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Renting an Apartment in Oakland Park
Oakland Park is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally
named Floranada (a portmanteau of Florida and Canada), the town was forced into
bankruptcy after the hurricane of 1926. When the town reincorporated, residents
chose the name Oakland Park. As of 2006, the population estimated by the U.S.
Census Bureau is 42,560,[2] mainly due to annexation of North Andrews Gardens
and Twin Lakes South. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which
is home to 5,463,857 people.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area
of 6.9 square miles (18 kmē). 6.30 square miles (16 kmē) of it is land and 0.6
square miles (2 kmē) of it (8.70%) is water.
The City of Oakland Park is bisected by the Florida East Coast Railway,which
runs parallel to Dixie Highway through downtown Oakland Park. The City of
Oakland Park has put into place new zoning regulations intended to transform
downtown Oakland Park into a mixed-use pedestrian community. One element of the
proposal is the creation of a new commuter rail station on the FEC rail line.
Oakland Park borders the City of Wilton Manors, which is experiencing a
tremendous amount of new development. Increased property prices in Wilton Manors
have pushed up prices in Oakland Park and spurred interest in the city's
downtown redevelopment plan.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 30,966 people, 13,502 households, and
6,940 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,914.7/miē
(1,897.8/kmē). There were 14,509 housing units at an average density of
2,302.7/miē (889.2/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 65.98% White (53.9%
were Non-Hispanic White,)[6] 22.65% African American, 0.23% Native American,
1.94% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 4.45% from other races, and 4.62% from two
or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.94% of the population.
There were 13,502 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 32.3% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 48.6% were non-families. 35.1% of all
households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average
family size was 3.00.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 9.0%
from 18 to 24, 38.7% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there
were 109.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,493, and the median income
for a family was $38,571. Males had a median income of $30,269 versus $25,514
for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,873. About 13.3% of
families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including
22.1% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, English as a first language comprised 66.52%, while 18.16% spoke
Spanish, 6.95% spoke French Creole as theirs, 3.32% spoke Portuguese, 1.99%
spoke French, Italian was at 0.64%, and German as a mother tongue made up 0.52%
of the population.
As of 2000, Oakland Park was the fifteenth most Brazilian-populated area in the
US (tied with several other areas) at 2.1%, and it had the twenty-fifth highest
percentage of Haitians in the US, with 7% of the population (tied with Ramapo,
New York.)
Also, as of 2000, the North Andrews Gardens section of Oakland Park is the
sixty-third most Cuban-populated area in the US at 5.76%, while the rest of
Oakland Park had the 113th highest percentage of Cubans with 2.03% of all
residents. The North Andrews Gardens section was also the thirty-third most
Peruvian-populated area in the US, at 1.51% of the population, as well as having
the seventy-forth highest percentage of Colombians in the US, at 2.03% of all
residents.