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Atlantic Beach is a city in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the
majority of communities in Duval County consolidated with Jacksonville, Florida
in 1968, Atlantic Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and
Baldwin, Florida, remained quasi-independent. Like the other towns, it maintains
its own municipal government but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral
election and have representation on the Jacksonville city council. The
population was 13,368 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates
of 2005, the city had a population of 13,436.
Atlantic Beach took off around 1900 after Henry Flagler built the Mayport stop
of his East Coast Railway to the north of the town. The Atlantic Beach
Corporation bought and developed most of the land in what is now Atlantic Beach
in 1915, and the town was incorporated in 1926. Atlantic Beach is part of
the Jacksonville Beaches community.
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,368 people, 5,623 households, and 3,643
families residing in the city. The population density was 1,383.8/km
(3,584.3/mi). There were 6,003 housing units at an average density of 621.4/km
(1,609.5/mi). The racial makeup of the city was 82.23% White, 12.69% African
American, 0.26% Native American, 2.09% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.12% from
other races, and 1.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race
were 4.18% of the population.
There were 5,623 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 26.5% of all
households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average
family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 7.0%
from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there
were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $48,353, and the median income
for a family was $53,854. Males had a median income of $37,438 versus $27,321
for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,618. About 5.7% of
families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3%
of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.