Plantation is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 92,986 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Plantation is the 30th largest community in Florida.

Housing costs in Plantation are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.

Also of interest is that Plantation has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another interesting thing about Plantation, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The education level of Plantation ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Plantation, 45.07% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Plantation in 2018 was $42,733, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,932 for a family of four. However, Plantation contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Plantation is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plantation home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plantation residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plantation also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.65% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plantation include Irish, Italian, German, Jamaican, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Plantation's cultural character, accounting for 30.34% of the city’s population.

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