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Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had a 2006 population of 496,575. Daytona Beach is a principal city in the Fun Coast region of the state of Florida.

The city is historically known as having a beach where the hard packed sand allows motorized vehicles to drive on the beach in restricted areas. This hard packed sand made Daytona Beach a mecca for motorsports, with the old Daytona Beach Road Course having hosted races for over 50 years. This course was replaced in 1959 by the Daytona International Speedway. The city is also the headquarters for NASCAR and the Grand American Road Racing Association.

Daytona Beach is a year-round family-friendly resort area, but could also accurately be called a seasonal town, with large groups of out-of-towners descending upon the city for various events, most notably Speedweeks in early February when over 200,000 NASCAR fans come to attend the season-opening Daytona 500. Other events include the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 race in July, Bike Week in early March, Biketoberfest in late October, and the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in January. In the past Daytona Beach catered to spring breakers, but in recent years most of the vacationers have migrated to other sites, like Panama City Beach.

Daytona Beach Nascar-Bike Week
The city attracts over 8,000,000 tourists each year. It is one of the few places in the world where a car can be driven on an ocean beach.

During motorcycle events (Bike Week and Biketoberfest), several hundred thousand bikers from all over the world visit the greater Daytona Beach area. While the city is often associated with spring break, the efforts of the local government to discourage rowdiness, combined with the rise of other spring break destinations, have nearly ended Daytona's former preeminence as a spring break destination.

Special events that draw visitors to Daytona Beach include:

Speedweeks (Daytona 500 NASCAR race, Rolex 24 sports car race, and others)
Coke Zero 400, NASCAR race on or around July 4 (Traditionally called the Pepsi 400 or Firecracker 400)
Daytona Beach Bike Week Daytona 200 motorcycle races, bike shows and biker reunion in March
Biketoberfest in October
Turkey Run car show and events during Thanksgiving weekend (Traditionally called the Turkey Rod Run)
Spring break (date varies, usually the first and second week of March)

Daytona Beach is also home to the headquarters of NASCAR, Grand-Am, International Speedway Corporation, United States Tennis Association in Florida, and the LPGA.

Daytona Beach Culture
The Museum of Arts and Sciences is the primary cultural facility for Daytona Beach and Volusia County. Other museums located in the city include the Southeast Museum of Photography and the Halifax Historical Museum. The Museum of Arts and Sciences is actually a collection of museums and galleries and includes the Klancke Environmental Complex, the Cuban Museum, Root Family Museum featuring one of the largest Coca-Cola(R) collections in the world, the Dow American Gallery and the Bouchelle Center for Decorative Arts which together form what is probably one of the finest collections of furniture and decorative arts in the Southeast. There are also changing exhibitions and a new children's science center planned to open in 2008.

Daytona Beach FL Area Information

Daytona Beach FL Community Characteristics and Facts

Total Crime Risk: 226.0 (100 = National Average)
Population: 62,418
Population Growth Since 2000: -2.64%
Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 80 F
Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 61 F
Male Median Age: 37 years
Female Median Age: 45.3 years
Median Household Income: $36,877
Highest Education Level Attained: High School 31.61%, Bachelors 13.54%, Grad School 6.92%

Community Demographics

Daytona Beach FL Demographics Summary

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2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics	Daytona Beach, FL		Florida
Total Population	62,418		18,600,881
Square Miles	113.32		53,926.82
Population Density	550.80		344.90
Population Change Since 1990	4.87%		43.75%
Population Change Since 2000	-2.64%		16.38%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014	-5.88%		3.62%
Population Male	32,314	51.77%	9,136,479	49.12%
Population Female	30,104	48.23%	9,464,402	50.88%
Median Age	40.80		39.80

Daytona Beach FL Population Growth and Population Statistics

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2010 Weather Summary	Daytona Beach, FL	Florida
Weather Index	195	181
Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature	80.0 °F	81.0 °F
Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature	61.0 °F	61.0 °F
Annual Avg. Temperature	70.4 °F	70.9 °F
Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65)	909	996
Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65)	2,919	3,170
Percent of Possible Sunshine	66	64
Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10)	6	6
Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days)	98	97
Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days)	114	115
Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days)	0	0
Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches)	48.00"	55.00"
Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches)	0.00"	0.00"