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Population (year 2000): 4,491
Males: 2,138  (47.6%)
Females: 2,353  (52.4%)

Manatee County

Median resident age:  62.5 years
Florida median age:  38.7 years

Zip codes: 34215.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,000 (it was $36,577 in 2000)
Cortez  $42,000
Florida:  $42,433

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $238,300 (it was $135,900 in 2000)
Cortez  $238,300
Florida:  $189,500

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Races in Cortez:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (22.4%), English (16.5%), Irish (14.5%), United States (9.2%), Italian (5.8%), French (4.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 4 feet

Land area: 2.19 square miles.

Population density: 2048 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Cortez

  • High school or higher: 84.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.3%
  • Unemployed: 4.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cortez CDP

  • Never married: 8.2%
  • Now married: 65.8%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 13.9%
  • Divorced: 10.1%

287 residents are foreign born (3.8% Europe, 1.8% Latin America).

This place:  6.4%
Florida:  16.7%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Cortez, Florida in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Cortez to the number of sex offenders is 4491 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is a lot smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cortez:  1.1% ($1,453)
Florida:  1.2% ($1,262)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Sarasota, FL (12.9 miles , pop. 52,715).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Petersburg, FL (22.0 miles , pop. 248,232).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (887.7 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Bradenton Beach, FL (1.9 miles ), Holmes Beach, FL (4.4 miles ), West Bradenton, FL (4.8 miles ), Longboat Key, FL (5.0 miles ), Anna Maria, FL (6.3 miles ), South Bradenton, FL (6.5 miles ), Bradenton, FL (6.7 miles ), Bayshore Gardens, FL (6.9 miles ).

Latitude: 27.46 N, Longitude: 82.67 W


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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (19%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (13%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)


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Cortez-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Florida state average. It is 72% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/15/1958, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.7 miles away from the Cortez place center injured 7 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 10/31/1958, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.4 miles away from the place center injured 4 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Cortez:
  • BLAKE MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; BRADENTON, FL)
  • MANATEE GLEN HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BRADENTON, FL)
  • MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BRADENTON, FL)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cortez:
  • SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (about 11 miles; SARASOTA/BRADENTON, FL; ID: SRQ)
  • MAC DILL AFB (about 28 miles; TAMPA, FL; ID: MCF)
  • ST PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTL (about 30 miles; ST PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL; ID: PIE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cortez:
  • AIRPORT MANATEE (about 16 miles; PALMETTO, FL; ID: 48X)
  • ALBERT WHITTED (about 21 miles; ST PETERSBURG, FL; ID: SPG)
  • VENICE MUNI (about 32 miles; VENICE, FL; ID: VNC)

Amtrak station near Cortez:
  • 15 miles: BRADENTON (I-75 & RTE. 64) - Bus Station. Services: public payphones, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cortez:
  • MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; BRADENTON, FL; Full-time enrollment: 4,539)
  • HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 9,630)
  • UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA (about 36 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 2,963)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (about 45 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 26,221)
  • PASCO-HERNANDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles; NEW PORT RICHEY, FL; FT enrollment: 2,868)
  • TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 65 miles; LAKELAND, FL; FT enrollment: 2,057)
  • SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; ST LEO, FL; FT enrollment: 6,597)

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Church in Cortez: Andrews Christian Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creek: Palma Sola Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Court: Manatee County - Clerk Of Circuit Court- Courthouse- Cortez Schoolhouse Mu (4523 123rd Street Court West).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Cortez and their reported violations in the past:

KATIE'S KORNER (Address: (1233 IS BUS. PHONE-1044 IS CELL PHONE), Population served: 30, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Cortez that have no violations reported:
  • GRAND COUNTRY (Serves MI, Population served: 130, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This place:  1.9 people
Florida:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  61.9%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.1%
Whole state:  5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  9.4%
Whole state:  12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.4%
Whole state:  5.7%

Cortez compared to Florida state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.


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9.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($63,022 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.82%
Florida average:  8.71%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($492 average AGI)
Manatee County:  0.10%
Florida average:  0.22%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Sarasota County, FL  2.15% ($57,312 average AGI)
from Pinellas County, FL  0.46% ($55,954)
from Hillsborough County, FL  0.45% ($47,845)


8.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,813 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.11%
Florida average:  7.73%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($214 average AGI)
Manatee County:  0.07%
Florida average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Sarasota County, FL  1.61% ($46,094 average AGI)
to Hillsborough County, FL  0.75% ($46,801)
to Pinellas County, FL  0.33% ($50,761)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cortez:
  • WMGG (820 AM; 50 kW; LARGO, FL; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG LICENSEE)
  • WBRD (1420 AM; 3 kW; PALMETTO, FL; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WQYK (1010 AM; 50 kW; SEFFNER, FL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF TAMPA)
  • WFLA (970 AM; 25 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WHNZ (1250 AM; 25 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WWPR (1490 AM; 1 kW; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: GREENROSE BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC)
  • WLSS (930 AM; 5 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: WGUL-FM, INC.)
  • WTIS (1110 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: WTIS-AM, INC.)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WIBQ (1220 AM; 5 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: NOVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRXB (1590 AM; 5 kW; ST. PETERSBURG BEACH, FL; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP OF FLORIDA, INC.)
  • WDAE (620 AM; 5 kW; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQTM (740 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cortez:
  • WCTQ (106.5 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WHPT (102.5 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WPOI (101.5 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WRBQ-FM (104.7 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWRM (94.9 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WLLD (98.7 FM; HOLMES BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WFLZ-FM (93.3 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WMTX (100.7 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WQYK-FM (99.5 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA)
  • WTBT (103.5 FM; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WSJT (94.1 FM; LAKELAND, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WSRZ-FM (107.9 FM; CORAL COVE, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WXTB (97.9 FM; CLEARWATER, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WBVM (90.5 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE/ST. PETERSBURG)
  • WUSF (89.7 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF S. FLORIDA)
  • WSSR (95.7 FM; CLEARWATER, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKZM (104.3 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • WBBY (107.3 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WYUU (92.5 FM; SAFETY HARBOR, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WFTI-FM (91.7 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Cortez:
  • WSVT-LP (Channel 18; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WEDU (Channel 3; TAMPA, FL; Owner: FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WVEA-TV (Channel 62; VENICE, FL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WWSB (Channel 40; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCAST CORPORATION OF SARASOTA)
  • WXPX (Channel 66; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATION LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WTOG (Channel 44; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.)
  • WFLA-TV (Channel 8; TAMPA, FL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WFTS-TV (Channel 28; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TAMPA BAY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W34AW (Channel 34; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WUSF-TV (Channel 16; TAMPA, FL; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)
  • WTTA (Channel 38; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: BAY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WFTT (Channel 50; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TELEFUTURA TAMPA LLC)
  • WTVT (Channel 13; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TVT LICENSE, INC.)
  • WCLF (Channel 22; CLEARWATER, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION CORPORATION, INC.)
  • W48CN (Channel 48; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W61AI (Channel 61; ROCK HARBOR, FL; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WTAM-LP (Channel 6; TAMPA, FL; Owner: U.S. INTERACTIVE, L.L.C.)
  • WTSP (Channel 10; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
  • W33CC (Channel 33; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WSPF-CA (Channel 35; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG)
  • WARP-CA (Channel 20; TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: SUNSHINE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WXAX-LP (Channel 26; CLEARWATER, FL; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • W56CN (Channel 56; VENICE, FL; Owner: WMOR-TV COMPANY)

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