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Special Feature

Who We Are:

Neighborhood

Demographics

By Tim Hernandez

ost of us are aware that every ten years the US Landings, Coral Ridge, Victoria Park, Rio Vista, Bay Colony
Census Bureau conducts the Decennial Census and Harbor Beach in a variety of metrics. Some numbers
Mof the American Population. But ten years seems may not make total sense; it often has to do with the exact
like an eternity to those concerned with such things, so boundaries of neighborhoods. For example, what we might
every year the Census survey a sample of the population commonly think of the Las Olas Isles is really broken up into
to garner up to date results, which are compiled and Las Olas Isles, Seven Isles, Nurmi Isles, and Riviera Isles.
published about once every three years.
There are a total of 68 defined neighborhoods in the City.
The American Community Survey is a survey conducted by
Understanding these types of statistics helps City and
the U.S. Census Bureau. Unlike the every-10-year census, County officials plan for the future by tailoring facilities and
this survey continues all year, every year. The Census
services to the needs of the community. So let’s get to some
Bureau randomly sample addresses in every state, the of the more interesting data available. In addition to the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
neighborhoods listed above, data is presented for the top
Answers are collected to form up-to-date statistics used by five Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods in each category.
many federal, state, tribal, and local leaders. According to
the Census Bureau, “some American Community Survey
questions have been asked by the census since it first The following table ranks neighborhoods by population.
began in 1790.”
A San Francisco company, Cedar Lake Ventures, has taken POPULATION
the data bases from the 2010 Census and the 2013
American Community Survey and sliced and diced by all FLL Neighborhood Population Rank (of 68)
kinds of political subdivisions (Region, State, County, City) South Middle River 8280 1
and other smaller geographic areas, including Lauderdale Manors 8020 2
Neighborhood. The website is www.statisticalatlas.com Victoria Park 6740 3
Imperial Point 5400 4
The latest publicly available results are 2010 Census data Coral Ridge 5290 5
and 2013 American Community Survey data, but new Coral Ridge CC 5050 7
results are expected this month. I thought it might be fun to Rio Vista 2350 26
look at the 2013 results for some of Fort Lauderdale’s east Landings 1190 30
side neighborhoods. When the new data becomes available Harbor Beach 620 46
we can look at that as well. But following is a look at some Bay Colony 200 63
of the most interesting information that is available today. Fort Lauderdale 168,600
We’ll compare and contrast Coral Ridge Country Club, the Broward County 1,784,890

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