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Renting an Apartment in Plantation
Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida in the United States. As of
July 2006 the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 86,138. It is
part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.
The city's name comes from the prior owner of the land, the Everglades
Plantation Company. The official motto of Plantation is "The Grass is Greener."
Plantation also suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on October 24,
2005.
Plantation City Hall was the backdrop for part of the film, There's Something
About Mary. Mary's childhood home was also filmed a few blocks from City Hall.
Plantation Golf Course is the site of the famous Caddyshack pool scene.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.93
square miles (57 kmē). 21.74 square miles (56 kmē) of it is land and .19 square
miles (0 kmē) of it (0.87%) is water.
Plantation is located in central Broward County. It is bordered by Lauderhill to
the northeast, Sunrise to the north and west, Davie to the south, and Fort
Lauderdale to the east.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 82,934 people, 33,244 households, and
22,206 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,815.2/miē
(1,472.9/kmē). There were 34,999 housing units at an average density of
1,610.0/miē (621.6/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 78.34% White (68%
were Non-Hispanic White,) 13.78% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.88%
Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.00% from other races, and 2.79% from two or
more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.09% of the population.
There were 33,244 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 25.8% of all
households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average
family size was 3.02.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.1%
from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there
were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was
$63,499, and the median income for a family was $80,910. Males had a median
income of $44,838 versus $32,360 for females. The per capita income for the city
was $28,250. About 4.3% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or
over.
As of 2000, English as a first language was spoken by 78.00% of the population,
while Spanish was at 13.00%, French Creole at 2.24%, French speakers made up
1.30%, Hebrew comprised at 0.72%, Portuguese speakers comprised 0.71%, Italian
was at 0.58%, German at 0.54%, and Arabic was the mother tongue of 0.46% of all
residents.
As of 2000, Plantation had the eighty-ninth highest percentage of Colombian
residents in the US, at 1.81% of the city's population (tied with Greenport, New
York,) and had the 101st highest percentage of Cubans, at 2.46% of the
population. It also was the fifty-sixth most Haitian-populated area at
2.5% (tied with several areas including the Carol City section of Miami Gardens
and Taft, Florida,) and the thirty-third highest concentration of Jamaican
residents, with 4% of all residents (tied with New Carrollton, Maryland and
Cottage City, Maryland.)
Education
Public High Schools
* Plantation High School
* South Plantation High School
Plantation Middle Schools
* Plantation Middle School
* Seminole Middle School
Public Elementary Schools
* Central Park Elementary School
* Mirror Lake Elementary School
* Peters Elementary School
* Plantation Elementary School
* Plantation Park Elementary School
* Tropical Elementary School
Economy
DHL's World Headquarters for the Americas is located in Plantation.
Plantation is also home to two malls, both across the street from one another:
the Broward Mall (south of Broward Boulevard), and the Fashion Mall (North of
Broward.) As of April 11, 2007 the Fashion Mall/Executive Pavillion has closed
down. When demolition, renovation and new construction are completed, 321 North
will comprise a 650,000-square-foot retail space, 300,000 to 400,000 square feet
of Class A office space in two new office buildings, and 400 to 600 residential
units in two mid-rise towers.
The estimated $350 million project is a major part of Plantation Midtown, an
850-acre urban center that is expected to help turn Plantation into a regional
destination. Plantation has embraced mixed-use in its master plan for the
Midtown area. “Mixed use is not only a key element of the City’s master plan for
Midtown, but is an important consideration in repositioning the beleaguered
Fashion Mall property because it will create a sustainable development,” says
Paul D’Arelli of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., legal counsel for the project and an
accredited LEED professional. *LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) certification to minimize environmental impact, 'going Green'.