Broward County, Florida
Broward County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, 1,944,375 people lived there.[3] This makes it the second most populated county in the state. Its county seat is Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Images, from top down, left to right: Fort Lauderdale skyline; Tarpon River neighborhood; Dania Beach pier; FLA Live Arena; docked boats in Pompano Beach | |||||||
Coordinates: 26°11′37″N 80°28′36″W / 26.193535°N 80.476683°WCoordinates: 26°11′37″N 80°28′36″W / 26.193535°N 80.476683°W[1] | |||||||
Country | United States | ||||||
State | Florida | ||||||
Metro area | Miami | ||||||
Founded | April 30, 1915 | ||||||
Named for | Napoleon B. Broward | ||||||
County seat | Fort Lauderdale | ||||||
Largest city | Fort Lauderdale | ||||||
Incorporated cities | 24 | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 1,323 sq mi (3,426 km2) | ||||||
• Land | 1,203 sq mi (3,116 km2) | ||||||
• Water | 120 sq mi (310 km2) | ||||||
Highest elevation | 29 ft (9 m) | ||||||
Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• Total | 1,944,375 | ||||||
• Rank | 17th in the United States 2nd in Florida | ||||||
• Density | 1,618/sq mi (625/km2) | ||||||
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone) | ||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time) | ||||||
FIPS code | 12011 | ||||||
GNIS feature ID | 295753 | ||||||
Primary airport | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) | ||||||
Secondary airport | Miami International Airport (MIA) Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) | ||||||
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Website | www |
Data
Broward County is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to more than 6 million people at the 2020 census.[3]
In the U.S. Census of 2020 the Ethnic/Race Demographics were:
- White (non-Hispanic): 33.1%
- White including "White Hispanics": 39.9%
- Black (non-Hispanic): 26.6%
- Black including Black Hispanics: 27.4%
- Hispanic or Latino of any race: 31.3%
- Asian (non-Hispanic): 3.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native (non-Hispanic): 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Other Races (non-Hispanic): 1.1%
- Two or more races (non-Hispanic): 3.8%
Broward county was created in 1915 and was named with the second surname name of the former Florida governor: Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. Since then it has had a great growth in the XX century, mainly as "retirement place" for old people from northeastern US and French Canada.[4]
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Notes
- ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2018_Gazetteer/2018_gaz_counties_12.txt Template:Bare URL plain text
- ↑ "Pine Island Ridge Natural Area". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE - Census Bureau Table". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ History of Broward county