Fort Lauderdale is a relatively large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 152,125 people and 48 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Lauderdale is the seventh largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities, Fort Lauderdale isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Lauderdale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Lauderdale is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Lauderdale who work in sales jobs (14.79%), office and administrative support jobs (12.57%), and management occupations (11.18%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Fort Lauderdale are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Fort Lauderdale has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Fort Lauderdale Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Fort Lauderdale citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 27.91% of adults in Fort Lauderdale have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fort Lauderdale in 2000 was $27,798, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,192 for a family of four.

Fort Lauderdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Lauderdale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Lauderdale is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lauderdale include German, Haitian, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

In addition, Fort Lauderdale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.65%).

The languages spoken by people in Fort Lauderdale are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Fort Lauderdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, French Creole, and French.