Broward County

administration
Broward County Judicial Complex in Fort Lauderdale
US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Lauderdale
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Broward County Administration Office 115 S. Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Foundation :	1915
Area code :	001 754, 001 954
Demographics
Residents :	1,748,066 (2010)
Population density :	559.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3418 km²
Water surface :	296 km²
map

Website : www.broward.org

The Broward County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Fort Lauderdale . Together with parts of Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach County , eastern Broward County forms the Miami metropolitan area .

The county is the second most populous county in Florida. In a national comparison of the most populous counties, it ranks 18th.

geography

The county has a total area of 3,418 km² , 3,122 km² of which is land, 296 km² or 8.7 percent is water. Temperatures are warm all year round. The county is in the tropical zone. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Miami-Dade County , Collier County , Hendry County, and Palm Beach County .

history

Broward County was established in 1915. Its name goes back to Napoleon Bonaparte Broward , who was governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909 . Broward County constituency was one of the areas of concern in the controversy over the vote count during the 2000 presidential election .

Even with the tight outcome of the 2018 Senate and gubernatorial elections , this county - dominated by Democratic voters - received the greatest attention. In about 10,000 ballots in the county - to a significantly higher extent than in all other Florida counties - votes were cast for the gubernatorial, but not for the Senate election ("undervote"). There was a suspicion that a machine counting error might have occurred, but the discrepancy persisted even after a second hand count, so that the confusing appearance of the voting slip is the most likely explanation for the “undervote”. Long-time electoral administration director for the county, Brenda Snipes, who had received criticism from all quarters, resigned the day after the November 2018 recount ended.

Demographics

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	5135	-
1930	20.094	291.3%
1940	39,794	98%
1950	83,933	110.9%
1960	333.964	297.9%
1970	620.100	85.7%
1980	1,018,257	64.2%
1990	1,255,488	23.3%
2000	1,623,018	29.3%
2010	1,748,066	7.7%
1900–1990 2000 2010

The James D. and Alice Butler House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the 1,748,066 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 810,388 households. The population density was 511.4 inh / km². 63.1% of the population were white, 26.7% African American , 0.3% American Indian, and 3.2% Asian Americans . 3.8% were members of other races and 2.9% of different races. 25.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 27.6% of all households lived in 32.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 63.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.14.

24.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 51,782, with 13.0% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 71.27% of the population, 16.33% spoke Spanish and 12.40% had another mother tongue.

Educational institutions

economy

The county's largest employers in 2018 were:

employer	Workers
Broward County School Board	33,864
Memorial Healthcare System	13,137
Broward County Government	11,771
Broward Health	8219
Nova Southeastern University	7102
Auto nation	4100
American Express	3500
City of Fort Lauderdale	2749
Spirit Airlines	1800
Citrix	1700

Administrative units

Broward County has 31 cities (the most populous are Fort Lauderdale , Pembroke Pines , Hollywood , Coral Springs , Miramar and Pompano Beach ), towns and villages . There are also some census-designated places , the community-free area Fern Crest Village and the ghost town of Andytown .

The population is based on the 2010 census .

Broward County municipalities

#	Commune	designation	Establishment date	population
2	Coconut Creek	City	1967, February 20	52,909
26th	Cooper City	City	1959, June 20	28,547
4th	Coral Springs	City	1963, June 10th	121.096
23	Dania Beach	City	1904, November	29,639
22nd	Davie	Town	1925, November 16	91.992
3	Deerfield Beach	City	1925, June 11th	75,018
16	Fort Lauderdale	City	1911, March 27th	165,521
31	Hallandale Beach	City	1927, May 14th	37.113
8th	Hillsboro Beach	Town	1939, June 12th	1,875
24	Hollywood	City	1925, November 28th	140,768
11	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Town	1947, November 30th	6,056
17th	Lauderdale Lakes	City	1961, June 22nd	32,593
18th	Lauderhill	City	1959, June 20	66,887
15th	Lazy Lake	Village	1953	24
7th	Lighthouse Point	City	1956, June 13	10,344
5	Margate	City	1961, June 22nd	53,284
28	Miramar	City	1955, May 26th	122.041
10	North Lauderdale	City	1963, June 10th	41,023
13	Oakland Park	City	1929, June 19th	41,363
1	Parkland	City	1963, July 10th	23,962
30th	Pembroke Park	Town	1957, December 10th	6.102
27	Pembroke Pines	City	1960	154,750
20th	Plantation	City	1953, April 30th	84,955
6th	Pompano Beach	City	1947	99,845
12	Sea Ranch Lakes	Village	1959	670
25th	Southwest ranches	Town	2000, July 25th	7,345
19th	Sunrise	City	1961	84,439
9	Tamarac	City	1963, August 15th	60,427
29	West Park	City	2005, March 1st	14,156
21st	Weston	City	1996	65,333
14th	Wilton Manors	City	1947	11,632