Coconut Creek, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Coconut Creek had a population of 43,566 people^<1>. This represents 0.27% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 46th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
43	Ocala	NW	233 mi [375 km]	54,801	19.28% increase
44	Port Orange	N	201 mi [323.5 km]	54,616	19.19% increase
45	Pinellas Park	NW	189 mi [304.2 km]	47,173	3.32% increase
-46-	Coconut Creek			50,436	15.77% increase
47	Coral Gables	S	41 mi [66 km]	42,781	1.26% increase
48	Altamonte Springs	NW	180 mi [289.7 km]	39,947	3.04% decrease
49	North Miami Beach	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	37,997	6.84% decrease

Coconut Creek had 22,182 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Coconut Creek has an area^<4> of 11.55 square miles [29.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Coconut Creek had a 2000 population density of 3,773 people per square mile [1,456 people/km²], making it the state's 79th most densely populated area.

Broward County

The city of Coconut Creek is located in Broward County.

The county had a population of 1,631,983 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 43,566 people, Coconut Creek contained 2.67% of the Broward County total.

In addition, where the community of Coconut Creek has a population density of 3,773 people per square mile [1,456 people/km²], Broward County averages 1,353 people per square mile [522 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Broward County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Coconut Creek and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Coconut Creek. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Coconut Creek. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Coconut Creek, it also contains a comparison between Coconut Creek and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Coconut Creek QuickFact (QF-1213275).

The following communities are nearby Coconut Creek and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Margate	QF-1243125	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]	54,086	0.33% increase
	Deerfield Beach	QF-1216725	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	74,584	15.49% increase
	Coral Springs	QF-1214400	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	125,783	7% increase
	Pompano Beach	QF-1258050	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	101,943	30.38% increase
	North Lauderdale	QF-1249425	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	41,772	29.47% increase
	Tamarac	QF-1270675	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	59,340	6.75% increase
	Lauderdale Lakes	QF-1239525	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	31,004	2.21% decrease
	Oakland Park	QF-1250575	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	42,293	36.58% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Coconut Creek.

A Census Quickfact is available for Broward County (QF-12011).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Broward County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Collier	QF-12021	W	315,258	24.1% increase
	Hendry	QF-12051	NW	39,453	8.59% increase
	Miami-Dade	QF-12086	S	2,398,245	6.16% increase
	Palm Beach	QF-12099	N	1,265,293	11.44% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Coconut Creek:

Coconut Creek is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Coconut Creek.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Coconut Creek. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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