Miramar, Florida

Miramar, Florida
City of Miramar
Motto: Beauty and Progress
Coordinates: 25°58′44″N 80°16′57″W / 25.97889°N 80.2825°W / 25.97889; -80.2825Coordinates: 25°58′44″N 80°16′57″W / 25.97889°N 80.2825°W / 25.97889; -80.2825
Country  United States
State  Florida
County  Broward
Established May 26, 1955
Government
 – Type Commission-Manager
 – Mayor Lori Cohen Moseley
 – City Manager Robert A. Payton
Area[1]
 – City 31.0 sq mi (80.3 km2)
 – Land 29.5 sq mi (76.4 km2)
 – Water 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2)  4.84%
Elevation 9 ft (2 m)
Population (2010)
 – City 122,041
 – Density 3,936.8/sq mi (1,520/km2)
 – Metro 5,564,635
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 33023, 33025, 33027, 33029
Area code(s) 754, 954
FIPS code 12-45975[2]
GNIS feature ID 0286974[3]
Website www.ci.miramar.fl.us

Miramar is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city was named after the Miramar district of Havana, Cuba. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,041. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010 census.

The city's official motto is "Beauty and Progress", updated from the earlier "The Center of Everything".

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Geography

Miramar is located at 25°58′44″N 80°16′57″W / 25.978812°N 80.282489°W / 25.978812; -80.282489.[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.0 square miles (80 km2). 29.5 square miles (76 km2) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (4 km2) of it (4.84%) is water.

Miramar loosely translates from Spanish as "sea view" or "sea sight," though it is not located directly on the Atlantic Ocean. The city is bordered by the following municipalities:

To the north:

To the northeast:

To the east:

To the south:

Demographics

Miramar Demographics
2010 Census Miramar Broward County Florida
Total population 122,041 1,748,066 18,801,310
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 +67.8% +7.7% +17.6%
Population density 4,134.1/sq mi 1,444.9/sq mi 350.6/sq mi
White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) 41.0% 63.1% 75.0%
(Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) 11.6% 43.5% 57.9%
Black or African-American 45.7% 26.7% 16.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 36.9% 25.1% 22.5%
Asian 5.2% 3.2% 2.4%
Native American or Native Alaskan 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
Two or more races (Multiracial) 3.7% 2.9% 2.5%
Some Other Race 4.2% 3.7% 3.6%

As of 2010, there were 40,294 households, with 7.1% being vacant. As of 2000, 48.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.48.

In the city the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $50,289, and the median income for a family was $52,952. Males had a median income of $34,145 versus $28,283 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,462. About 7.0% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of English as their first language accounted for 60.09% of the population, while Spanish made up 29.99%, French Creole comprised 4.37%, French was at 2.13%, and Tagalog as a mother tongue was 0.50% of all residents.[5]

As of 2000, Miramar had the fifth highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the US, with 15.4% of the populace.[6] The fifty-eighth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.51% of the city's population,[7] and the forty-eighth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 8.77% of the city's population.[8] It also had the seventy-eighth most Dominicans in the US, at 1.98%,[9] while it had the thirty-first highest percentage of Haitians (tied with West Little River,) at 6% of all residents.[10] Miramar's Trinidad and Tobago community had the twelfth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.2% (tying with Wheatley Heights, New York and Neptune City, New Jersey.)[11]

City officials

  • Mayor Joseph Javinsky
  • Commissioner Seat 1 Alexandra Davis
  • Commissioner Seat 2 Troy R. Samuels
  • Commissioner Seat 3 Winston F. Barnes (Vice Mayor)
  • Commissioner Seat 4 Wayne M. Messam

Economy

Spirit Airlines is headquartered in Miramar.[12] The airline moved to Miramar from Eastpointe, Michigan in November 1999.[13] JL Audio is headquartered in Miramar. [14]

Top employers

According to Miramar's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[15] the top employers in the city were:

# Employer # of Employees
1 City of Miramar 920
2 Premier Beverage 583
3 Comcast of South Florida 570
4 Humana Medical Plans 538
5 Royal Caribbean Cruises 479
6 Quest Diagnostics 469
7 Carnival 463
8 Caremark Miramar Pharmacy 450
9 Southern Wine & Spirits 420
10 Interactive Response Technologies 375

Education

Miramar is served by Broward County Public Schools.

Elementary schools

  • Annabel C. Perry Elementary School
  • Coconut Palm Elementary School
  • Coral Cove Elementary School
  • Dolphin Bay Elementary School
  • Fairway Elementary School
  • Miramar Elementary School
  • Sea Castle Elementary School
  • Silver Lakes Elementary School
  • Silver Shores Elementary School
  • Sunset Lakes Elementary School
  • Sunshine Elementary School
  • St. Stephen Catholic School

Public middle schools

  • New Renaissance Middle School
  • Henry D. Perry Middle School
  • Glades Middle School
  • Somerset Academy Miramar

Public high schools

Private schools

Trade schools

Media

Miramar is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market[16] and the seventeenth largest television market[17] 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. WTVJ, the Miami area's NBC owned and operated station and WSCV, the Telemundo station also owned by NBC shares their studios and administrative offices in Miramar.

References

  1. ^ "Florida by Place. Population, Housing, Area, and Density: 2000". US Census Bureau. 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. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  5. ^ "MLA Data Center results for Miramar, FL". Modern Language Association. http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=45975&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
  6. ^ "Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  7. ^ "Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  8. ^ "Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  9. ^ "Ancestry Map of Dominican Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Dominican-Republic.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  10. ^ "Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  11. ^ "Ancestry Map of Trinidadian & Tobagonian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Trinidadian-Tobagonian.html. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  12. ^ "Fact Sheet." Spirit Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
  13. ^ "Spirit Airlines Honored as ``Good Corporate Citizen of the Year; Miramar Business Appreciation 2003." Business Wire. February 13, 2003. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.
  14. ^ http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=128
  15. ^ City of Miramar CAFR
  16. ^ "Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005". Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070807070323/http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#radio. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
  17. ^ "Top 50 TV markets ranked by households". Northwestern University Media Management Center. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070807070323/http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#tv. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 

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