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Broward County (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) 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.<ref name="2020CensusPopulationByRace" /> 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.<ref name="CensusRaceEthnicity">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Native people

The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 12,000 years ago.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857–1910)

Founding of Broward

Broward County was founded on April 30, 1915.<ref name="Greater Fort Lauderdale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Greater Fort Lauderdale" />

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.<ref name="Greater Fort Lauderdale" />

Land boom and rapid growth

By 1925, the boom was considered to have reached its peak, but the 1926 Miami hurricane caused economic depression in the county.<ref name="Greater Fort Lauderdale" /> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The population subsequently experienced an 85.7% population growth which brought the population to a total of 620,100 in 1970.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Recent history

The structure of the Broward County government was signed into law in 1975 with the passage of the Broward County charter.<ref name="Greater Fort Lauderdale" /> In the same year, the Seminole Tribe of Florida incorporated as a governing entity and began organizing cigarette sales, bingo and land leases that would bring millions of dollars in annual revenue in later years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Source-attribution</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the year 2000, the US census reported a total population of 1,623,018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Convert which endured for about five hours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Geography

Template:Climate chartAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (8.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Broward County has an average elevation of Template:Convert 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.<ref>Notes on Florida Geography, Florida International University</ref> 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 Template:Convert, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Adjacent counties

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Demographics

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A map of racial demographics in Broward County, Florida by Census tract.Template:Collapsible list
Historical racial composition 2020<ref name="2020CensusPopulationByRace" /> 2010<ref name="2010CensusPopulationByRace" /> 2000<ref name="2000CensusPopulationByRace" /> 1990<ref name="1990Census1" /> 1980<ref name="1980Census1" />
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 (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
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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
Template:Abbr 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
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$70,331 $67,917
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Template:Abbr<ref name="ACSEducationalAttainment" /> 13.3% 12.1%
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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%
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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-bornTemplate:Efn 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/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Colombia 3.4% 2.8% 2.0% 0.8% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Cuba 3.2% 2.5% 2.0% 1.3% 0.8%
... born in Venezuela 2.5% 1.2% 0.6% 0.1% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Brazil 1.5% 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Peru 1.2% 1.2% 0.8% 0.3% N/ATemplate:Efn
... 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/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Argentina 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in India 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
... born in China 0.5% 0.35% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
... born in El Salvador 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% N/ATemplate:Efn
... born in Ecuador 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% N/ATemplate:Efn
... 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%Template:Efn 0.9%Template:Efn
... 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%

Law, government, and politics

Broward County mayors

Name Start of Term End of Term
Beam Furr<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 19, 2024
Nan H. Rich<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 28, 2023 November 19, 2024
Lamar P. Fisher<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 29, 2022 November 28, 2023
Michael Udine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 16, 2021 November 29, 2022<ref name="cbsnews.com"/>
Steven A. Geller<ref name="local10.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 17, 2020 November 16, 2021
Dale V.C. Holness<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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November 19, 2019 November 17, 2020
Mark Bogen<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nov. 2018 Nov. 2019
Beam Furr<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 are primarily ceremonial; 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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,<ref name="BSO About">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is the largest sheriff's department in Florida. The BSO was founded in 1915.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sheriff Gregory Tony has been the Sheriff heading the agency since 2019, when he replaced Sheriff Scott Israel, who had been Sheriff since 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto5aa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Politics

Overview

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,<ref name="Broward Power">State:Broward Power. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved November 14, 2006.</ref><ref>2008 General Election Results Template:Webarchive. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 11, 2008.</ref> still generally voting for Democrats even in statewide landslide losses, in presidential and gubernatorial elections.

It gave greater than 60% support to the Democratic party nominee in every election since 1996 until 2024. In 2024, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won below 60% of the vote in the county for the first time since 1992. It had also given Democrat Charlie Crist less than 60% of the vote in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.

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. The county's population is also over 25% African American, a predominantly Democratic-leaning group.

Previous gubernatorial election results
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
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

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Voter registration

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.

Registered voters as of April 30, 2025:
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2,037,472
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1,181,801 ~58%
    Democratic 521,669 44.14%
    Republican 279,154 23.62%
    Democratic–Republican spread +242,515 +20.52%
    Minor parties 28,741 2.43%
    No party affiliation 352,237 29.80%

Ordinances

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.<ref>Broward Legal Directory, Broward County Florida Laws and Ordinances, accessed February 21, 2021</ref>

The county maintains a distinctive rule regarding communication between the county and bidders for county contracts, known as the Cone of Silence.<ref>Broward County, Finance and Administration Services Department, Cone of Silence, accessed January 16, 2020</ref> 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.<ref>Board of County Commissioners, Ordinance No. 2004-31, enacted August 24, 2004, accessed February 21, 2021</ref>

Economy

Template:See also Silver Airways has its headquarters on the property of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in an unincorporated area. <ref>"Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport > Business > Tenant Directory Template:Webarchive." Broward County. Retrieved on December 17, 2011. "1100 Lee Wagener Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL33315"</ref><ref>"Contact Us Template:Webarchive." Gulfstream International Airlines. Retrieved on December 17, 2011. "1100 Lee Wagener Blvd, Suite 201 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315."</ref><ref name="Zoning Map">"Zoning Map Template:Webarchive." City of Dania Beach. Retrieved on May 12, 2010.</ref> Other companies with headquarters in unincorporated areas include Locair.<ref>"Contact Us." Locair. Retrieved on June 19, 2010. "Locair, Inc. 268 SW 33rd St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315"</ref>

Spirit Airlines relocated its headquarters to Dania Beach on April 18, 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Prior to that, the airline operated out of Miramar for 24 years, since December 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

When Chalk's International Airlines existed, its headquarters was on the grounds of the airport in an unincorporated area.<ref>"Administration." Chalk's International Airlines. March 31, 2004. Retrieved on December 17, 2011. "Chalk's International Airlines 704 SW 34th Street Ft Lauderdale, Fl. 33315"</ref> When Bimini Island Air existed, its headquarters were in an unincorporated area.<ref>"Contact Us." Bimini Island Air. Retrieved on July 12, 2011. "Bimini Island Air, Inc./Ltd. 3000 NW 59 Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309"</ref>

By far the largest agricultural sector is nurseries, greenhouses, floricultures, and sod.<ref name="2017-census-county" /> This supplies ornamental uses in the area.<ref name="2017-census-county">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Broward College South Campus administration building

Broward County Schools, the sole school district in the county,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} - Text list</ref> 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

Other adult education providers

Public libraries

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

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sites of interest

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

Museums and historical collections

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Nature and wildlife areas

Butterfly World, Coconut Creek

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  • Fern Forest Nature Center, Coconut Creek
  • Flamingo Gardens, a botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary
  • Secret Woods Nature Center, Dania Beach
  • Sawgrass Recreation Park
    An airboat tour in Everglades Holiday Park
    An airboat tour in Everglades Holiday Park

Other areas and attractions

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Transportation

Airports

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,<ref name="Zoning Map"/> Template:Convert southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and Template:Convert 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<ref name="ACI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (11.3% more than 2016) including 7,183,275 international passengers (18.6% more than 2016).

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

Public transportation

Major expressways

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

Railroads

Street grid

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

Construction is underway on a network of recreational trails to connect cities and points of interest in the county.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="First leg of bike trail open along I-595">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Dead link</ref>

Communities

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

Municipalities

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.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

# Incorporated community Designation Date incorporated Population
1 Parkland City Template:Dts 34,670
2 Coconut Creek City Template:Dts 57,833
3 Deerfield Beach City Template:Dts 86,859
4 Coral Springs City Template:Dts 134,394
5 Margate City Template:Dts 58,712
6 Pompano Beach City Template:Dts 112,046
7 Lighthouse Point City Template:Dts 10,486
8 Hillsboro Beach Town Template:Dts 1,987
9 Tamarac City Template:Dts 71,897
10 North Lauderdale City Template:Dts 44,794
11 Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Town Template:Dts 6,198
12 Sea Ranch Lakes Village Template:Dts 540
13 Oakland Park City Template:Dts 44,229
14 Wilton Manors City Template:Dts 11,426
15 Lazy Lake Village Template:Dts 33
16 Fort Lauderdale City Template:Dts 182,760
17 Lauderdale Lakes City Template:Dts 35,954
18 Lauderhill City Template:Dts 74,482
19 Sunrise City Template:Dts 97,335
20 Plantation City Template:Dts 91,750
21 Weston City Template:Dts 68,107
22 Davie Town Template:Dts 105,691
23 Dania Beach City Template:Dts 31,723
24 Hollywood City Template:Dts 153,067
25 Southwest Ranches Town Template:Dts 7,607
26 Cooper City City Template:Dts 34,401
27 Pembroke Pines City Template:Dts 171,178
28 Miramar City Template:Dts 134,721
29 West Park City Template:Dts 15,130
30 Pembroke Park Town Template:Dts 6,260
31 Hallandale Beach City Template:Dts 41,217

Former unincorporated neighborhoods

In the 1980s, the Broward County Commission adopted a policy of having all populated places in the county be part of a municipality.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Formerly unincorporated neighborhoods that have been annexed into existing municipalities or combined to form new municipalities Template:As of include:

Remaining unincorporated neighborhoods

By late in the first decade of the 21st century, annexation of remaining neighborhoods had stalled.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:As of 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

Notes

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References

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Special districts

Judicial branch

Official sites

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

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