Broward County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 607,366 30.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 648,085 32.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 541,305 27.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 71,862 3.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 84,124 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,305 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1,009 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 21,073 1.1%

• Under 18 410,337 20.8%
• 18–24 148,412 7.5%
• 25–44 528,524 26.7%
• 45–64 535,445 27.1%
• 65 and over 354,411 17.9%

Median household income

$81,337

90% interval $80,140–$82,534

+$3,650 vs FL · 19th of 67

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 10.8%–12.6%

−0.4 pp vs FL · 40th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$173.7B

10.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$74,595

Establishments

80,378

• Trade, transportation & utilities 192,059 22.2%
• Education & health services 171,759 19.9%
• Professional & business services 153,803 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 104,637 12.1%
• Financial activities 63,694 7.4%
• Construction 53,681 6.2%
• Public administration 45,758 5.3%
• Manufacturing 31,350 3.6%
• Other services 29,753 3.4%
• Information 15,664 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 773 0.1%
• Unclassified 666 0.1%

Home ownership

63.6%

−4.0 pp vs FL · 61st of 67

Median gross rent

$1,907

+$238 vs FL · 4th of 67

Owner-occupied

479,343

Renter-occupied

274,613

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $135,935/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $39,843/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 507,328 58.0%
• Republican 358,952 41.0%
• Other / third-party 8,246 0.9%

• Spanish 533,364 28.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 132,736 7.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21,113 1.1%
• Chinese 10,009 0.5%
• Arabic 6,741 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 6,111 0.3%
• Tagalog 5,604 0.3%
• Vietnamese 5,220 0.3%
• Korean 1,624 0.1%

Households

753,956

Family households

482,547

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

123,933

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

50,427

10.5% of families

Veterans

60,372

3.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 367,974 18.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 328,847 16.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 80,920 4.2%
• Black Protestant 40,694 2.1%
• Mainline Protestant 40,177 2.1%
• Orthodox 4,483 0.2%

Health insured

87.5%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

12.5%

±0.4 pp

24th of 67

With a disability

11.3%

±0.2 pp

63rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

36.7%

±0.5 pp

+2.6 pp vs FL · 13th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.8%

90% interval 13.1%–14.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

62 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction: claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)

Court seats

Fort Lauderdale

Traffic fatalities

243

15.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

229