Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Fort Lauderdale had a population of 152,397 people^<1>. This represents 0.95% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 7th 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
4	Saint Petersburg	NW	190 mi [305.8 km]	245,314	1.18% decrease
5	Hialeah	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	210,542	7.01% decrease
6	Orlando	NW	172 mi [276.8 km]	230,519	23.97% increase
-7-	Fort Lauderdale			183,126	20.16% increase
8	Tallahassee	NW	388 mi [624 km]	171,922	14.14% increase
9	Hollywood	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	141,740	1.71% increase
10	Pembroke Pines	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	145,661	5.99% increase

Fort Lauderdale had 80,862 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Fort Lauderdale has a total area of 36.02 square miles [93.3 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 31.73 square miles [82.2 km²]4.29 square miles [11.1 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Fort Lauderdale had a 2000 population density of 4,803 people per square mile [1,854 people/km²], making it the state's 48th most densely populated area.

Broward County

The coastal city of Fort Lauderdale is located in Broward County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,631,983 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 152,397 people, Fort Lauderdale contained 9.34% of the Broward County total.

In addition, where the community of Fort Lauderdale has a population density of 4,803 people per square mile [1,854 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 Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Fort Lauderdale. 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 Fort Lauderdale. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Fort Lauderdale, it also contains a comparison between Fort Lauderdale and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Fort Lauderdale QuickFact (QF-1224000).

The following communities are nearby Fort Lauderdale and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Oakland Park	QF-1250575	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	42,293	36.58% increase
	Lauderdale Lakes	QF-1239525	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	31,004	2.21% decrease
	Lauderhill	QF-1239550	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	67,073	16.48% increase
	North Lauderdale	QF-1249425	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	41,772	29.47% increase
	Hollywood	QF-1232000	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	141,740	1.71% increase
	Plantation	QF-1257425	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	83,628	0.84% increase
	Pompano Beach	QF-1258050	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	101,943	30.38% increase
	Margate	QF-1243125	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	54,086	0.33% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Fort Lauderdale.

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 Fort Lauderdale:

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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) Fort Lauderdale. 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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