Hallandale Beach, Florida

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map_caption = Location of Hallandale, in Broward County, Florida
subdivision_type = Country
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subdivision_type1 = State
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subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Broward
government_type = Commission-Manager
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Joy Cooper
leader_title1 = City Manager
leader_name1 = Mike Good
established_title = Settled
established_date = c. 1895
established_title2 = Incorporated (town)
established_date2 = 14 May 1927
established_title3 = Incorporated (city)
established_date3 = 1947
unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes = cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US12&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-format=ST-7 |title=Florida by Place. Population, Housing, Area, and Density: 2000 |publisher=US Census Bureau |accessdate=2007-09-23]
area_total_sq_mi = 4.55
area_land_sq_mi = 4.21
area_water_sq_mi = .34
area_water_percent = 7.47
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population_as_of =1 July 2006
population_footnotes = cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2006-04-12.xls |title=Annual Estimates of the population for the Incorporated Places of Florida |publisher=US Census Bureau |accessdate=2007-09-25 |format=XLS]
population_note =Census Bureau estimate
population_total =37145
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population_metro =5463857
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd= 25
latm= 59
lats= 12
latNS= N
longd= 80
longm= 8
longs= 46
longEW= W
elevation_footnotes = [cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/12/Hallandale_Beach.html |title=Hallandale Beach, United States Page |publisher=Falling Rain Genomics |accessdate=2007-09-23]
elevation_ft = 6
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 33009
area_code = 754, 954
website = http://www.hallandalebeach.org/
footnotes = Hallandale Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, a worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of 1 July 2006, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 37,145. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-01.xls |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2007-09-23 |format=XLS]

The city is best known as the home of the Gulfstream Park horse racing track, which hosts the Florida Derby. It also has a sizable financial district, with offices for a number of banks and brokerage houses. Sometimes referred to in jest as the "southernmost Canadian city," Hallandale Beach has been a popular vacation destination for decades, and many of the tourists come from Quebec and the Northeastern United States; a significant number of these tourists eventually retire to the area.

History

Hallandale Beach, like most of Broward County, had no permanent population until the end of the 19th century. The Seminole Indians hunted in the area and gathered coontie roots to produce arrowroot starch, but their settlements were further inland,

Railroad magnate Henry Flagler, owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, recruited Luther Halland, a brother-in-law of Flagler's agents, to found a settlement south of the community of Dania. Halland and Swedish immigrant Olaf Zetterlund touted the frost-freeclimate and cheap land of the settlement (then named Halland, later changed to Hallandale). Halland constructed a small trading post and became its first postmaster of the small community.

By 1900, the city had slowly grown to a dozen families—seven Swedish, three English, and two black. In 1904 the first school was built, and the first church followed two years later. Hallandale was primarily a farming community; the beach was undeveloped and used by the residents only for recreational purposes.

Hallandale was incorporated on 14 May 1927. By that time, a thriving community of 1,500 residents, with electrity and street lights, was in place. In 1947, Hallandale was reincorporated as a city, allowing it to expand its borders through annexation of nearby unincorporated land. In August 1999, the city officially changed its name to Hallandale Beach. [cite web |url=http://www.hallandalebeach.org/index.asp?nid=333 |title=History |publisher=City of Hallandale Beach |accessdate=2007-09-23]

Geography

Hallandale Beach is located at coor dms|25|59|12|N|80|8|46|W|city (25.986719, -80.146024)GR|1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area convert|4.55|sqmi|km2|0. convert|4.21|sqmi|km2|0 of it is land and convert|.34|sqmi|km2|0 of it (7.47%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 44,282 people, 18,051 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The population density was 8,143.1/mi² (3,144.0/km²). There were 25,022 housing units at an average density of 5,943.5/mi² (2,294.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 77.25% White (62.6% were Non-Hispanic White,) [cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Hallandale.php |title=Demographics of Hallandale Beach, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=2007-11-16] 16.02% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.79% from other races, and 2.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.81% of the population. 9.9% were of Italian, 6.3% American, 5.3% West Indian, 5.2% German and 5.2% Russian ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 18,051 households out of which 12.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.8% were non-families. 45.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.88 and the average family size was 2.60.

In the city the population was spread out with 13.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 35.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,266, and the median income for a family was $37,171. Males had a median income of $31,287 versus $24,882 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,464. About 13.1% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.4% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

As of the year 2000, English was spoken as a first language by 59.66% of the population and Spanish by 19.50%; the "southernmost Canadian city" also had French spoken by 5.23% of the population, with the majority being French Canadians. Other languages included were Romanian at 2.71%, Italian at 1.96%, French Creole at 1.80%, Yiddish 1.70%, Russian 1.32%, German 1.27%, Hungarian at 1.17%, Polish at 0.85%, Hebrew at 0.77%, and Portuguese, spoken by 0.72% of all residents. [cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=28450&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center results for Hallandale Beach, FL |publisher=Modern Language Association |accessdate=2007-09-23]

Media

Hallandale Beach is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market [cite web |url=http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#radio |title=Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005 |publisher=Northwestern University Media Management Center |accessdate=2007-09-23] and the seventeenth largest television market [cite web |url=http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#tv |title=Top 50 TV markets ranked by households |publisher=Northwestern University Media Management Center |accessdate=2007-09-23] 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". Hallandale Beach has its own newspaper, The Hallandale Digest, which is published monthly.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Hallandale Beach include:
*Stewart H. Appleby (1890-1964), represented ushr|New Jersey|3 from 1925-1927, and retired to Hallandale Beach. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000266 Stewart Hoffman Appleby] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 30, 2007.]
*Dave Mitchell (b. 1947), Dallas radio personality, lived in Hallandale Beach 1992-2000.

References

External links

* [http://www.hallandalebeach.org/ City of Hallandale Beach] official site