Lauderdale Lakes

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Lauderdale Lakes
Nickname : The Heart of Broward County
Map of Florida highlighting Lauderdale Lakes.png
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Broward County
Coordinates : 26 ° 10 ′  N , 80 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 10 ′  N , 80 ° 12 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 32,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3,504.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.4 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) of
which 9.3 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 2 m
Postcodes : 33309, 33311, 33313, 33319
Area code : +1 754, 954
FIPS : 12-39525
GNIS ID : 0285365
Website : www.lauderdalelakes.org
Mayor : Hazelle P. Rogers ( D )

Lauderdale Lakes is a city in Broward County in the US state of Florida with 32,593 inhabitants (as of 2010). The geographical coordinates are: 26.17 ° North, 80.20 ° West. The urban area has a size of 9.4 km².

geography

Lauderdale Lakes is about 25 miles north of Miami. Bordering communities are Tamarac , Lauderhill , Fort Lauderdale, and Oakland Park .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 32,593 inhabitants were distributed among 15,000 households. The population density was 3504.6 inh / km². 14.2% of the population identified themselves as whites , 80.6% as African-Americans , 0.2% as Indians and 1.2% as Asian Americans . 1.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.6% to several ethnic groups. 5.4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 32.1% of all households lived in 35.9% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 66.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.71 people and the average family size was 3.31 people.

27.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 45.9% of the population were male and 54.1% were female.

The median annual income was $ 35,080, with 18.5% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 71.97% of the population, 14.48% spoke Haitian , 6.66% spoke Spanish, and 6.89% had another mother tongue.

schools

  • Oriole Elementary School
  • Park Lakes Elementary School
  • Lauderdale Lakes Middle School
  • Boyd Anderson High School

economy

The largest employers in 2018 were:

employer Workers
North Shore Medical Center 859
Walmart 364
St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital & Nursing Center 243
Palms Facility, Inc. 165
Phoenix Management Services, Inc 102
Call Center Operations Management, Inc. 100
Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc. 85
South Florida Auto Auction of Ft. Lauderdale, LLC 80
Assistance Unlimited, Inc. DBA Central Charter School 71
Catholic Health Services Inc. 69

traffic

The urban area is affected in the west by Florida's Turnpike and crossed by US Highway 441 and Florida State Roads 7 and 816 . The nearest airport is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 573 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. This makes Lauderdale Lakes the most dangerous city in Broward County. There were five murders, ten rapes, 90 robberies, 224 bodily harm, 532 break-ins, 975 thefts, 95 car thefts and six arson in 2010.

Son of the city

Web links

Commons : Lauderdale Lakes, Florida  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Lauderdale Lakes 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , at http://www.lauderdalelakes.org/ , accessed March 29, 2020
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lauderdale-Lakes-Florida.html