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Renting an Apartment in Pembroke Park
Pembroke Park is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. The town
took its name from its location along Pembroke Road. As of 2006, the population
estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,487.[2] It is part of the South Florida
metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 6,299 people, 2,742 households, and
1,595 families residing in the town. The population density was 4,465.6/mi˛
(1,724.9/km˛). There were 4,406 housing units at an average density of
3,123.6/mi˛ (1,206.5/km˛). The racial makeup of the town was 42.61% White (33.6%
were Non-Hispanic,) 48.98% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.68% Asian,
0.06% Pacific Islander, 3.95% from other races, and 3.35% from two or more
races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.35% of the population.
There were 2,742 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 31.8% were married couples living together, 21.6% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families. 33.7% of all
households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who
was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the
average family size was 2.96.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.0%
from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there
were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $22,605, and the median income
for a family was $25,972. Males had a median income of $26,275 versus $21,230
for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,369. About 20.0% of
families and 24.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including
27.2% of those under age 18 and 25.5% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language was at 73.87%, while Spanish
accounted for 11.49%, French 10.05% (most of whom are French Canadian,) and
French Creole at 4.57% of residents.
As of 2000, Pembroke Park had the sixth highest percentage of Canadian residents
in the US, with 3.1% of the US populace. It was also the fifth most British West
Indian populace, at 1.1% (tied with Gordon Heights, New York,) the twelfth
highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the US, at 8% of the city's
population, and the 137th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at
1.52% of the city's population (tied with Goldenrod, Florida.) It also had the
123rd most Dominicans in the US, at 1.52% (tied with Waterbury, Connecticut,)
while it had the thirty-fourth highest percentage of Haitians (tied with South
Floral Park, New York, as well as Pomona, New York and Lakeview, New York,) at
5.4% of all residents.