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Renting an Apartment in Tamarac
Tamarac is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 59,923. It is
part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.
History
Once a fledgling senior retirement community in the early 1960's, a young
millionaire named Ken Behring came from the Midwest and bought up all the land
and then started to build. He originally made his fortune with a chain of car
washes called Car-A-Mat. He called his new city Tamarac, Car-A-Mat spelled
backwards.
Geography
Tamarac is located at [show location on an interactive map] 26°12′13″N,
80°14′47″W (26.203581, -80.246376)GR1. According to the United States Census
Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.9 square miles (31 kmē), of which 11.4
square miles (30 kmē) is land and 0.5 square miles (1 kmē) is water (4.21%).
The city's western boundaries are a neat square. East of State Road 7, the
boundaries narrow to a sliver from Northwest 31st to 37th Avenues, then widen to
the south to include Tamarac Lakes South, and to the north to take in Tamarac
Lakes North and The Boulevards. The city's easternmost boundary, Tamarac Lakes
One and Two, extends below Commercial Boulevard to Northwest 16 Avenue.
Altogether, the city encompasses about 900 homes east of State Road 7.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 55,588 people, 27,423 households, and
15,740 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,879.8/miē
(1,884.3/kmē). There were 29,750 housing units at an average density of
2,611.6/miē (1,008.5/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 82.08% White (71.4%
were Non-Hispanic White,)[6] 10.51% African American, 0.18% Native American,
1.48% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.91% from other races, and 2.80% from two
or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.88% of the population.
There were 27,423 households out of which 15.4% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 36.3% of all
households were made up of individuals and 23.0% had someone living alone who
was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the
average family size was 2.56.
In the city the population was spread out with 13.4% under the age of 18, 5.3%
from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 37.8% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females there
were 80.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,290, and the median income
for a family was $41,927. Males had a median income of $32,317 versus $28,360
for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,243. About 6.1% of
families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.5%
of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English language as a first language were at 78.08% of
the population, while Spanish was at 13.69%. Also, Yiddish was at 1.90%, French
at 1.15%, Haitian Creole consisted of 1.12%, Italian made up 1.08%, German
comprised 0.62%, and Hebrew as a mother tongue made up 0.52% of residents.
Over the years, the multicultural population has expanded in Tamarac. There is a
notable Colombian population in Tamarac, with Caribbean and Latin-American
populations also making up a sizeable portion of the city.
As of 2000, Tamarac was the fifty-first most Colombian-populated area in the US,
with 2.74% of the population. It also had the thirty-second highest percentage
of Jamaicans in the US, (tied with Royal Palm Beach and Goulds) at 4.1% of all
residents.