Deerfield Beach, Florida

Broward County

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Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County in the U.S. state of Florida with 75 018 inhabitants ( 2010). The geographic coordinates are: 26.31 ° North, 80.12 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 38.7 km ².

Geography

The city is located 15 km north of Fort Lauderdale and 45 km north of Miami. Surrounding municipalities are Coconut Creek, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point and Hillsboro Beach ( Broward ) and Boca Raton ( Palm Beach).

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 75 018 inhabitants spread over 42.671 households. The population density was 2155.7 inh. / Km ². 65.8 % of the population were white, 25.6% African American, 0.2% Native American and 1.5% Asian Americans. 4.1% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.7% in different ethnic groups. 14.2 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 36.7 % of all households lived in 23.1 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 53.7 % 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 2.22 persons and the average family size is 2.94 people.

19.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.8 % were 20-39 years old, 27.1% were 40-59 years old and 27.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 43 years. 48.3 % of the population were male and 51.7 % female.

The average annual income was $ 38,822, while 17.5 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 75.36 % of the population spoke Spanish 8.70 %, and 15.94% had a different mother tongue.

Train

Deerfield Beach Elementary School
Deerfield Park Elementary School
Quiet Waters Elementary School
Deerfield Beach Middle School
Deerfield Beach High School

Religions

In Deerfield Beach, there are 44 different churches from 20 different denominations. Among the belonging to a denomination churches the Baptist church is most strongly represented at seven churches. There are eleven to no denomination belonging churches ( as of 2004).

Traffic

The metropolitan area is crossed or affected in each north-south direction from Interstate 95 and the Florida 's Turnpike. Other roads are U.S. Highway 1 and Florida State Roads A1A, 5, 810, 811, 834, 845 and 869 ( Sawgrass Expressway toll road).

The Deerfield Beach station is a railway station in the regional and long-distance transport. Here hold both the trains of Amtrak from Miami to New York City as well as the traits of the Tri-Rail from Miami to Mangonia Park. The nearest airport is the Boca Raton Airport ( national) and the Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport.

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 324 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) within the average range. There was a murder, 24 rapes, 156 robberies, 248 injuries, 581 burglaries, 1,752 thefts, 176 vehicle thefts and five arson.

County (United States) Broward County, Florida Federal Information Processing Standards City (United States) Coconut Creek, Florida Lighthouse Point, Florida Hillsboro Beach, Florida Boca Raton, Florida Palm Beach County, Florida Latino (demonym) U.S. Route 1 Florida State Road A1A Florida State Road 5 Deerfield Beach (Tri-Rail station) Mangonia Park, Florida Modern Language Association Cooper City, Florida Coral Springs, Florida Lauderdale Lakes, Florida Margate (Florida) Pembroke Pines, Florida Sunrise (Florida) Tamarac, Florida Weston (Florida) Wilton Manors, Florida Davie, Florida Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida Pembroke Park, Florida Lazy Lake, Florida Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida Census-designated place Boulevard Gardens, Florida Broadview Park, Florida Franklin Park (Florida) Hillsboro Pines, Florida Hillsboro Ranches, Florida Pompano Estates, Florida Roosevelt Gardens, Florida Sunshine Acres, Florida Washington Park (Florida)

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