Broward County, Florida

County in Florida, United States

Not to be confused with Brevard County, Florida.

County in Florida

Broward County

County

Images, from top down, left to right: Fort Lauderdale skyline; Hollywood water tower; Tarpon River neighborhood; Dania Beach pier; lifeguard station on Las Olas Beach; Sawgrass Mills shopping mall in Sunrise; Amerant Bank Arena; docked boats in Pompano Beach

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Broward County

Location within the United States

Coordinates: 26°11′37″N 80°28′36″W﻿ / ﻿26.193535°N 80.476683°W﻿ / 26.193535; -80.476683[1]
Country|  United States
State|  Florida
Region| South Florida
Metro area| Miami
Founded| April 30, 1915
Named for| Napoleon B. Broward
County seat| Fort Lauderdale
Largest city| Fort Lauderdale (population, total area)
Davie (land area)
Incorporated cities| 24
Government

• Type| Council–manager government
• Body| Board of County Commissioners
• Board of County Commissioners[3][4]|

Commissioners

* Nan H. Rich (D)
(District 1)
* Mark D. Bogen (D)
(District 2)
* Michael Udine (D)
(District 3)
* Lamar P. Fisher (D)
(District 4)
* Steven A. Geller (D)
(District 5)
* Beam Furr (D)
(District 6)
* Tim M. Ryan (D)
(District 7)
* Robert McKinzie (D)
(District 8)
* Hazelle P. Rogers (D)
(District 9)

• Mayor| Nan H. Rich (D)[2]
• Vice Mayor| Beam Furr (D)[2]
• County administrator| Monica Cepero
Area

• Total| 1,322.817 sq mi (3,426.08 km2)
• Land| 1,203.105 sq mi (3,116.03 km2)
• Water| 119.712 sq mi (310.05 km2)
Highest elevation

Pine Island Ridge in Davie[5]

| 29 ft (9 m)
Lowest elevation

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| 0 ft (0 m)
Population

(2020)[7]

• Total| 1,944,375
• Estimate

(2022)[8]

| 1,947,026
• Rank| 17th in the United States
2nd in Florida
• Density| 1,618.33/sq mi (624.84/km2)
GDP

[9]

• Total| $146.735 billion (2022)
Time zone| UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP Codes|

33004, 33009, 33019–33021,33023–33029, 33060, 33062–33069, 33071, 33073, 33076, 33301, 33304–33306, 33308–33317, 33319, 33321–33328, 33330–33332, 33334, 33351, 33441–33442

Area codes| 754/954
FIPS code| 12011
GNIS feature ID| 295753
Primary airport| Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
FLL (major/international)
Secondary airport| Miami International Airport-
MIA (international/neighboring county)-
Palm Beach International Airport-
PBI (international/neighboring county)-
North Perry Airport-
HWO (regional)-
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport-
FXE (regional)-
Pompano Beach Airpark-
PMP (regional)
Interstates|
U.S. Routes|
State roads|
Commuter rail| Amtrak, Brightline, Tri-Rail
Website| www.broward.org

Broward County (/ˈbraʊ.ərd/ BROURD, BROW-(w)ərd) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census.[7] Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale, which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.

Broward County is one of the three counties that make up the Miami metropolitan area, which is home to 6.14 million people as of 2020. It is also one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the entire country.[10] As of 2022, Broward County has a gross domestic product of $124.8 billion, the second-largest GDP of Florida's 67 counties and the 25th-largest for the nation's 3,033 counties.[11]

## History

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### Native people

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The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 12,000 years ago.[12] The first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River, with the main villages on the northern banks.

The inhabitants at the time of first European contact were the Tequesta people, who controlled much of southeastern Florida, including what is now Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and the southern part of Palm Beach County. The Tequesta Indians fished, hunted, and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food, but did not practice any form of agriculture. They buried the small bones of the deceased with the rest of the body, and put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see. The Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle.[13]

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910)

### Founding of Broward

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Broward County was founded on April 30, 1915.[14] It was intended to be named Everglades County, but then-Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Ion Farris amended the bill that established the county to name it in honor of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909.

Throughout his term as governor, Broward championed Everglades drainage and was remembered for his campaign to turn the Everglades into "useful land". This opened up much of today's urban Broward County for development, first as agricultural land and later as residential. A year before Broward became governor, Dania became the first incorporated community of what is now Broward County, followed by Pompano in 1908, and Fort Lauderdale in 1911.

In 1915, Palm Beach and Dade counties contributed nearly equal portions of land to create Broward County.[14]

Broward County began a huge development boom after its incorporation, with the first "tourist hotel", in Fort Lauderdale, opening in 1919. A year later, developers began dredging wetlands in the county to create island communities.[14]

### Land boom and rapid growth

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By 1925, the boom was considered to have reached its peak, but the 1926 Miami hurricane caused economic depression in the county.[14] The county saw another population and development boom post-World War II when the transformation from agricultural to urbanized residential area began.

In 1967, Coconut Creek was incorporated.[15]

The effects of a national recession hit the county in 1974 and the population growth finally slowed. This is from a peak growth percentage change of 297.9% which saw the population of Broward grow from 83,933 as of 1950 to 333,946 in 1960.[16] The population subsequently experienced an 85.7% population growth which brought the population to a total of 620,100 in 1970.[16]

### Recent history

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The structure of the Broward County government was signed into law in 1975 with the passage of the Broward County charter.[14] In the same year, the Seminole Tribe of Florida incorporated as a governing entity and began organizing cigarette sales, bingo and land leases that will bring millions of dollars in annual revenue in later years.[17] In 1976, Interstate 95 was completed through Broward County.

On January 19, 1977, snow fell in South Florida for the first time in recorded history. Snow was seen across all of South Florida as far south as Homestead and even on Miami Beach. Snow was officially reported by weather observers in West Palm Beach, LaBelle, Hollywood, and Royal Palm Ranger Station in southern Miami-Dade County.[18]

In the year 1980, the US census reported over 1 million people living in Broward County.

On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew passed through Broward County County, causing $100 million in damage in the county and leaving many residents homeless.[19]

In the year 2000, the US census reported a total population of 1,623,018.[20] The town of South West Ranches was incorporated this year.

On March 1, 2005, West Park became Broward County's 31st municipality to be incorporated.[21]

On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida leaving the entire area damaged and causing almost universal power outages. Wilma was the most damaging storm in Broward County since Hurricane King in 1950. Broward experienced wind speeds between 80 and 100 mph (130 and 160 km/h) which endured for about five hours.[22]

On February 14, 2018, the city of Parkland became the scene of a deadly mass shooting perpetrated by a 19-year-old former student of Stoneman Douglas High School. The trial of the perpetrator of the shooting, Nikolas Cruz, was held at the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Broward County in 2022 with Judge Elizabeth Scherer presiding. Cruz was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.[23]

In June 2020, following the George Floyd protests, some residents called for the county to be renamed due to Governor Broward's support for segregation and the Back-to-Africa movement.[24]

Fort Lauderdale's harbor and skyline

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,323 square miles (3,430 km2), of which 1,210 square miles (3,100 km2) is land and 113 square miles (290 km2) (8.5%) is water.[26]

Broward County has an average elevation of six feet (1.8 m) above sea level. It is rather new geologically and at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform, a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago. Broward County is composed of Oolite limestone while western Broward is composed mostly of Bryozoa.[27] Broward is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora, mostly in the Pleistocene.

Of developable land in Broward County, approximately 471 square miles (1,219.9 km2), the majority is built upon, as the urban area is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Everglades Wildlife Management Area to the west. Within developable land, Broward County has a population density of 3,740 per square mile (1,444 per square kilometer).

Broward approved the construction of Osborne Reef, an artificial reef made of tires off the Fort Lauderdale beach, but it has proven to be an environmental disaster.[28]

### Adjacent counties

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* Palm Beach County \- north
* Miami-Dade County \- south
* Collier County \- west
* Hendry County \- northwest

Aerial view of sunset looking westward in Broward County. The Everglades appear in the background. Beyond that is Collier County.

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1920| 5,135| | —
1930| 20,094| | 291.3%
1940| 39,794| | 98.0%
1950| 83,933| | 110.9%
1960| 333,946| | 297.9%
1970| 620,100| | 85.7%
1980| 1,018,200| | 64.2%
1990| 1,255,488| | 23.3%
2000| 1,623,018| | 29.3%
2010| 1,748,066| | 7.7%
2020| 1,944,375| | 11.2%
2023 (est.)| 1,962,531| [29]| 0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census
1920–1970[30] 1980[31] 1990[32]
2000[33] 2010[34] 2020[7] 2022[8]
Historical racial composition  | 2020[7] | 2010[34] | 2000[33] | 1990[32] | 1980[31]

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White (non-Hispanic)  | 33.1%  | 43.5%  | 58.0%  | 74.9%  | 84.3%
Hispanic or Latino | 31.3%  | 25.1%  | 16.7%  | 8.6%  | 4.0%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)  | 26.6%  | 25.7%  | 20.0%  | 14.9%  | 10.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)  | 3.8%  | 3.2%  | 2.3%  | 1.3%  | 0.8%
Native American (non-Hispanic)  | 0.2%  | 0.2%  | 0.2%  | 0.2%
Some other race (non-Hispanic)  | 1.1%  | 0.5%  | 0.4%  | 0.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic)  | 3.8%  | 1.7%  | 2.4%  | N/A  | N/A
Population  | 1,944,375  | 1,748,066  | 1,623,018  | 1,255,488  | 1,018,200
Ethnic origins in Broward County Demographic characteristics  | 2020[35][36][37] | 2010[38][39][40] | 2000[41][42][43] | 1990[32] | 1980[31][44]

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Households  | 860,329  | 810,388  | 741,043  | 528,442  | 417,517
Persons per household  | 2.26  | 2.16  | 2.19  | 2.38  | 2.44
Sex Ratio | 93.4  | 93.9  | 93.3  | 91.9  | 91.0
Ages 0–17  | 20.5%  | 22.4%  | 23.6%  | 20.4%  | 21.0%
Ages 18–64  | 62.3%  | 63.3%  | 60.3%  | 58.8%  | 57.0%
Ages 65 +  | 17.2%  | 14.3%  | 16.1%  | 20.8%  | 22.0%
Median age  | 41.4  | 39.7  | 37.8  | 37.6  | 38.7
Population  | 1,944,375  | 1,748,066  | 1,623,018  | 1,255,488  | 1,018,200
Economic indicators

2018–22 American Community Survey | Broward County  | Florida
Median income[45] | $39,690  | $37,826
Median household income[46] | $70,331  | $67,917
Poverty Rate[47] | 12.4%  | 12.9%
High school diploma[48] | 90.0%  | 89.3%
Bachelor's degree[48] | 34.9%  | 32.3%
Advanced degree[48] | 13.3%  | 12.1%
Language spoken at home[a] | 2020[b] | 2010[c] | 2000[51] | 1990[52] | 1980[53]

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English | 57.5%  | 62.5%  | 71.2%  | 82.3%  | 88.3%
Spanish or Spanish Creole | 27.6%  | 22.9%  | 16.3%  | 8.0%  | 3.7%
French or Haitian Creole | 7.0%  | 7.2%  | 5.4%  | 3.3%  | 1.4%
Other Languages  | 7.8%  | 7.4%  | 7.1%  | 6.4%  | 6.6%
Nativity  | 2020[d] | 2010[e] | 2000[58][59] | 1990[52] | 1980[53]

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% population native-born | 64.6% | 68.6% | 74.7% | 84.2% | 88.9%
... born in the United States | 61.0%  | 65.7%  | 72.2%  | 82.3%  | 87.8%
... born in Puerto Rico or Island Areas | 2.1%  | 1.9%  | 1.7%  | 1.1%  | 1.0%
... born to American parents abroad | 1.4%  | 1.1%  | 0.8%  | 0.8%
% population foreign-born[f] | 35.4% | 31.4% | 25.3% | 15.8% | 11.1%
... born in Jamaica | 4.5%  | 4.5%  | 3.7%  | 1.8%  | 0.5%
... born in Haiti | 4.4%  | 4.1%  | 2.9%  | 1.5%  | N/A[g]
... born in Colombia | 3.4%  | 2.8%  | 2.0%  | 0.8%  | N/A[g]
... born in Cuba | 3.2%  | 2.5%  | 2.0%  | 1.3%  | 0.8%
... born in

China

| 0.5%  | 0.35%  | 0.2%  | 0.1%  | 0.1%
... born in Venezuela | 2.5%  | 1.2%  | 0.6%  | 0.1%  | N/A[g]
... born in Brazil | 1.5%  | 1.1%  | 0.9%  | 0.2%  | N/A[g]
... born in Peru | 1.2%  | 1.2%  | 0.8%  | 0.3%  | N/A[g]
... born in the Dominican Republic | 1.0%  | 0.9%  | 0.6%  | 0.2%  | < 0.1%
... born in Mexico | 1.0%  | 0.8%  | 0.7%  | 0.2%  | 0.1%
... born in Canada | 0.8%  | 1.0%  | 1.3%  | 1.2%  | 1.4%
... born in Honduras | 0.8%  | 0.6%  | 0.3%  | 0.1%  | N/A[g]
... born in Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7%  | 0.7%  | 0.6%  | 0.5%  | N/A[g]
... born in Argentina | 0.6%  | 0.4%  | 0.3%  | 0.2%  | N/A[g]
... born in India | 0.6%  | 0.5%  | 0.3%  | 0.1%  | 0.1%
... born in El Salvador | 0.5%  | 0.4%  | 0.3%  | 0.1%  | N/A[g]
... born in Ecuador | 0.5%  | 0.6%  | 0.3%  | 0.2%  | N/A[g]
... born in the United Kingdom | 0.4%  | 0.5%  | 0.6%  | 0.7%  | 0.7%
... born in Russia | 0.3%  | 0.2%  | 0.2%  | 0.5%[h] | 0.9%[h]
... born in Italy | 0.2%  | 0.3%  | 0.4%  | 0.5%  | 0.8%
... born in Germany | 0.2%  | 0.3%  | 0.5%  | 0.6%  | 0.8%
... born in Poland | 0.2%  | 0.2%  | 0.4%  | 0.6%  | 0.7%
... born in other countries  | 6.9%  | 6.6%  | 5.6%  | 4.1%  | 4.3%

As of 2005, Broward County led the nation's metropolitan areas in new AIDS diagnoses, with a reported rate 58.4 new AIDS diagnoses per 100,000 people. County officials think the numbers may stem from a new and successful HIV testing campaign that has resulted in many people being diagnosed with AIDS at the same time they've been diagnosed with HIV.[60] Without the implementation of the new testing campaign, the reported numbers of new diagnoses would have probably been lower.

## Law, government, and politics

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### Broward County Mayors

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Name  | Start of Term  | End of Term

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Nan H. Rich[61] | November 28, 2023  |
Lamar P. Fisher[62] | November 29, 2022  | November 28, 2023
Michael Udine[63] | November 16, 2021  | November 29, 2022[62]
Steven A. Geller[64] | November 17, 2020  | November 16, 2021
Dale V.C. Holness[65] | November 19, 2019  | November 17, 2020
Mark Bogen[66] | Nov. 2018  | Nov. 2019
Beam Furr[67] | Nov. 2017  | Nov. 2018
Barbara Sharief | November 17, 2016  | November 17, 2017
Marty Kiar | November 17, 2015  | November 17, 2016
Tim Ryan | November 18, 2014  | November 17, 2015
Barbara Sharief | November 19, 2013  | November 18, 2014

The Broward County Charter provides for a separation between the legislative and administrative functions of government. The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative branch of Broward County Government. The County Commission is composed of nine members elected by district. Commissioners must be a resident of the district where they seek election. Each year the Commission elects a mayor and vice mayor. The mayor's functions include serving as presiding officer, and as the county's official representative. The Commission appoints the County Administrator, County Attorney and County Auditor. The commission also appoints numerous advisory and regulatory boards.[68]

The County Commission meets in formal session the first four Tuesdays of each month at 10:00 a.m. in Room 422 of the Broward County Governmental Center. Over 507,000 cable subscribers in Broward County have access to Government-access television (GATV) coverage of Commission meetings, which are broadcast live beginning at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday, and rebroadcast at 5:30 p.m. the following Friday. Meetings can also be viewed via webcasting at www.broward.org.

The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) has 5,400 employees,[69] and is the largest sheriff's department in Florida. The BSO was founded in 1915.[70][71][72] Sheriff Gregory Tony has been the Sheriff heading the agency since 2019, when he replaced Sheriff Scott Israel, who had been Sheriff since 2013.[73][74][75]

### Politics

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#### Overview

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Broward County has been a Democratic stronghold since 1992, voting for the Party's presidential nominee in every election since then. It is now considered one of the most reliably Democratic counties in the state,[76][77] giving greater than 60% support to the party nominee in every election since 1996. From 1948 to 1988, the county leaned Republican, voting for the Republican nominee in every election except 1976, even supporting Republican Barry Goldwater by a 56-44 margin while he lost the national election in a landslide. Unlike Miami-Dade County to the south, where many of the immigrants are Republican-leaning Cuban-Americans, Cubans comprise only a small proportion of the immigrant population in Broward County.

Previous gubernatorial election results Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third parties

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2022 | 41.97% 251,238 (DeSantis/Incumbent) | 57.35% 343,286 (Crist) | 0.68% 4,083
2018 | 31.30% 222,012 (DeSantis) | 67.98% 482,152 (Gillum) | 0.68% 5,015
2014 | 29.52% 138,394 (Scott/Incumbent) | 68.02% 318,950 (Crist) | 2.46% 11,549
2010 | 33.40% 140,445 (Scott) | 64.59% 271,606 (Sink) | 2.01% 8,480
2006 | 35.09% 143,043 (Crist) | 62.81% 256,072 (Davis) | 2.10% 8,558
2002 | 40.02% 175,756 (Bush/Incumbent) | 59.05% 259,370 (McBride) | 0.93% 4,076
1998 | 37.93% 137,494 (Bush) | 62.07% 225,010 (McKay) | 0.00% 8
1994 | 34.61% 138,333 (Bush) | 65.39% 261,368 (Chiles/Incumbent) | 0.00% 11
United States presidential election results for Broward County, Florida[78] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies)

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 333,409  | 34.74%  | 618,752  | 64.48% | 7,479  | 0.78%
2016 | 260,951  | 31.16%  | 553,320  | 66.08% | 23,117  | 2.76%
2012 | 244,101  | 32.23%  | 508,312  | 67.12% | 4,941  | 0.65%
2008 | 237,729  | 32.34%  | 492,640  | 67.02% | 4,722  | 0.64%
2004 | 244,674  | 34.61%  | 453,873  | 64.21% | 8,325  | 1.18%
2000 | 177,939  | 30.93%  | 387,760  | 67.41% | 9,540  | 1.66%
1996 | 142,870  | 28.29%  | 320,779  | 63.51% | 41,449  | 8.21%
1992 | 164,832  | 30.92%  | 276,361  | 51.85% | 91,857  | 17.23%
1988 | 220,316  | 50.00% | 218,274  | 49.54%  | 2,015  | 0.46%
1984 | 254,608  | 56.68% | 194,584  | 43.32%  | 34  | 0.01%
1980 | 229,693  | 55.95% | 146,323  | 35.64%  | 34,545  | 8.41%
1976 | 161,411  | 47.15%  | 176,491  | 51.55% | 4,441  | 1.30%
1972 | 196,528  | 72.41% | 74,127  | 27.31%  | 754  | 0.28%
1968 | 106,122  | 54.50% | 56,613  | 29.07%  | 31,992  | 16.43%
1964 | 85,264  | 55.49% | 68,406  | 44.51%  | 0  | 0.00%
1960 | 68,294  | 58.82% | 47,811  | 41.18%  | 0  | 0.00%
1956 | 43,552  | 72.45% | 16,561  | 27.55%  | 0  | 0.00%
1952 | 26,506  | 69.10% | 11,854  | 30.90%  | 0  | 0.00%
1948 | 9,933  | 50.88% | 7,096  | 36.35%  | 2,492  | 12.77%
1944 | 5,583  | 47.45%  | 6,183  | 52.55% | 0  | 0.00%
1940 | 3,988  | 38.31%  | 6,422  | 61.69% | 0  | 0.00%
1936 | 1,906  | 30.30%  | 4,385  | 69.70% | 0  | 0.00%
1932 | 1,717  | 34.27%  | 3,293  | 65.73% | 0  | 0.00%
1928 | 2,889  | 63.63% | 1,564  | 34.45%  | 87  | 1.92%
1924 | 407  | 41.45%  | 421  | 42.87% | 154  | 15.68%
1920 | 442  | 44.24% | 415  | 41.54%  | 142  | 14.21%
1916 | 158  | 22.57%  | 382  | 54.57% | 160  | 22.86%

#### Voter registration

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According to the Secretary of State's office, Democrats maintain a plurality among registered voters in Broward County. The county is also one of the few counties in the state where Independents outnumber Republicans.

Population and registered voters as of May 31, 2024:

Total population[79] | 1,944,375
Registered voters[80] | 1,102,739  | ~57%
Democratic  | 503,444  | 45.65%
Republican  | 252,672  | 22.91%
Democratic–Republican spread  | +250,772 | +22.74%
Minor parties  | 23,767  | 2.16%
No party affiliation  | 322,856  | 29.28%

### Ordinances

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Broward's code of ordinances consists of resolutions, administrative rules and regulations passed in order to secure a responsive and efficient form of local government.[81]

The county maintains a distinctive rule regarding communication between the county and bidders for county contracts, known as the Cone of Silence.[82] This rule prevents staff involved in a purchasing process from communicating with bidders from the time when the solicitation is issued, and County Commissioners from the time when bids are opened, until the vote to award the contract or the time when all bids are rejected.[83]

## Economy

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See also: List of companies based in Miami

Silver Airways has its headquarters on the property of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in an unincorporated area. [84][85][86] Other companies with headquarters in unincorporated areas include Locair.[87]

Spirit Airlines relocated its headquarters to Dania Beach on April 18, 2024.[88] Prior to that, the airline operated out of Miramar for 24 years, since December 1999.[89]

When Chalk's International Airlines existed, its headquarters was on the grounds of the airport in an unincorporated area.[90] When Bimini Island Air existed, its headquarters were in an unincorporated area.[91]

By far the largest agricultural sector is nurseries, greenhouses, floricultures, and sod.[92] This supplies ornamental uses in the area.[92]

## Education

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### Primary and secondary schools

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Broward College South Campus administration building

Broward County Schools, the sole school district in the county,[93] has the sixth largest school district in the country and the second largest in the state after the Miami-Dade district.

### Regionally accredited colleges and universities

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* Broward College
* Florida Atlantic University (Branch campuses)
* Nova Southeastern University
* Keiser University

### Other adult education providers

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* DeVry University
* University of Phoenix
* The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
* Florida Career College
* Brown Mackie College
* Atlantic Technical Center and Technical High School
* McFatter Technical College and Technical High School
* Sheridan Technical College and Technical High School

### Public libraries

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The Broward County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the country, comprising 38 branch locations. There are also five municipal public libraries in the county that are not part of the Broward County Library system: Ethel M. Gordon Oakland Park Library, Lighthouse Point Library, Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library, Richard C. Sullivan Public Library of Wilton Manors, and Parkland Public Library.

#### Library Resources

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Broward County libraries provide endless amount of resources to the public. For high-schoolers looking to prepare themselves for college, the library offers college readiness & SAT/ACT prep courses. For adults looking to learn computer skills, adult computer classes are also offered. These resources are free of cost, therefore, all it takes is registering to participate. In addition to the many resources offered at the library, bus passes are also sold at most Broward County libraries.[94] If you want to enjoy some of these resources, you can simply download the app to utilize them on the go. There are nine apps available for download: Broward County Library (BCL WoW), Freegal Music, Hoopla, Overdrive, Libby, Axis 360, RBdigital Magazines, Rosetta Stone, and Brainfuse.[95]

## Sites of interest

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Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, Fort Lauderdale Stranahan House, Fort Lauderdale

### Museums and historical collections

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See also: List of museums in Broward County, Florida

* African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, Fort Lauderdale
* Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, Fort Lauderdale
* Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs
* Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, Fort Lauderdale[96]
* Fort Lauderdale History Center, Fort Lauderdale
* Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale
* NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale
* Plantation Historical Museum, Plantation[97]
* Stranahan House, Fort Lauderdale
* The International Game Fish Association, including the Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, Dania Beach
* The International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale
* The Museum of Discovery and Science, Fort Lauderdale
* Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts, Dania Beach[98]
* Young at Art Museum, Davie

### Nature and wildlife areas

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Butterfly World, Coconut Creek

* Anne Kolb Nature Center, Hollywood
* Butterfly World, a botanical sanctuary in Coconut Creek
* Everglades Holiday Park, featuring airboat rides[99] and alligator shows
* Fern Forest Nature Center, Coconut Creek
* Flamingo Gardens, a botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary
* Secret Woods Nature Center, Dania Beach
* Sawgrass Recreation ParkAn airboat tour in Everglades Holiday Park

### Other areas and attractions

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Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

* Beach Place, a strip of stores, restaurants, and bars across the street from the beach along the Atlantic coast, in Fort Lauderdale
* Broward Center for the Performing Arts
* Hollywood Beach Broadwalk
* Florida Grand Opera
* Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop (colloquially known to locals as simply the Swap Shop)
* Sawgrass Mills, a large outlet shopping mall in Sunrise
* Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, where the NHL's Florida Panthers play their games
* The Festival Flea Market Mall in Pompano Beach, America's largest indoor flea market
* Riverwalk (Fort Lauderdale)

Additionally, with 23 miles of beach, Broward County is a popular destination for scuba diving, snorkeling, and droves of young Spring break tourists from around the world.[100][101]

## Transportation

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### Airports

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Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport serves as the primary airport of the Broward County area. The airport is bounded by the cities Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach,[86] three miles (4.8 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 mi (34 km) north of Miami. The airport is near cruise line terminals at Port Everglades and is popular among tourists bound for the Caribbean. Since the late 1990s, FLL has become an intercontinental gateway, although Miami International Airport still handles most long-haul flights. FLL is ranked as the 19th busiest airport (in terms of passenger traffic) in the United States, as well as the nation's 14th busiest international air gateway and one of the world's 50 busiest airports. FLL is classified by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a "major hub" facility serving commercial air traffic. In 2017 the airport processed 32,511,053 passengers[102] (11.3% more than 2016) including 7,183,275 international passengers (18.6% more than 2016).

* North Perry Airport
* Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
* Pompano Beach Airpark
* Downtown Fort Lauderdale Heliport

A Broward County Transit bus in the current "Breeze" livery.

### Public transportation

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* Broward County Transit
* Sun Trolley

### Major expressways

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Interstate 95 as it passes through Fort Lauderdale. The city's skyline can be seen in the background.

* Interstate 95
* Interstate 75
* Interstate 595 (Port Everglades Expressway)
* Florida's Turnpike (SR 91)
* Homestead Extension (SR 821)
* State Road 869 (Sawgrass Expressway)

### Railroads

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* Passenger services: Amtrak, Brightline, and Tri-Rail
* Freight services: Florida East Coast Railway and CSX Transportation

### Street grid

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A street grid stretches throughout Broward County. Most of this grid is loosely based on three primary eastern municipalities, (from South to North) Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach. Deerfield Beach—another primary eastern municipality—has its own street grid, as do two smaller municipalities—Dania Beach and Hallandale Beach.

### Greenways System

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Construction is underway on a network of recreational trails to connect cities and points of interest in the county.[103][104][105]

## Communities

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Map of the municipalities (colored areas) and unincorporated communities (grey areas) of Broward County

### Municipalities

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Municipality populations are based on the 2020 US Census using their QuickFacts with 5,000 residents and above, while municipalities under 5,000 people are based on their US Decennial Census.[106][107]

#  | Incorporated community  | Designation  | Date incorporated  | Population

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1 | Parkland | City | July 10, 1963 | 34,670
2 | Coconut Creek | City | February 20, 1967 | 57,833
3 | Deerfield Beach | City | June 11, 1925 | 86,859
4 | Coral Springs | City | July 10, 1963 | 134,394
5 | Margate | City | May 30, 1955 | 58,712
6 | Pompano Beach | City | June 6, 1908 | 112,046
7 | Lighthouse Point | City | June 13, 1956 | 10,486
8 | Hillsboro Beach | Town | June 12, 1939 | 1,987
9 | Tamarac | City | August 15, 1963 | 71,897
10 | North Lauderdale | City | July 10, 1963 | 44,794
11 | Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | Town | November 30, 1927 | 6,198
12 | Sea Ranch Lakes | Village | October 6, 1959 | 540
13 | Oakland Park | City | June 10, 1929 | 44,229
14 | Wilton Manors | City | May 13, 1947 | 11,426
15 | Lazy Lake | Village | June 3, 1953 | 33
16 | Fort Lauderdale | City | March 27, 1911 | 182,760
17 | Lauderdale Lakes | City | June 22, 1961 | 35,954
18 | Lauderhill | City | June 20, 1959 | 74,482
19 | Sunrise | City | June 22, 1961 | 97,335
20 | Plantation | City | April 30, 1953 | 91,750
21 | Weston | City | September 3, 1996 | 68,107
22 | Davie | Town | November 16, 1925 | 105,691
23 | Dania Beach | City | November 30, 1904 | 31,723
24 | Hollywood | City | November 28, 1925 | 153,067
25 | Southwest Ranches | Town | June 6, 2000 | 7,607
26 | Cooper City | City | June 20, 1959 | 34,401
27 | Pembroke Pines | City | March 2, 1959 | 171,178
28 | Miramar | City | May 26, 1955 | 134,721
29 | West Park | City | March 1, 2005 | 15,130
30 | Pembroke Park | Town | October 10, 1957 | 6,260
31 | Hallandale Beach | City | May 11, 1927 | 41,217

### Former unincorporated neighborhoods

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In the 1980s, the Broward County Commission adopted a policy of having all populated places in the county be part of a municipality.[108] Municipalities were often reluctant to annex neighborhoods which were not projected to yield enough tax revenue to cover the costs of providing services to those neighborhoods.[109] In 2001 the Broward County Legislative Delegation adopted a policy encouraging the annexation of all unincorporated areas in Broward County into municipalities by October 1, 2005.[110] Formerly unincorporated neighborhoods that have been annexed into existing municipalities or combined to form new municipalities as of 2018[update] include:

* Bonnie Loch-Woodsetter North in Deerfield Beach.
* Broadview-Pompano Park in North Lauderdale.
* Broward Estates in Lauderhill.
* Carver Ranches in West Park.
* Chambers Estates in Dania Beach.
* Chula Vista Isles in Fort Lauderdale.
* Collier Manor-Cresthaven in Pompano Beach.
* Country Estates in Southwest Ranches.
* Crystal Lake in Deerfield Beach.
* Edgewater in Dania Beach.
* Estates of Fort Lauderdale in Dania Beach, and partially in Hollywood.
* Godfrey Road in Parkland.

* Golden Heights in Fort Lauderdale.
* Green Meadow in Southwest Ranches.
* Hacienda Village in Davie.
* Ivanhoe Estates in Southwest Ranches.
* Kendall Green in Pompano Beach.
* Lake Forest in West Park.
* Leisureville in Pompano Beach.
* Loch Lomond in Pompano Beach.

* Melrose Park in Fort Lauderdale.
* Miami Gardens in West Park.
* North Andrews Gardens in Oakland Park.
* Oak Point in Hollywood.
* Palm Aire in Fort Lauderdale.
* Pine Island Ridge in Davie.
* Pompano Beach Highlands in Pompano Beach.
* Pompano Estates in Pompano Beach.
* Ramblewood East in Coral Springs.

* Ravenswood Estates in Dania Beach.
* Riverland Village in Fort Lauderdale.
* Rock Island in Fort Lauderdale.
* Rolling Oaks in Southwest Ranches.
* Royal Palm Ranches in Cooper City.
* St. George in Lauderhill.
* Sunshine Acres in Davie.
* Sunshine Ranches in Southwest Ranches.
* Tedder in Deerfield Beach.
* Terra Mar in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and partially in Pompano Beach.
* Twin Lakes North of Prospect Road, in Fort Lauderdale. South of Prospect Road, in Oakland Park.
* Utopia in West Park.
* Village Park in North Lauderdale.
* West Ken-Lark in Lauderhill.

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### Remaining unincorporated neighborhoods

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By late in the first decade of the 21st century, annexation of remaining neighborhoods had stalled.[111] As of 2018[update] the Broward County Municipal Services District serves seven unincorporated neighborhoods, including six census designated places (Boulevard Gardens, Broadview Park, Franklin Park, Hillsboro Pines, Roosevelt Gardens and Washington Park) and a parcel with a population of 72 in 2018, Hillsboro Ranches.[112] Other areas in the developed part of the county that are not in municipalities include the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, several landfills and resource recovery facilities, and other scattered small parcels with few or no residents.[113]

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Fort Lauderdale
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Broward County, Florida
* List of counties in Florida

## Notes

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1. ^ Language spoken at home among residents at least five years old; only languages (or language groups) which at least 2% of residents have spoken at any time since 1980 are mentioned
2. ^ Refers to 2018–2022 American Community Survey data;[49] the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census
3. ^ Refers to 2008–2012 American Community Survey data;[50] the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census
4. ^ Refers to 2018–2022 American Community Survey data;[54][55] the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the 2000 census
5. ^ Refers to 2008–2012 American Community Survey data;[56][57] the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the 2000 census
6. ^ Only countries of birth which at least 0.5% of residents were born in at any time since 1980 are mentioned
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category
8. ^ a b Data from the 1980 census and 1990 census pertains to residents born anywhere in the Soviet Union, not just Russia

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Broward County, Florida.

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### Government links/Constitutional offices

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

#### Special districts

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* Broward County Public Schools
* Broward Health (formerly North Broward Hospital District)
* South Broward Hospital District(Memorial Healthcare System)
* Broward Soil and Water Conservation District
* South Florida Water Management District

#### Judicial branch

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

### Tourism links

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* Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau
* The Waterfront News local newspaper for Broward County, Florida fully and openly available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library

### Official sites

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* The Broward Alliance (Broward County's official public/private partnership for economic development)

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Municipalities and communities of Broward County, Florida, United States

County seat: Fort Lauderdale

Cities|

* Coconut Creek
* Cooper City
* Coral Springs
* Dania Beach
* Deerfield Beach
* Fort Lauderdale
* Hallandale Beach
* Hollywood
* Lauderdale Lakes
* Lauderhill
* Lighthouse Point
* Margate
* Miramar
* North Lauderdale
* Oakland Park
* Parkland
* Pembroke Pines
* Plantation
* Pompano Beach
* Sunrise
* Tamarac
* West Park
* Weston
* Wilton Manors

Towns|

* Davie
* Hillsboro Beach
* Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
* Pembroke Park
* Southwest Ranches

Villages|

* Lazy Lake
* Sea Ranch Lakes

CDPs|

* Boulevard Gardens
* Broadview Park
* Franklin Park
* Hillsboro Pines
* Roosevelt Gardens
* Washington Park

Unincorporated
community|

* Fern Crest Village
* Palm Aire

Indian reservations|

* Big Cypress Indian Reservation‡
* Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation
* Miccosukee Indian Reservation‡

Ghost towns|

* Andytown
* Hacienda Village
* Jomo City
* Rebel City

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Miami metropolitan area

Population: 6,138,333 (2020)

Counties|

* Miami-Dade
* Broward
* Palm Beach

Major city
441k|

* Miami

Cities and towns
100k–250k|

* Coral Springs
* Fort Lauderdale
* Hialeah
* Hollywood
* Miami Gardens
* Miramar
* Pembroke Pines
* Pompano Beach
* West Palm Beach

Cities and towns
25k–99k|

* Aventura
* Boca Raton
* Boynton Beach
* Coconut Creek
* Cooper City
* Coral Gables
* Cutler Bay
* Dania Beach
* Davie
* Deerfield Beach
* Delray Beach
* Doral
* Greenacres
* Hallandale Beach
* Homestead
* Jupiter
* Lake Worth
* Lauderdale Lakes
* Lauderhill
* Margate
* Miami Beach
* North Lauderdale
* North Miami
* North Miami Beach
* Oakland Park
* Palm Beach Gardens
* Plantation
* Riviera Beach
* Sunrise
* Tamarac
* West Park
* Weston
* Wilton Manors

Cities and towns
10k–25k|

* Belle Glade
* Hialeah Gardens
* Lighthouse Point
* Miami Lakes
* Miami Springs
* Opa-locka
* Palm Beach
* Parkland
* South Miami
* Sunny Isles Beach
* Sweetwater
* Palm Springs

A list of cities under 10,000 is available here.

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Greater Miami Area

Central business district|

* Downtown Miami
* Arts & Entertainment District
* Brickell
* Central Business District
* Historic District
* Government Center
* Park West

Major urban areas|

* Boca Raton
* Boynton Beach
* Coral Gables
* Coral Springs
* Deerfield Beach
* Delray Beach
* Doral
* Fort Lauderdale
* Hialeah
* Hollywood
* Jupiter
* Kendall
* Miami Beach
* Miami Gardens
* Miramar
* Palm Beach Gardens
* Pembroke Pines
* Pompano Beach
* Sunrise
* West Palm Beach

Colleges
and universities|

* Barry University
* Broward College
* Carlos Albizu University
* Florida Atlantic University
* Florida International University
* Florida Memorial University
* Johnson & Wales University
* Miami Dade College
* Miami International University of Art & Design
* Nova Southeastern University
* St. Thomas University
* University of Fort Lauderdale
* University of Miami

Parks and recreation|

* Alice Wainwright Park
* Amelia Earhart Park
* Arch Creek
* The Barnacle Historic State Park
* Bayfront Park
* Big Cypress National Preserve
* Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
* Biscayne National Park
* Brian Piccolo Sports Park & Velodrome
* Chapman Field Park
* Crandon Park
* Dinner Key
* Everglades National Park
* Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
* Fort Dallas
* Fruit & Spice Park
* Greynolds Park
* Haulover Park
* Jungle Island
* The Kampong
* Margaret Pace Park
* Matheson Hammock Park
* Miami Seaquarium
* Monkey Jungle
* Museum Park
* Oleta River State Park
* Peacock Park
* Pride Park, Miami Beach FL
* Shark Valley
* Simpson Park Hammock
* South Pointe Park
* Tamiami Park
* Tropical Park
* The Underline
* Virginia Key
* Zoo Miami

Attractions|

* Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
* Amerant Bank Arena
* Bass Museum
* Bergeron Rodeo Grounds
* Biltmore Hotel
* Bonita Chita Key
* Broward County Convention Center
* Butterfly World
* Coral Castle
* Downtown Miami
* FIU Stadium
* Florida Grand Opera
* Fontainebleau Miami Beach
* Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop
* Frost Art Museum
* Frost School of Music
* Gulfstream Park
* Hard Rock Stadium
* HistoryMiami
* Holocaust Memorial
* Homestead
* Jewish Museum of Florida
* Kaseya Center
* Las Olas Boulevard
* LoanDepot Park
* Lowe Art Museum
* Lincoln Road
* Lummus Park
* MacFarlane Homestead
* Miami Beach Architectural District
* Miami Beach Convention Center
* Miami Children's Museum
* Miami City Ballet
* Miami Conservatory
* Museum of Contemporary Art
* New World Symphony Orchestra
* Normandy Isles
* North Shore
* Ocean Bank Convocation Center
* Ocean Drive
* Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
* Pérez Art Museum Miami
* Riverwalk
* Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
* South Beach
* The Miami Line
* Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
* Watsco Center
* Wolfsonian-FIU
* Wynwood Art District

Major shopping centers|

* Aventura Mall
* Bal Harbour Shops
* Bayside Marketplace
* Boynton Beach Mall
* Brickell City Centre
* Broward Mall
* CocoWalk
* Coral Square
* Dadeland Mall
* Dolphin Mall
* The Falls
* The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
* The Gardens Mall
* Lincoln Road
* The Mall at 163rd Street
* Mary Brickell Village
* Miami International Mall
* Midtown Miami
* Midway Crossings
* Miracle Marketplace
* Pembroke Lakes Mall
* The Promenade at Coconut Creek
* The Shops at Sunset Place
* Sawgrass Mills
* Southland Mall
* Shops at Merrick Park
* Town Center at Boca Raton
* Westland Mall

Transportation|

* Amtrak
* Broward County Transit
* Brightline
* Government Center
* Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
* Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
* Miami-Dade Transit
* Metrobus
* Metromover
* Metrorail
* MIA Mover
* MiamiCentral
* Miami Intermodal Center
* Miami International Airport
* Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport
* North Perry Airport
* Palm Beach International Airport
* Palm Tran
* Pompano Beach Airpark
* Port Everglades
* PortMiami
* Tri-Rail

Major thoroughfares|

* East 6th Avenue
* North 36th Street
* North 54th Street
* North 79th Street
* North 103rd Street
* North 125th Street
* North 135th Street
* West 7th Avenue
* West 12th Avenue
* West 27th Avenue
* West 107th Avenue
* Allapattah Road
* Alton Road
* Bird Road
* Biscayne Boulevard
* Brickell Avenue
* Broad Causeway
* Collins Avenue
* Coral Reef Drive
* Coral Way
* County Line Road
* Douglas Road
* Flagler Street
* Galloway Road
* Gratigny
* Ives Dairy Road
* Julia Tuttle Causeway
* Kendall Drive
* John F. Kennedy Causeway
* Killian
* Krome Avenue
* William Lehman Causeway
* Le Jeune Road
* Ludlam Road
* MacArthur Causeway
* Miami Avenue
* Miami Gardens Drive
* Milam Dairy Road
* Miracle Mile
* Okeechobee Road
* Old Cutler Road
* Port Boulevard
* Quail Roost Drive
* Red Road
* Rickenbacker Causeway
* South Dixie Highway
* Sunset Drive
* Tamiami Trail
* University Drive
* Venetian Causeway
* West Dixie Highway

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Geography|

* Beaches
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Society|

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Regions|

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Metro areas|

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* Port St. Lucie
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* The Villages

Largest cities|

* Jacksonville
* Miami
* Tampa
* Orlando
* St. Petersburg
* Hialeah
* Port St. Lucie
* Tallahassee
* Cape Coral
* Fort Lauderdale
* Pembroke Pines
* Hollywood
* Gainesville
* Miramar
* Coral Springs
* Palm Bay
* West Palm Beach
* Clearwater
* Lakeland
* Pompano Beach
* Miami Gardens
* Davie

Counties|

* Alachua
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* Bradford
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