Gun Club Road are both named after the Palm Beach Gun Club, a skeet and target

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that originally opened in the town of Palm Beach in 1911 and remained there until relocating to the modern-day Gun Club Estates area prior to the

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. A biography on Arthur Jackson dating to approximately 1952 notes that during the war, military personnel stationed at PBI (then known as the Palm Beach Air Force Base) used the gun ranges for training. By the mid-1950s, however, the owners of the club relocated it to just north of the intersection of

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and Lake Worth Road (State Road 802) as homes for Gun Club Estates were being constructed.

Geography

Gun Club Estates is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 0.3 km (0.1 mi²), all land. The CDP is located in an unincorporated area near the southwest corner of the

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(PBI) and is bounded by West Palm Beach Canal on the north, Kirk Road on the east, Gun Club Road on the south, and Military Trail (State Road 809) on the west.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 816 people, 342 households, and 134 families residing in the CDP.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 776 people, 275 households, and 227 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

At the 2000

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, there were 711 people, 250 households and 182 families living in the CDP. The

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was 2,287.7/km (6,010.7/mi²). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 862.3/km (2,265.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.34%

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(55.8% were

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), 2.25%

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, 0.14%

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, 0.14% Asian, 3.52% from

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, and 6.61% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 39.80% of the population. In 2000, there were 250 households, of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were

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living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.09. In 2000, 26.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males. In 2000, the

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was $33,380, and the median family income was $28,375. Males had a median income of $19,943 compared with $21,372 for females. The

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for the CDP was $12,560. None of the families and 3.7% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64. As of 2000,

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was the

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for 53.50% of all residents, while

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was the

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for 46.49% of the population.

References

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