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Broward County
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county in Florida, United States
Broward County is a county located in Florida on the state's southeastern coast, encompassing major cities like Fort Lauderdale. It is one of Florida's most populous counties and serves as an important economic and cultural hub for the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Napoleon B. Broward
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Fort Lauderdale
- Capital
- Fort Lauderdale
- Population
- 1944375
- Area
- 1319.69
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Hendry County
- Official website
- www.broward.org
- Image
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Courthouse, Broward County, 11-21-2010 (10).JPG
- Households
- 704942
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- Commons category
- Broward County, Florida
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Broward County, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Broward County, Florida
- inception
- 1915-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Broward County, Florida
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Broward County, Florida
- native label
- Broward County
- different from
- Brevard County
- per capita income
- 34063
- topic has template
- Template:Broward County, Florida
- IPA transcription
- ˈbraʊwərd ˈkaʊnti
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Encyclopedic overview
Broward County (/ˈbraʊ.ərd/ BROURD) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale, which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Broward County is one of the three counties that make up the Miami metropolitan area, which is home to 6.14 million people as of 2020. It is also one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the entire country. As of 2022, Broward County has a gross domestic product of $124.8 billion, the second-largest GDP of Florida's 67 counties and the 25th-largest for the nation's 3,033 counties.
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