Broward County, FL

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US Senator

N/ARick Scott

Republican Party

US Senator

N/AAshley Moody

Republican Party

2023 Median Household Income

$74,534

5.98% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Broward County, FL reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in Broward County, FL are Broward College (10,384 degrees awarded in 2023), Nova Southeastern University (6,117 degrees), and Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale (5,905 degrees).

Broward County, FL borders Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, and Palm Beach County, FL.

About the photo: Fisherman's Pier in Ft. Lauderdale

Photo by Chris Foster

United States Florida Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Population & Diversity

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Broward County, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Diversity

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Florida.

Most Common Origin

Cuba
1,003,261 ± 24,014 people
Haiti
344,713 ± 14,299 people
Colombia
299,067 ± 13,333 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Florida was Cuba, the natal country of 1,003,261 Florida residents, followed by Haiti with 344,713 and Colombia with 299,067.

Foreign-Born Population

36.1%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

702k people

35.3%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

685k people

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Broward County, FL compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

The economy of Broward County, FL employs N/A people. The largest industries in Broward County, FL are Health Care & Social Assistance (134,513 people), Retail Trade (122,026 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (82,968 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($105,852), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($72,452), and Public Administration ($71,580).

Males in Florida have an average income that is 1.34 times higher than the average income of females, which is $56,054. The income inequality in Florida (measured using the Gini index) is 0.474, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Broward County, FL, are Management Occupations (122,890 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (119,191 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (115,877 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Broward County, FL.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for false.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Florida (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Broward County, FL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (134,513 people), Retail Trade (122,026 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (82,968 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Broward County, FL, though some of these residents may live in Broward County, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($82,012), Information ($70,421), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($64,951).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($58,550), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,905), and Information ($53,104).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Florida.

Y-Axis

4.23%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.69M people employed in Florida. This represents a 4.23% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.6%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Florida.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

10,013
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
4,395
Health Care and Social Assistance
4,228
Other Services (except Public Administration)

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$7.09M
Health Care and Social Assistance
$5.03M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$4.38M
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing the state of Florida. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Florida is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Florida

N/ARick Scott

Senator from Florida

Assumed office on January 8, 2019
Inauguration delayed in order to finish his term as Governor of Florida.

N/AAshley Moody

Senator from Florida

Assumed office on January 21, 2025
While elections for full class 3 terms will take place in 2028, Florida will hold a special election in 2026 to elect a senator to complete the remainder of Marco Rubio's term.

Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are the senators currently representing Florida.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Florida over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Florida

Florida is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Florida have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2023, universities in Broward County, FL awarded 28,686 degrees. The student population of Broward County, FL in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 28,891 male students and 52,723 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Broward County, FL are Hispanic or Latino (9,181 and 33.8%), followed by Black or African American (7,067 and 26%), White (6,328 and 23.3%), and Unknown (2,225 and 8.19%).

The largest universities in Broward County, FL by number of degrees awarded are Broward College (10,384 and 36.2%), Nova Southeastern University (6,117 and 21.3%), and Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale (5,905 and 20.6%).

The most popular majors in Broward County, FL are Liberal Arts & Sciences (3,662 and 12.8%), General Business Administration & Management (2,522 and 8.79%), and Registered Nursing (2,069 and 7.21%).

The median tuition costs in Broward County, FL are $18,000 for private four year colleges, and $1,968 and $7,402 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2023 in Broward County, FL, the percentage of applicants admitted was 77%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 25.6%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 81,614 (35.4% men and 64.6% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 81,614 students enrolled in Broward County, FL, 35.4% men and 64.6% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 25,865 records, of which 63.3% were women and 36.7% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist
427 degrees awarded
Liberal Arts & Sciences
3,662 degrees awarded
Registered Nursing
1,045 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Broward County, FL was Medical Insurance Coding Specialist with 427 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Broward County, FL according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

Broward College
10,384 degrees awarded
Nova Southeastern University
6,117 degrees awarded
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
5,905 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Broward College with 10,384 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 9,947 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Broward County, FL, which is 0.531 times less than the 18,739 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 9,181 degrees mean that there were 1.3 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 7,067 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($18,000) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($862) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($3,004) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 1.19% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.2% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (4.97M), Some college (3.58M), and Bachelors Degree (3.32M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

In 2023, 23.7% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Broward County, FL. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 3.01%.

Housing

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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63.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Broward County, FL compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Broward County, FL colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$74,534

Median Household Income

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749k

Number of Households

± 8,342

The following chart displays the households in Broward County, FL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Broward County, FL is from Florida.

0.474

2022 Wage GINI in Florida

0.473

2021 Wage GINI in Florida

In 2022, the income inequality in Florida was 0.474 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.285% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Florida across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (71.9%)
Worked At Home (13.1%)
Carpooled (9.24%)

In 2023, 71.9% of workers in Broward County, FL drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.1%) and those who carpooled to work (9.24%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

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Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Broward County, FL have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, 2.7% of the workforce in Broward County, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Broward County, FL compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Broward County, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Broward County, FL have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2023, 23.7% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Broward County, FL. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 3.01%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Broward County, FL (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Broward County, FL is Black, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 16.5% of the children was living in poverty in Broward County, FL. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 4.9%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Broward County, FL has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.3% were men and 51.7% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.2% under 18 years, 19.3% between 18 and 34 years, 41.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.3% were men and 51.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Broward County, FL changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 43 in Broward County, FL.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Broward County, FL.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 30.6% in Broward County, FL.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Broward County, FL.