as a bird sanctuary. Geography Royal Palm Beach is located at (26.705851, –80.226554). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 10.1 square miles (26.1 km), of which 9.9 square miles (25.6 km) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km) (1.79%) is water. Climate The climate of Royal Palm Beach is tropical. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 38,932 people, 12,090 households, and 9,342 families residing in the village. 2010 census As of 2010, there were 12,854 households, out of which 10.1% were vacant. In 2000, there were 7,604 households, of which 63.9% were child-free married couples, 42% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-related individuals. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.20. 2000 census In 2000, the village, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the village was $54,766, and the median income for a family was $61,063. Males had a median income of $39,356 versus $29,991 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,875. About 3.7% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 85.80% of all residents, while Spanish was at 11.49%, and Tagalog as a mother tongue made up 0.48% of the population. As of 2000, Royal Palm Beach had the eighty-ninth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 2.95%, while its Jamaican community had the thirty-second highest percentage in the US, with 4.10% of the population (tied with Tamarac and Goulds.) Local government Royal Palm Beach is governed by a mayor-council government. Mission statement The Mission