People QuickFacts	Broward County	Florida
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	1,815,137	19,317,568
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	1,748,066	18,802,690
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	3.8%	2.7%
 	Population, 2010    	1,748,066	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.0%	21.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.3%	17.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.5%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	66.7%	78.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	27.4%	16.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.5%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	25.8%	22.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	43.1%	57.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.7%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	31.2%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	37.2%	27.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.3%	85.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.9%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	98,788	1,637,466
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.9	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	810,795	9,026,965
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	68.2%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	48.3%	29.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$225,300	$188,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	665,037	7,140,096
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.59	2.56
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,720	$26,733
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$51,782	$47,827
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.0%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Broward County	Florida
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	55,541	491,150
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	593,373	6,626,558
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-4.2	6.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	205,621	1,686,142 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	237,524	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.4%	9.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.5%	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.7%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.1%	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.8%	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	7,160,772	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	31,411,627	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,886,257	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,680	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,209,090	41,922,059
 	Building permits, 2011     	2,444	42,360

   	Geography QuickFacts	Broward County	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,209.79	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,444.9	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	011	12
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts