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Renting an Apartment in North Lauderdale
North Lauderdale is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of 1
July 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 42,335. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857
people.
History
North Lauderdale was originally conceived as "The City of Tomorrow" by famed
architect Morris Lapidus, fresh from his success in redefining the glittering
Collins Avenue in Miami Beach with his work on the Fontainebleau Hotel, Eden
Roc, Americana and other neo-baroque moderne hotel designs.
Geography
North Lauderdale is in north-central Broward County. It is adjacent to the
following municipalities:
On its north:
* Margate
On its northwest:
* Coral Springs
On its west and south:
* Tamarac
On its east:
* Fort Lauderdale
On its northeast:
* Pompano Beach
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.91
square miles (10 kmē). 3.88 square miles (10 kmē) of it is land and .03 square
miles (0 kmē) of it (0.77%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 32,264 people, 10,799 households, and
7,818 families residing in the city. The population density was 8,319.2/miē
(3,210.6/kmē). There were 11,444 housing units at an average density of
2,950.8/miē(1,138.8/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 50.02% White (36.7%
were Non-Hispanic White,) 35.16% African American, 0.29% Native American,
3.12% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.87% from other races, and 5.49% from two
or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.13% of the population.
There were 10,799 households out of which 42.4% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 19.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 19.6% of all
households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average
family size was 3.43.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 10.7%
from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there
were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,050, and the median income
for a family was $41,990. Males had a median income of $29,188 versus $24,828
for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,557. About 11.5% of
families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including
16.9% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.
Speakers of English as their first language accounted for 67.63% of the
population, while Spanish was spoken by 20.31%, French Creole 6.16%, French
1.48%, Portuguese 1.42%, and Vietnamese speakers made up 0.89% of residents.
As of 2000, North Lauderdale was the fortieth most Colombian-populated area in
the US, with 3.32% of the population. It was also the eighth most
Jamaican-populated area with 11.1%, while it had the twenty-seventh highest
percentage of Haitians in the US (tied with Wilton Manors and Florida City) at
6.7%, and the thirteenth most Trinidadian and Tobagonian community in the US,
with 1.1% of the residents (tied with a few other US areas.)