Pembroke Pines, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Pembroke Pines had a population of 137,427 people^<1>. This represents 0.86% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 10th 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
7	Fort Lauderdale	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	183,126	20.16% increase
8	Tallahassee	NW	388 mi [624 km]	171,922	14.14% increase
9	Hollywood	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	141,740	1.71% increase
-10-	Pembroke Pines			145,661	5.99% increase
11	Coral Springs	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	125,783	7% increase
12	Clearwater	NW	201 mi [323.5 km]	105,774	2.77% decrease
13	Cape Coral	NW	111 mi [178.6 km]	156,835	53.33% increase

Pembroke Pines had 55,296 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Pembroke Pines has a total area of 34.44 square miles [89.2 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 33.05 square miles [85.6 km²]1.38 square miles [3.58 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Pembroke Pines had a 2000 population density of 4,157 people per square mile [1,605 people/km²], making it the state's 68th most densely populated area.

Broward County

The city of Pembroke Pines is located in Broward County.

The county had a population of 1,631,983 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 137,427 people, Pembroke Pines contained 8.42% of the Broward County total.

In addition, where the community of Pembroke Pines has a population density of 4,157 people per square mile [1,605 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 Pembroke Pines and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Pembroke Pines. 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 Pembroke Pines. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Pembroke Pines, it also contains a comparison between Pembroke Pines and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Pembroke Pines QuickFact (QF-1255775).

The following communities are nearby Pembroke Pines and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Miramar	QF-1245975	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	108,484	49.14% increase
	Davie	QF-1216475	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	90,238	19.17% increase
	Weston	QF-1276582	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	63,628	29.1% increase
	Plantation	QF-1257425	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	83,628	0.84% increase
	Hialeah	QF-1230000	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	210,542	7.01% decrease
	Hollywood	QF-1232000	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	141,740	1.71% increase
	Sunrise	QF-1269700	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	89,026	3.79% increase
	Hallandale	QF-1228450	E	12 mi [19.31 km]

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Pembroke Pines.

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 Pembroke Pines:

Pembroke Pines 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 Pembroke Pines.

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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) Pembroke Pines. 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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