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Fort Lauderdale, FL

184,263 Population
34.6 square miles 5,328.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 42.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$58,071 ±$4,365 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $43,769 ±$564
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$80,539 ±$4,641 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $76,271 ±$970
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

15.8% ±2.4% (28,731  ±4,370) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.8% 779,844 (±0.5% / ±28,795)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

26.7 minutes ±1.6 (2,001,195  ±180,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.5 77,941,970 (±0.3 / ±1,061,484)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28.5 254,614,030 (±0.2 / ±2,053,491)

Families

81,232 ±3,796 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,349,920 ±11,200
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.2 ±0.1 (180,604  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,091,714 (±0 / ±3,423)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 † 22,130,724 (±62 / ±-555,555,600)

3.8% ±2.4% (1,571  ±1,003) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.9% 68,339 (±0.4% / ±5,425)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

99,631 ±4,614 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,698,630 ±1,416
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$539,800 ±$43,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $474,000 ±$4,282
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

15% ±2.5% (27,341  ±4,595.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13% 796,773 (±0.5% / ±30,049.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

89.2% ±4.4% (126,305  ±7,088.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.7% 3,930,950 (±0.8% / ±36,277.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
37.6% ±3.1% (53,242  ±4,564.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 37.6% 1,686,028 (±0.5% / ±23,403)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

29.2% ±2.4% (53,822  ±4,463) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 42.7% † 2,639,783 (±3,835.9% / ±25,358)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 22.1% † 4,996,874 (±543% / ±46,951)

3.8% ±0.8% (5,749  ±1,216) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.3% 162,922 (±0.1% / ±6,985)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
5,749 Total veterans ±1,216 5,134 Male ±1,152 615 Female ±392

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