Broward County

Broward County is one of the three counties that make up the Miami metropolitan a It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County. The county has 31 municipalities (including 24 incorporated cities) and many unincorporated areas. It's also Florida's seventh-largest county in terms of land area, with 1,322.8 square miles (3,426 km²) The largest portion of the county is the Conservation Area that extends to the county's Western border.

At its widest points, the County stretches approximately 50.3 miles east to west and approximately 27.4 miles from north to south, averaging 5 to 25 feet in elevation. The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 12,000 years ago. The first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River, with the main villages on the northern banks. The inhabitants at the time of first European contact were the Tequesta people, who controlled much of southeastern Florida, including what is now Miami- Dade County, Broward County, and the southern part of Palm Beach County. They fished, hunted, and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food, but did not practice any form of agriculture. They buried the small bones of the deceased with the rest of the body, and put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see. They are credited with making the Miami Circle. The year 1925 was considered the peak of the Florida land boom with Davie, Deerfield, Floranada and Hollywood all being incorporated.

Poverty and median household income estimates for 2021 in Broward County, FL about 244,519 individuals poverty estimate - all ages, it's 12.8% estimated percent of the total resident population of all ages in poverty: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program Release date: December 2022. SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and was formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. Estimated SNAP benefits recipients in Broward County, FL are about 325,216 individuals, for July of the reference year 2020. With a estimate of median household income = $65,536 by each individual family, with a 90% confidence interval lower bound of estimate of median household income = $63,869, with a 90% confidence interval upper bound of estimate of median household income = $67,203 in 2021.

The Air Quality index in Broward County, Florida = 78.5. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 50. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Broward County = 6.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

The most recent county population of 1,944,375; Population change: 11.23% (2010 - 2020) individuals with a median age of 39.8 age the population grows by 9.48% in Broward County, Florida population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,617 persons per square mile. There are average 2.55 people per household in the 5,035 households with an average household income of $53,222 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 8.80% per 1,020,586 county labor force of the available work force and has dropped -4.68% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected will change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.94%. The number of physicians in Broward County per 100,000 population = 232.

The annual rainfall in Broward County = 60.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 113. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 247. 90.5 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 28, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

The percentage of housing units in Broward County, Florida which are owned by the occupant = 60.38%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 29 years with median home cost = $141,570 and home appreciation of -15.40%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $14.38 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

The local school district spends $4,691 per student. There are 16.9 students for each teacher in the school, 571 students for each Librarian and 459 students for each Counselor. 7.58% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 16.22% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 8.90% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).