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Demographics - Lauderhill, Florida

The trend in the population for Lauderhill, Florida was updated in 2006. According to the US Census Website, the population figure in 2006 was 59,482 people. In 2000, the population was 57,585 people and in 1990 was only 49, 708 people. It is evident that the population is on the rise in this region and is estimated to reach an all-time high by the time of the next Census in 2010.

In 2000, the Census Bureau published the latest information regarding income distribution, housing data, and ethnicity information. In 2000, the U.S. Census estimated that the mean income for households was $42, 589. The median income amoung married couples was $57,345, the median income amoung single female families was $28,666 and the median income for non-family households is $31,869. The median income for a household in the city was $32,515, and the median income for a family was $36,723. Males had a median income of $29,756 versus $25,167 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,243. About 15.5% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.0% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.

The racial makeup of the city was 33.83% White (29.6% were Non Hispanic White,) 58.77% African American and Black (a large part from the Caribbean), 0.12% Native American, 1.58% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.61% from other races, and 4.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.94% of the population. Lauderhill has a high foreign-born population, with a noticeable proportion from the West Indies. 33.65% of Lauderhill's population was born outside of the United States. 24.63% were born in the Caribbean, 14.73% from Jamaica alone. Other major West Indian populations were born in Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Dominica, The Bahamas, Guyana, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other Caribbean nations.

As of 2000, English as a first language was spoken by 79.14% of the population, while French Creole was at 7.85%, Spanish at 6.92%, French at 2.69%, Yiddish at 0.59%, and Hebrew at 0.45% of residents.

As of 2000, Lauderhill had the third highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the US, at 17.6% of the city's population, and the eighteenth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, at 9.1% of the city's population (tied with Mangonia Park.)