Bowling Green is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,878 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Bowling Green is the 385th largest community in Florida.

When you are in Bowling Green, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 58.8% of Bowling Green's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Bowling Green is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowling Green who work in office and administrative support jobs (7.23%), sales jobs (4.20%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (4.02%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Bowling Green work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Bowling Green are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

As is often the case in a small city, Bowling Green doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Bowling Green Information and Demographics

The population of Bowling Green has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.89% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bowling Green in 2000 was $9,978, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,912 for a family of four.

Bowling Green is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bowling Green home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bowling Green is White, followed by African-American. Bowling Green also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 50.35% of the city's residents. The main ancestry of people in Bowling Green is Irish.

Bowling Green also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.91%.

The most common language spoken in Bowling Green is English. Some people also speak Spanish.