City of Broward County, Florida: General Information

Broward County, Florida is a county located along the Atlantic Coast toward the southern tip of the state.  As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 1,748,066 people, which makes it the second most populated county in the state.  It is also the eighteenth most populous county in the United States.  Broward County is one of three counties that comprise the South Florida metropolitan area, created for census purposes.  As of the 2000 census, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in Broward County. The population density was 1,346 people residing in every square mile, and there were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 within each square mile.

Of the 654,445 households in Broward County counted in the 2000 Census, 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living in them, while 46.1% were married couples living together, and 12.5% had a female householder.  The remaining 37.1% were non-family members.  In all households, 29.6% were made up of individuals, and 12.4% were individuals residing along who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 people and the average family size was 3.07.

The age distribution in Broward County was 23.6% of residents who were under the age of 18, 7.2% were aged from 18 to 24 years, 31.4% were 25 to 44 years.  In the older age brackets, 21.7% were ages 45 to 64, and 16.1% were residents that were 65 years of age or older. The median age in Broward County was 38 years.  Out of every 100 females there were 93.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

For a household in Broward County, the median income was $41,691, and the median income for a family was $50,531.  Males out earned females, with median income of $36,741 versus $28,529.  The per capita income for the county was $23,170.  Approximately, 8.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.