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Renting an Apartment in Sunrise
Sunrise is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally
called "Sunrise Golf Village," the name did not sit well with the retirees whom
developers wanted to attract, so a change was made to "Sunrise." As of the 2000
census, the city had a total population of 85,779. As of 2004, the population
recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 90,227.
It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, currently the fourth largest outlet
shopping mall in the United States. The Florida Panthers of the NHL play in
Sunrise at BankAtlantic Center.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 85,779 people, 33,308 households, and
22,249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,819.8/km˛
(4,712.5/mi˛). There were 35,661 housing units at an average density of
756.5/km˛ (1,959.1/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 69.48% White (57%
were Non-Hispanic White,) 20.47% African American, 0.18% Native American, 3.08%
Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other races, and 3.26% from two or
more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.08% of the population.
There were 33,308 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all
households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who
was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the
average family size was 3.12.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3%
from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there
were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,998, and the median income
for a family was $47,908. Males had a median income of $35,706 versus $28,147
for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,713. About 7.3% of
families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3%
of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 71.92%, while
Spanish was 16.75%, French Creole was at 2.53%, Yiddish at 1.14%, Portuguese at
1.01%, Italian at 0.84%, French at 0.83%, Hebrew at 0.61%, and Chinese at 0.59%
of the population.
As of 2000, Sunrise had the 107th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the
US, at 2.29% of the city's population, and the sixtieth highest percentage of
Colombian residents in the US, at 2.44% of the city's population (tied with
Weehawken, New Jersey.) It also had the fourteenth most Jamaican-populated area
in the US, with 7.6% of all residents, and the fifty-third highest concentration
of Haitians (tied with Lake Alfred and Miami Gardens' Bunche Park neighborhood)
at 2.8% of the population.
Corporations
Sunrise hosts over 100 corporations. Some examples are companies like Motorola,
HBO Latin America, Sony and Sprint PCS.
The list of corporations includes but is not limited to:
United Healthcare
Nortel
BellSouth
Foundation Healthcare
Hormel Foods
Union Bank
Precision Response
ABN Amro
Interim Services
Xerox
Sheraton Health
Air France
Fox Sports Television
Sunrise Auto Mall
Cigna HealthCare
Cross Country Home Services
Wildcard Services
GEOPAK/Beiswenger, Hoch & Assoc.
Bioheart
Perfumania
Honeywell
CIT Group
Trendium
On the seventeenth of October 2007, the first Ikea store in Florida opened in
Sunrise.