Miramar, Florida

Miramar, Florida
Miramar, Florida
City
	Seal
	Motto(s): Beauty and Progress
	Coordinates: 25°58′44″N 80°16′57″W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Broward
Incorporated	May 26, 1955
Government
• Type	Commission-Manager
• Mayor	Wayne M. Messam
• Vice Mayor	Yvette Colbourne
• Commissioners	Maxwell B. Chambers,; Avril Cherasard, and; Carson "Eddy" Edwards
• City Manager	Dr. Roy Virgin
• City Clerk	Denise A. Gibbs
Area
• Total	31.08 sq mi (80.50 km2)
• Land	28.85 sq mi (74.73 km2)
• Water	2.23 sq mi (5.77 km2) 5.66%
Elevation	9 ft (2 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	134,721
• Estimate (2024)	143,242
• Rank	201st in the United States; 14th in Florida
• Density	4,669.2/sq mi (1,802.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	33023, 33025, 33027, 33029
Area codes	754, 954
FIPS code	12-45975
GNIS feature ID	0286974
Website	www.miramarfl.gov

Miramar is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721,^[2] making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County, the sixth-largest city in the Miami metro area, and the 14th-largest city in Florida.

Quick facts Country, State ...

Census	Pop.	%±
1960	5,485	—
1970	23,997	337.5%
1980	32,813	36.7%
1990	40,663	23.9%
2000	72,739	78.9%
2010	122,041	67.8%
2020	134,721	10.4%
2024 (est.)	143,242	6.3%
U.S. Decennial Census 1960–1970^[10] 1980^[11] 1990^[12] 2000^[13] 2010^[14] 2020^[2] 2024^[3]

Historical racial composition	2020^[2]	2010^[14]	2000^[13]	1990^[12]	1980^[11]
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	11.6%	21.6%	65.6%	90.6%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	36.9%	29.4%	17.3%	7.8%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	43.5%	42.0%	14.5%	0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	5.2%	3.1%	2.2%	0.8%
Native American (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	2.1%	3.2%	N/A	N/A
Population	134,721	122,041	72,739	40,663	32,813

Demographic characteristics	2020^[15]^[16]^[17]	2010^[18]^[19]^[20]	2000^[21]^[22]^[23]	1990^[12]	1980^[11]^[24]
Households	43,826	40,294	25,905	14,395	11,647
Persons per household	3.07	3.03	2.81	2.82	2.82
Sex ratio	88.5	89.3	90.8	93.1	94.0
Ages 0–17	23.6%	29.1%	31.0%	26.7%	25.9%
Ages 18–64	65.3%	64.0%	62.6%	63.6%	62.7%
Ages 65 +	11.1%	6.9%	6.3%	9.7%	11.4%
Median age	37.3	33.6	31.8	32.3	32.9
Population	134,721	122,041	72,739	40,663	32,813

Language spoken at home^{[note 1]}	2020^{[note 2]}	2010^{[note 3]}	2000^[31]	1990^[32]	1980^[33]
English	53.0%	48.8%	59.4%	77.6%	85.0%
Spanish or Spanish Creole	31.7%	35.8%	29.6%	15.9%	7.3%
French or Haitian Creole	9.2%	9.6%	6.8%	2.6%	1.4%
Italian	N/A^{[note 4]}	0.2%	0.2%	1.1%	2.9%
Other languages	6.1%	5.6%	4.0%	2.8%	3.4%

History

Nativity	2020^{[note 5]}	2010^{[note 6]}	2000^[38]^[39]	1990^[40]^[32]	1980^[33]
% population native-born	61.3%	57.1%	59.3%	79.9%	89.9%
... born in the United States	58.1%	53.1%	55.6%	76.3%	87.8%
... born in Puerto Rico or Island Areas	2.0%	2.9%	2.9%	2.7%	2.1%
... born to American parents abroad	1.3%	1.1%	0.8%	1.0%	2.1%
% population foreign-born^{[note 7]}	38.7%	42.9%	40.7%	20.1%	10.1%
... born in Jamaica	7.9%	10.1%	12.5%	5.2%	N/A^{[note 4]}
... born in Haiti	6.5%	5.7%	3.9%	1.4%	N/A^{[note 4]}
... born in Cuba	5.8%	4.8%	5.7%	2.5%	1.7%
... born in Colombia	2.9%	3.8%	2.6%	1.2%	N/A^{[note 4]}
... born in Venezuela	2.0%	1.3%	0.7%	0.1%	N/A^{[note 4]}
... born in the Dominican Republic	1.3%	2.1%	1.6%	0.7%	N/A^{[note 4]}
... born in other countries	12.3%	15.1%	13.7%	9.0%	8.4%

#	Employer	# of employees	Percentage of total city employment
1	Comcast of South Florida	1530	4.30%
2	Strayer University	1401	3.94%
3	Royal Caribbean Cruises	1174	3.31%
4	Memorial Hospital Miramar	1147	3.23%
5	City of Miramar	1059	2.98%
6	Humana Medical Plans	887	2.49%
7	Interactive Response Technologies/iQor	707	1.99%
8	Spirit Airlines	622	1.75%
9	Carnival	583	1.64%
10	Quest Diagnostics	472	1.33%