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Fort Lauderdale, FL

190,640 Population
34.6 square miles 5,512.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$58,961 ±$5,150 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $44,678 ±$544
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
$90,734 ±$8,737 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $80,625 ±$777
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564

14% ±2.7% (26,422  ±5,126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.7% 810,781 (±0.4% / ±25,412)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)

25.3 minutes ±1 (2,026,630  ±169,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 30.2 84,082,856 (±0.3 / ±1,216,463)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.9 270,952,670 (±0.2 / ±2,105,094)

Families

77,763 ±4,260 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,382,154 ±10,095
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
2.4 ±0.1 (187,348  ±86) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.7 6,368,721 (±0 / ±1,354)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804

6.5% ±2.3% (2,856  ±1,058) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.7% 68,441 (±0.3% / ±4,730)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)

Housing

98,308 ±4,813 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,714,779 ±657
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325

$579,300 ±$32,747 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: $510,600 ±$6,110
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617

16.7% ±3.1% (31,529  ±5,754.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.2% 777,958 (±0.4% / ±27,683.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)

Social

88.3% ±4.1% (125,448  ±7,197.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.8% 4,104,057 (±0.8% / ±36,198.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
43.6% ±3.3% (61,944  ±5,058.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 38.7% 1,808,284 (±0.5% / ±23,903.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)

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

27.7% ±2.9% (52,829  ±5,502) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 43.6% 2,812,880
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412

2.7% ±0.5% (4,128  ±816) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3% 153,308 (±0.2% / ±8,134)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
4,128 Total veterans ±816 3,921 Male ±833 207 Female ±205

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