Broward County | |
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   .jpg)   .JPG) .jpg) 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[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
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| • 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 | 29 ft (9 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2023)[8] | 1,962,531  |
| • Rank | 17th in the United States 2nd in Florida |
| GDP | |
| • 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 |    |
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| State roads |                              |
| Commuter rail | Amtrak, Brightline, Tri-Rail |
| Website | www |
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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]
- ^ "2018 Gazetteer Countries". Census.gov.
- ^ a b "County Commission County Commission".
- ^ "County Commission". www.broward.org.
- ^ "By blocking mayor vote, Broward embraces business as usual, again | Editorial". June 17, 2020.
- ^ "Pine Island Ridge Natural Area". Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Sea level at the Atlantic Ocean.
- ^ a b "P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT ... - Census Bureau Table". P2 | HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022". County Population Totals: 2020-2022. U.S. Census Bureau. March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Broward County, FL". fred.stlouisfed.org.
- ^ "Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census". Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census. U.S. Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022" (PDF). www.bea.gov. Bureau of Economic Analysis.