People QuickFacts	Fort Lauderdale	Florida
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	170,747	19,317,568
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	165,504	18,802,690
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	3.2%	2.7%
 	Population, 2010    	165,521	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.2%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	17.6%	21.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.3%	17.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	47.2%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	62.6%	75.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	31.0%	16.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.5%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.1%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	13.7%	22.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	52.5%	57.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.0%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	21.7%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	25.7%	27.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.5%	85.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	32.7%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	11,347	1,637,466
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.5	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	93,159	8,989,580
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.0%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	57.6%	29.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$291,600	$188,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	71,491	7,140,096
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.27	2.56
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$36,220	$26,733
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$50,648	$47,827
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.8%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fort Lauderdale	Florida
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	30,171	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.8%	9.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.1%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.7%	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.2%	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,068,759	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,213,907	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,715,661	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$25,869	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,356,246	41,922,059

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fort Lauderdale	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	34.77	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	4,761.1	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	24000	12
 	Counties    	Broward County
 	

(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