Plantation, Broward County, Florida

Location of Plantation in Broward County, Florida. |- |Founded|| April 30, 1953 |- ||City Government Style||Commission-Manager |- ||Mayor||Rae Carole Armstrong |- |Area
 - Total
 - Water||
21.9 mi² (56.8km²)
0.2 mi² (0.5 km²) 0.87% |- |Population
 - City (2004)
 - Density ||
85,497
3,903.97/mi² |- class="hiddenStructure" |Time zone||Eastern: UTC-5 |- class="hiddenStructure" |Time zone||Central: UTC-6 |- |Latitude
Longitude
||26°7'28" N
80°14'58" W |- |align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|[City of Plantation Official Website] |} Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida in the United States. As of July, 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 85,497.

Plantation suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.8 km² (21.9 mi²). 56.3 km² (21.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.87%) is water.

Plantation is located in central Broward County. It is bordered by Lauderhill to the northeast, Sunrise to the north and west, Davie to the south, and Fort Lauderdale to the east.

Demographics

There were 33,244 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

Satellite view of Plantation

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $53,746, and the median income for a family was $65,029. Males had a median income of $44,838 versus $32,360 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,250. About 4.3% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia

• The city's name comes from the prior owner of the land, the Everglades Plantation Company.
• The city's official motto is "The Grass is Greener."
• Plantation was once the home of Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh.
• Plantation was the childhood home of actor, comedian, and author Wayne Federman.
• Plantation was the birthplace of novelist and journalist Carl Hiassen.
• Plantation City Hall was the backdrop for part of the film There's Something About Mary.

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