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Notable locations in Clewiston: Carolina Golf Club (A), Sugar Square (B), Sugarland Plaza (C), Clewiston Volunteer Fire Department (D), Hendry County Emergency Medical Services Station 119 (E), Clewiston Police Department (F), Hendry County Sheriff's Office East District (G), Clewiston Public Library (H), Clewiston Museum (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Clewiston include: Saint Martins Episcopal Church (A), Saint Margarets Catholic Church (B), First Apostolic Church of Clewiston (C), Faith Lutheran Church (D), Community Presbyterian Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Clewiston: Sugarland Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attraction: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Big Cypress Indian).
Hotels: Best Western of Clewiston (621 East Sugarland Highway), Clewiston Inn (108 North Royal Palm Avenue), Bass & Sun Condominiums (500 South Francisco Street).
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Hendry County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 19.7. This is significantly better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 6.02. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 16.6 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Clewiston and their reported violations in the past:
SAUNDERS CAMP (Population served: 400, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Clewiston that have no violations reported:
- CITY OF CLEWISTON (Population served: 10728, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
- MARY LOU'S COUNTRY STORE (Population served: 950, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- MONTURA TRADING POST (Population served: 775, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- ORTONA LOCKS CAMPGROUND-SOUTH (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PURKY'S BBQ (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- ORTONA LOCKS CAMPGROUND-NORTH (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 19.1%
(7.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 52.9% for Black residents, 23.1% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 22.1% for American Indian residents, 21.2% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  3.0 people | | Florida: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 75.3% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
| This city: | 6.8% | | Whole state: | 5.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Clewiston, FL
89 people in nursing homes
5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Clewiston compared to Florida state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Clewiston (2011 data):
- First Bank: Berner Road Branch, Drive-In Facility, at 300 East Sugarland Highway. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $229.9 mil, Deposits: $203.6 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Agricultural Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Pioneer Bankcorp, Inc.
- Seacoast National Bank: Clewiston Banking Center Branch at 300 South Berner Road, branch established on 1974/05/09. Info updated 2006/10/25: Bank assets: $2,135.8 mil, Deposits: $1,726.5 mil, headquarters in Stuart, FL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 42 total offices, Holding Company: Capgen Capital Group Iii Lp
- CenterState Bank of Florida, National Association: Olde Cypress Community Bank Branch at 205 South W C Owen, branch established on 1927/01/01. Info updated 2012/01/30: Bank assets: $2,082.6 mil, Deposits: $1,779.8 mil, headquarters in Winter Haven, FL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 65 total offices, Holding Company: Centerstate Banks, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Clewiston, Florida:
- Clewiston Motel, 330 W Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Motel 27, 412 W Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Clewiston Inn Hotel, Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Porterhouse Motel West, 433 W Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Cane Court Motel, 335 W Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Porterhouse Motel East, 820 E Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Plaza Motel, 621 E Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL 33440
- Anglers Marina Motel, 910 Okeechobee Blvd, Clewiston, FL 33440 , Fax: (863) 983-4613
- 2 other hotels and motels
All 10 fire-safe hotels and motels in Clewiston, Florida
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- No fuel used (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Hendry County Florida:
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Religion statistics for Clewiston (based on Hendry County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 22.95%
| Here | | 23.0% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
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| Adherents | 35.6% | 15.9% | 12.7% | 11.0% | 9.8% |
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| Congregations | 27.5% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 10.0% | 12.5% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | Pentecostal Church of God | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Churches of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 3.8% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 6.6% |
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| Congregations | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 22.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 10 | Hendry County: | 2.55 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. | | Florida: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 17 | This county: | 4.33 / 10,000 pop. | | Florida: | 1.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 16 | Hendry County: | 4.08 / 10,000 pop. | | Florida: | 3.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 22 | This county: | 5.61 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.45 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Hendry County: | 8.2% | | Florida: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Hendry County: | 31.6% | | State: | 23.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
5 | $19,127 | $45,905 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $22,620 | $30,160 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
14 | $60,748 | $52,070 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
13 | $26,905 | $24,835 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 20 | $7,685 |
| Streets and Highways |
8 | $17,865 | $26,798 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
2 | $5,484 | $32,904 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
11 | $26,043 | $28,411 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
7 | $18,801 | $32,230 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
20 | $52,695 | $31,617 | 2 | $1,587 |
| Water Supply |
7 | $15,142 | $25,958 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
12 | $43,127 | $43,127 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
6 | $13,846 | $27,692 | 1 | $755 |
| Other and Unallocable |
10 | $35,431 | $42,517 | 1 | $930 |
| Totals for Government |
124 | $357,834 | $34,629 | 24 | $10,957 |
Clewiston government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,901,000 ($405.39)
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,006,000 ($140.58)
Parks & Recreation: $918,000 ($128.28)
All Other: $665,000 ($92.93)
- Construction - Electric Utilities: $916,000 ($128.00)
Solid Waste Management: $102,000 ($14.25)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $7,502,000 ($1048.35)
Water Utilities: $2,084,000 ($291.22)
Parks & Recreation: $1,694,000 ($236.72)
Police Protection: $1,339,000 ($187.12)
General - Other: $1,312,000 ($183.34)
Solid Waste Management: $834,000 ($116.55)
Regular Highways: $820,000 ($114.59)
Financial Administration: $583,000 ($81.47)
Libraries: $424,000 ($59.25)
Housing & Community Development: $371,000 ($51.84)
Fire Protection: $264,000 ($36.89)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $141,000 ($19.70)
Central Staff Services: $106,000 ($14.81)
Health Services - Other: $74,000 ($10.34)
- General - Interest on Debt: $234,000 ($32.70)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $3,895,000 ($544.30)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $3,565,000 ($498.18)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $330,000 ($46.12)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $486,000 ($67.92)
General Revenue, NEC: $143,000 ($19.98)
Rents: $25,000 ($3.49)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,873,000 ($820.71)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $9,057,000 ($1265.65)
Water Utilities: $2,516,000 ($351.59)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $664,000 ($92.79)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,374,000 ($192.01)
All Other: $112,000 ($15.65)
- Tax - Property: $711,000 ($99.36)
Public Utilities: $391,000 ($54.64)
Other Selective Sales: $338,000 ($47.23)
Motor Fuels Sales: $267,000 ($37.31)
NEC: $57,000 ($7.97)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,627,000 ($367.10)
9.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,164 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.20% | | Florida average: | 8.71% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,466 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.40% | | Florida average: | 7.73% |
0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($166 average AGI)| Hendry County: | 0.09% | | Florida average: | 0.12% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Clewiston:
- WAFC (590 AM; 5 kW; CLEWISTON, FL; Owner: GLADES MEDIA COMPANY)
- WJNA (640 AM; 38 kW; ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO, INC.)
- WFTL (850 AM; 50 kW; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL ENTERPRISES II, L.L.C.)
- WAQI (710 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #1)
- WWFE (670 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: FENIX BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WRFX (940 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WLVJ (1040 AM; 25 kW; BOYNTON BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL BOYNTON BEACH, INC.)
- WWNN (1470 AM; 50 kW; POMPANO BEACH, FL; Owner: WWNN LICENSE, LLC)
- WNMA (1210 AM; 49 kW; MIAMI SPRINGS, FL; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MIAMI LICENSE CORP.)
- WVCG (1080 AM; 50 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WQBA (1140 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WQBA-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WSUA (1260 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WSUA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRHC (1550 AM; 45 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: WRHC BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Clewiston:
- WJCB (88.5 FM; CLEWISTON, FL; Owner: BLACK MEDIA WORKS, INC.)
- WAFC-FM (99.5 FM; CLEWISTON, FL; Owner: GLADES MEDIA COMPANY)
- WRMF (97.9 FM; PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: PBB LICENSES, LLC)
- WBGF (93.5 FM; BELLE GLADE, FL; Owner: BGI BROADCASTING, L.P.)
- WWFR (91.7 FM; STUART, FL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WWGR (101.9 FM; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
- WRXK-FM (96.1 FM; BONITA SPRINGS, FL; Owner: WRXK LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WEAT-FM (104.3 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WINK-FM (96.9 FM; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: FORT MYERS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKGR (98.7 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WXEL (90.7 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: BARRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLDI (95.5 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WRQC (92.5 FM; ESTERO, FL; Owner: MERIDIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W213AF (90.5 FM; CLEWISTON, FL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Clewiston:
- WPBF (Channel 25; TEQUESTA, FL; Owner: WPBF-TV COMPANY)
- WPTV (Channel 5; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTVX (Channel 34; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: C-34 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- WINK-TV (Channel 11; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: FORT MYERS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFLX (Channel 29; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
- WXEL-TV (Channel 42; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: BARRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFGC (Channel 61; PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC.)
- WZVN-TV (Channel 26; NAPLES, FL; Owner: MONTCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBBH-TV (Channel 20; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: WATERMAN BROADCASTING CORP. OF FLORIDA)
- WTVK (Channel 46; NAPLES, FL; Owner: ACME TELEVISION LICENSES OF FLORIDA, LLC)
- WFTX (Channel 36; CAPE CORAL, FL; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Clewiston, Florida:
- Fatal accident count: 34
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 46
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 21
- Fatalities: 39
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 114
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 5
Florida average:
- Fatal accident count: 155
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 237
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 50
- Fatalities: 168
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 414
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 27
See more detailed statistics of Clewiston fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 19 meters (62ft)
Total average daily traffic: 39,328
Total average daily truck traffic: 7,442
Total future (year 2030) average daily traffic: 68,162
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Businesses in Clewiston, FL |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | | KFC | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Popeyes | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | True Value | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | UPS | 2 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (population 5,000+)"
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (population 5,000+)"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (population 5,000+)"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Food (population 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest ratio of murders to rapes between 2001 and 2006 (population 5,000+)"
- #35 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (population 5,000+)"
- #35 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (population 5,000+)"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of murders in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"
- #43 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most fire safe hotels and motels per 100,000 population (pop 5,000+)"
- #85 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms (population 5,000+)"
- #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
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