Hollywood is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 139,261 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Hollywood is the 9th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hollywood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hollywood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hollywood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.54%), sales jobs (13.16%), and management occupations (9.04%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Hollywood 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.

Hollywood Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Hollywood is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 21.87% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hollywood in 2000 was $22,097, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,388 for a family of four.

Hollywood is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hollywood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hollywood is White, followed by African-American. Hollywood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.53% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hollywood include Italian, Irish, German, English, Russian, Polish, and Jamaican.

Hollywood also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.25%.

The most common language spoken in Hollywood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.