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.

Fort Lauderdale is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%).

One of the nice things about Fort Lauderdale is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

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

In terms of college education, Fort Lauderdale is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 27.91% of adults in Fort Lauderdale have a college degree.

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.

Fort Lauderdale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 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.