Broward County, Florida
The Broward County is a county located in the state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fort Lauderdale. Together with parts of Miami -Dade County and Palm Beach County forms the eastern Broward County, the Miami metropolitan area.
The County is the population with the second most in Florida. On a national level of the most populous counties, it ranks 18th
Geography
The county has a total area of 3418 km ². 3122 km ² of which are land, 296 square kilometers, or 8.7 percent of water. Temperatures are warm all year round. The County is located in the tropical zone. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Miami -Dade County, Collier County, Hendry County and Palm Beach County.
History
Broward County was established in 1915. Its name dates back to Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, who was governor from 1905 to 1909 in Florida. The choice Broward County was one of the districts that were at the controversy surrounding the counting of votes during the presidential elections of 2000, the focus of interest.
Demography
According to the 2010 census, the former 1,748,066 inhabitants spread over 810 388 households. The population density was 511.4 inh. / Km ². 63.1 % of the population were white, 26.7 % African American, 0.3% Native American and 3.2% Asian Americans. 3.8% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.9% in different ethnic groups. 25.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 27.6 % of all households lived in 32.3 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 63.3 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.52 persons and the average family size of 3.14 persons.
24.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.7 % were 20-39 years old, 29.7% were 40-59 years old and 19.7 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 40 years. 48.4 % of the population were male and 51.6 % female.
The average annual income was $ 51,782, while 13.0 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 71.27 % of the population spoke Spanish 16.33% and 12.40% had a different mother tongue.
Educational institutions
- Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
- Broward Community College
- Florida Atlantic University
- Nova Southeastern University
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. In addition there are some census -designated places, the unincorporated area remote Crest Village and the Ghost Town Andy Townsend.
The population figures are based on the census of 2010.