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{{About||the 2019 documentary film|Pahokee (film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Pahokee, Florida | official_name = City of Pahokee | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = Muck City (shared with nearby [[Belle Glade, Florida]]) | settlement_type = [[City (Florida)|City]] | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Pahokee Florida Aerial - February 2016.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Pahokee, Florida.png | flag_size = | image_seal = Coat of Arms of Pahokee.png | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Palm_Beach_County_Florida_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Pahokee_Highlighted.svg | mapsize = 250x200px | map_caption = Location in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] and the state of [[Florida]] | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Florida|County]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Florida}} | subdivision_name2 = [[File:Flag_of_Palm_Beach_County,_Florida.png|24px]] [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = [[Council-manager government|Commission-Manager]] | leader_title = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]] | leader_name = Keith W. Babb, Jr. ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{cite web|title=February 2016 Voter Guide|url=http://lwvpbc.org/download/the_voter_2016/February-2016-Voter.pdf#page=6|website=[[League of Women Voters]] of Palm Beach County|access-date=12 April 2016|date=February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420214252/http://lwvpbc.org/download/the_voter_2016/February-2016-Voter.pdf#page=6|archive-date=20 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Keith W. Babb Jr., Mayor |url=http://cityofpahokee.com/Pages/PahokeeFL_Commission/mayor |website=City of Pahokee, Fl |access-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420204122/http://cityofpahokee.com/Pages/PahokeeFL_Commission/mayor |archive-date=20 April 2016 }}</ref> | leader_title1 = [[Vice Mayor]] | leader_name1 = Clara "Tasha" Murvin | leader_title2 = [[City Council|Commissioners]] | leader_name2 = Derrick Boldin,<br/> Juan Gonzalez, and<br/> Sara Perez | leader_title3 = [[City Manager]] | leader_name3 = Rodney D. Lucas | leader_title4 = [[City Clerk]] | leader_name4 = Tijauna L. Warner | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date3 = 1922<ref name=PahInc>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7D|access-date=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209071406/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 13.77 | area_land_km2 = 13.77 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 5.32 | area_land_sq_mi = 5.32 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 5524 | population_density_km2 = 401.28 | population_density_sq_mi = 1039.32 | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | coordinates = {{coord|26|49|29|N|80|39|35|W|region:US-FL|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 13 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | postal_code = 33476 | area_code = [[Area code 561|561]], [[Area codes 561 and 728|728]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 12-53800<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=2021-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 0288376<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|288376}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://cityofpahokee.com/Pages/index}} | footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = }} [[Image:Pahokee.JPG|thumb|255px|[[Roystonea|Royal Palms]] line the main thoroughfare through downtown Pahokee.]] '''Pahokee''' is a city located on the shore of [[Lake Okeechobee]] in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]], United States. It is part of the [[Miami metropolitan area]] of [[South Florida]]. The population was 5,524 in the 2020 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/pahokeecityflorida|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Pahokee city, Florida|website=www.census.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401233340/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/pahokeecityflorida|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the 2020 U.S. Census, 57% of the residents of Pahokee were African American and 33% were Hispanic or Latino.<ref name=2020census>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1253800&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2022-02-11|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> In 2018, the Mayor, Kenneth W. Babb, as well as the four members of the City Commission were all African American.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofpahokee.com/Pages/PahokeeFL_Commission/index |access-date=February 4, 2018 |title=City Commission |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203221129/http://www.cityofpahokee.com/Pages/PahokeeFL_Commission/index |url-status=live }}</ref>
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