Miramar, Florida
Encyclopedia
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".
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 31 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:
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.
As of 2000, Miramar had the fifth highest percentage of Jamaica
n residents in the US, with 15.4% of the populace. The fifty-eighth highest percentage of Colombia
n residents in the US, at 2.51% of the city's population, and the forty-eighth highest percentage of Cuba
n residents in the US, at 8.77% of the city's population. It also had the seventy-eighth most Dominicans
in the US, at 1.98%, while it had the thirty-first highest percentage of Haiti
ans (tied with West Little River
,) at 6% of all residents. 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
.)
is headquartered in Miramar. The airline moved to Miramar from Eastpointe, Michigan
in November 1999. JL Audio
is headquartered in Miramar.
-Fort Lauderdale
-Hollywood
media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market 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.
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The city was named after the Miramar district of Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,041. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area
South Florida metropolitan area
The South Florida metropolitan area, also known as the Miami metropolitan area, and designated the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U.S...
, 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".
Geography
Miramar is located at 25.978812°N 80.282489°W.According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 31 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
Miramar
Miramar is a place name of Spanish origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mira and mar .-Places:Asia*Miramar, Panaji, GoaEurope*Miramar, a hamlet in the commune of Théoule-sur-Mer, France...
loosely translates from Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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:
- Pembroke PinesPembroke Pines, FloridaPembroke Pines is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city had a population of 154,750 at the 2010 census, making it the second most populous city in Broward County, the tenth most populous in Florida, and the 150th most populous in the United States...
To the northeast:
- HollywoodHollywood, Florida-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
To the east:
- West ParkWest Park, FloridaWest Park is a municipality in Broward County, Florida, USA. It was created on March 1, 2005. It is located in the southeastern part of the county and consists of the neighborhoods of Miami Gardens , Carver Ranches, Lake Forest and Utopia. A large portion of the city lies west of the city of...
To the south:
- Miami-Dade CountyMiami-Dade County, FloridaMiami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...
Demographics
| Miramar Demographics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Census United States Census, 2010 The Twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010 or the 2010 Census, is the current national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating individuals... |
Miramar | Broward County | Florida |
| Total population | 122,041 | 1,748,066 | 18,801,310 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | |||
| 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 Non-Hispanic Whites Non-Hispanic Whites or White, Not Hispanic or Latino are people in the United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, who are of the White race and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity. Hence the designation is exclusive in the sense that it defines who is not included as opposed to who is... ) |
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) Multiracial American Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their... |
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
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
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
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as their first language
First language
A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...
accounted for 60.09% of the population, while Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
made up 29.99%, French Creole comprised 4.37%, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
was at 2.13%, and Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
as a mother tongue was 0.50% of all residents.
As of 2000, Miramar had the fifth highest percentage of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n residents in the US, with 15.4% of the populace. The fifty-eighth highest percentage of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n residents in the US, at 2.51% of the city's population, and the forty-eighth highest percentage of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n residents in the US, at 8.77% of the city's population. It also had the seventy-eighth most Dominicans
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
in the US, at 1.98%, while it had the thirty-first highest percentage of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
ans (tied with West Little River
West Little River, Florida
West Little River is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 34,699 at the 2010 census.-Geography:West Little River is located at...
,) at 6% of all residents. Miramar's Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
community had the twelfth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.2% (tying with Wheatley Heights, New York
Wheatley Heights, New York
Wheatley Heights is a Census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,013 at the 2000 census. The CDP is named after the hamlet in the same general vicinity.-History:...
and Neptune City, New Jersey
Neptune City, New Jersey
Neptune City is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,869.The Borough of Neptune City was incorporated on October 4, 1881, based on a referendum held on March 19, 1881...
.)
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 AirlinesSpirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra low-cost carrier operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains a base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
is headquartered in Miramar. The airline moved to Miramar from Eastpointe, Michigan
Eastpointe, Michigan
Eastpointe is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 34,077. Eastpointe forms a part of the Metro Detroit area. It borders on 8 Mile Road on the northern edge of Detroit.- History :The community was first settled by Irish and German...
in November 1999. JL Audio
JL Audio
JL Audio is an American manufacturer of consumer audio products. They produce marine, home, and mobile audio products, but are best known for their subwoofers. JL Audio is known as one of the pioneers of the car audio industry.-Formation:...
is headquartered in Miramar.
Top employers
According to Miramar's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:| # | Employer | # of Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Miramar | 920 |
| 2 | Premier Beverage | 583 |
| 3 | Comcast Comcast Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the... of South Florida |
570 |
| 4 | Humana Humana Humana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a... Medical Plans |
538 |
| 5 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a Norwegian / American company based in Miami, Florida. It is the world's second-largest cruise line operator, after Carnival Corporation & PLC. As of March 2009, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd... |
479 |
| 6 | Quest Diagnostics | 469 |
| 7 | Carnival Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc , is a American-British Company, and the world's largest cruise ship operator. It is a dual listed company, with headquarters at Carnival Place in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, USA, and at Carnival House in Southampton, England, UK... |
463 |
| 8 | Caremark Caremark Rx Caremark Pharmacy Services is the prescription benefit management subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corporation, headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Nashville, Tennessee.-Company history:... Miramar Pharmacy |
450 |
| 9 | Southern Wine & Spirits | 420 |
| 10 | Interactive Response Technologies | 375 |
Elementary schools
- Annabel C. Perry Elementary School
- Coconut Palm Elementary SchoolCoconut Palm Elementary SchoolCoconut Palm Elementary is aschool in Miramar, Florida, United States. The school is from K-5th gradeThe principal is Terry Thelmas, the vice principal is Laquita Lee.It was founded in 2000.- History :...
- 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
Private schools
- Florida Bible Christian SchoolFlorida Bible Christian SchoolFlorida Bible Christian School is a preschool through 12th grade religious school serving families from Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.The school is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.- History :Florida Bible...
- Stephen Catholic School
- Saint Bartholomew Catholic School
Trade schools
- DeVry UniversityDeVry UniversityDeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are divisions of DeVry Inc , a proprietary, for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization for Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean, Apollo College, Western...
- University of PhoenixUniversity of PhoenixThe University of Phoenix is a for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded , an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona...
- Strayer UniversityStrayer UniversityStrayer University, formerly Strayer College of Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, for-profit educational institution. The Strayer University campuses are owned by Strayer Education, Inc. , headquartered in Herndon, Virginia....
- Le Cordon BleuLe Cordon BleuLe Cordon Bleu is the world's largest hospitality education institution, with 35 schools on five continents serving 20,000 students annually. Its primary education focus is on hospitality management and the culinary arts...
Media
Miramar is a part of the MiamiMiami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
-Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
-Hollywood
Hollywood, Florida
-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida-Sun Sentinel
Sun-Sentinel
The Sun Sentinel, owned by the Tribune Company, is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., and all of Broward County, but circulates throughout all of South Florida.-Overview:...
and The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
, and their Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
-language counterparts El Sentinel
El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida
El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida is a weekly Spanish-language newspaper published in Fort Lauderdale, Florida by the Sun-Sentinel Company, a subsidiary of the Tribune Company of Chicago, which also publish the South Florida Sun-Sentinel...
and El Nuevo Herald
El Nuevo Herald
El Nuevo Herald is a McClatchy newspaper published daily in Spanish in Miami, Florida, in the United States. El Nuevo Heralds sister paper is The Miami Herald, also produced by the McClatchy Company.-About El Nuevo Herald:...
. WTVJ
WTVJ
WTVJ, virtual channel 6 , is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC television network, located in Broward County. WTVJ shares its TV studio and office facility with co-owned Telemundo station WSCV in Miramar, Florida, and its transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north...
, the Miami area's NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
owned and operated station and WSCV
WSCV
WSCV Telemundo 51 is the Telemundo O&O that serves the Miami - Fort Lauderdale area and licensed to Fort Lauderdale. The transmitter is located in Miramar. The station also serves as the de facto Telemundo affiliate for the West Palm Beach market. The station is owned by NBCUniversal along with NBC...
, the Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
station also owned by NBC shares their studios and administrative offices in Miramar.