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.

Broward County
County
Images, from top down, left to right: Fort Lauderdale skyline; Tarpon River neighborhood; Dania Beach pier; FLA Live Arena; docked boats in Pompano Beach
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Location in Florida
Broward County Location within the United States
Coordinates: 26°11′37″N 80°28′36″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 [2]	29 ft (9 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• 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)
Area codes	754, 954
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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U.S. Routes
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Website	www.broward.org

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]

Other websites

Government links/Constitutional offices

• Broward County Government / Board of County Commissioners
• Broward County Supervisor of Elections
• Broward County Property Appraiser
• Broward County Sheriff's Office

Special Districts

• Broward County Public Schools
• Broward Health (formerly North Broward Hospital District)
• South Broward Hospital District(Memorial Healthcare System)
• South Florida Water Management District

Judicial branch

• Broward County Clerk of Courts
• Broward County Public Defender
• Broward State Attorney's Office, 17th Judicial Circuit Archived 2004-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Circuit and County Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Tourism links

• Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau