Century Village, Florida

There are four "Century Villages" in south Florida, built by the same developer: West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton (Palm Beach County), Deerfield Beach (Broward County), and Pembroke Pines (Broward County). This article deals only with the West Palm Beach Century Village, the only one designed a census-designated place (CDP). All of them are gated retirement communities, whose residents must be 55 or over.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 7,616 people, 7,854 households, and 1,777 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,940.6/km² (7,588.1/mi²). There were 7,854 housing units at an average density of 3,379.9/km² (8,721.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.41% White (95.6% were Non-Hispanic White,) 0.43% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.99% of the population.