Plantation, Florida

This article is about the city in Broward County. For other uses of Plantation, Florida, see Plantation, Florida (disambiguation).
Plantation, Florida
City
City of Plantation

Plantation Historical Museum

Seal
Motto: "The Grass is Greener" and "E Vasitate Haec Urbs"[1][2]

Satellite view of Plantation
Coordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°W / 26.12444; -80.24944Coordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°W / 26.12444; -80.24944
Country  United States
State  Florida
County Broward
Incorporated April 30, 1953
Government
 • Type Mayor-Council
 • Mayor Diane Veltri Bendekovic (D)[3]
 • Council President Robert A. Levy
 • Councilmembers Ron Jacobs, Lynn Stoner, Peter S. Tingom, and Chris Zimmerman
 • City Manager Mayor Diane Veltri Bendekovic
 • City Clerk Susan K. Slattery
Area[4]
 • City 21.93 sq mi (56.8 km2)
 • Land 21.74 sq mi (56.3 km2)
 • Water 0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.87%
Elevation 9 ft (2.75 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 87,496
 • Density 4,000/sq mi (1,500/km2)
 • Metro 5,564,635
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 33311, 33313, 33317-33317, 33322-33325, 33388
Area code(s) 754, 954
FIPS code 12-57425[5]
GNIS feature ID 0289024[6]
Website http://www.plantation.org

Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 87,496. It is part of the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 5,546,635 people at the 2010 census.

The city's name comes from the prior owner of the land, the Everglades Plantation Company.[7] Plantation suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005.

The city has been used as a filming location for many popular movies. The high school in There's Something About Mary is actually Plantation City Hall, located at 400 NW 73rd Avenue and NW 5th Street.[8] Rolling Hills Golf Course, recently renamed Grande Oaks, was the site of the famous Caddyshack pool scene.[9]

Geography

Plantation is located at 26°7′28″N 80°14′58″W / 26.12444°N 80.24944°W / 26.12444; -80.24944 (26.124354, −80.249503).[10]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.80 square miles (59 km2), of which 21.74 square miles (56 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0 km2) (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.

Economy

DHL's World Headquarters for the Americas is located in Plantation. American InterContinental University is located in the area, along with the University of Phoenix, located on North Pine Island Road. The Esperanto language institute headquarters are located in Plantation. Avianca operates a Fort Lauderdale-area sales office at 262 South University Drive in Plantation.[11] Goodwin Biotechnology is headquartered in Plantation.

Plantation was home to two malls, situated across the street from one another: the Westfield Broward Mall (south of Broward Boulevard), and the Fashion Mall (north of Broward Boulevard). The Fashion Mall/Executive Pavilion was sparsely occupied for many years and closed in April 2007. The vacant former mall was in line to be put up for auction in 2010, but the auction was cancelled after the property owner paid a court judgement.[12][13] The estimated $350 million project is a major part of Plantation Midtown, an 850-acre (3.4 km2) urban center that is expected to help turn Plantation into a regional destination. Plantation has embraced mixed-use in its master plan for the Midtown area. “Mixed use is not only a key element of the City’s master plan for Midtown, but is an important consideration in repositioning the beleaguered Fashion Mall property because it will create a sustainable development,” says Paul D’Arelli of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., legal counsel for the project and an accredited LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) professional.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
19604,772—
197023,523392.9%
198048,653106.8%
199066,69237.1%
200082,93424.4%
201084,9552.4%
Est. 201491,457[14]7.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[15]
Plantation Demographics
2010 CensusPlantationBroward CountyFlorida
Total population84,9551,748,06618,801,310
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010+2.4%+7.7%+17.6%
Population density3,907.4/sq mi1,444.9/sq mi350.6/sq mi
White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic)69.9%63.1%75.0%
(Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian)53.7%43.5%57.9%
Black or African-American20.3%26.7%16.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)20.4%25.1%22.5%
Asian3.9%3.2%2.4%
Native American or Native Alaskan0.2%0.3%0.4%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian0.1%0.1%0.1%
Two or more races (Multiracial)2.9%2.9%2.5%
Some Other Race4.2%3.7%3.6%

As of 2010, there were 37,587 households, with 9.0% being vacant. As of 2000, 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.

As of 2000, 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.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $66,135, and the median income for a family was $80,434. 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.

As of 2000, English as a first language was spoken by 78.00% of the population, while Spanish was at 13.00%, French Creole at 2.24%, French speakers made up 1.30%, Hebrew comprised 0.72%, Portuguese speakers comprised 0.71%, Italian was at 0.58%, German at 0.54%, and Arabic was the mother tongue of 0.46% of all residents.[16]

Education

Plantation is served by Broward County Public Schools.

Public high schools

Plantation middle schools

Public elementary schools

Private schools

Higher education

Media

Plantation is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market[17] and the seventeenth largest television market[18] in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Miami Herald, and their Spanish-language counterparts El Sentinel and El Nuevo Herald. Plantation also publishes a quarterly news magazine, the Plantation Quarterly.[19]

Notable people

Historical timeline

References

  1. ↑ "History Misspells Itself In Plantation Seal's Latin Motto". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Out of the Wilderness, This City: Plantation’s History". www.plantation.org. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nevins, Buddy (2 March 2011). "GOP and Democrats Fight For Control of Plantation". www.browardbeat.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Bendekovic is a Democrat
  4. ↑ "Florida by Place. Population, Housing, Area, and Density: 2000". US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 23, 2007.
  5. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ↑ City of Plantation. "Historical Timeline of the City of Plantation". Archived from the original on April 15, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2006.
  8. ↑ "There’s Something About Mary film locations". Movie-locations.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Famous Movie Locations: The Golf Course in 'Caddyshack' (Davie, Florida)". Moviefone. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Offices rest of the world." Avianca. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.
  12. ↑ Bandell, Brian (April 19, 2010). "Plantation’s Fashion Mall set for auction". Florida Business Journal. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  13. ↑ Bandell, Brian (May 3, 2010). "Judgment paid, Fashion Mall auction canceled".
  14. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "MLA Data Center Results for Plantation, FL". Modern Language Association. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005". Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  18. ↑ "Top 50 TV markets ranked by households". Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  19. ↑ http://www.plantation.org/web/press-releases.html
  20. ↑ Sturgess, Kylie (March/April 2015). "Behind the Magic: An Interview with James Randi". Skeptical Inquirer Vol 39 No. 2, pp. 38 – 42.
  21. ↑ http://www.plantation.org/docs/news/100-Best-Communities.pdf

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