With 185,604 people, Fort Lauderdale is a city in Florida. 27% of people here were born outside the United States. Density works out to 5,367 people per square mile. Owners hold 54% of the housing stock. At a median age of 42.8, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Growth has run 22% since 2000, or 33,207 more people.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,130, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.8
US median: 38.9
More educated
41% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 101%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fort Lauderdale
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$238,567 → $486,700(+104%)US over the same years: +67%
Fort Lauderdale's population equals 9.4% of Broward County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 6.9% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 12% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.3%(1,518)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.9%(905)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.2%(2,429)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.4%(287)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.4%(159)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 6,526 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Fort Lauderdale, decade by decade
Fort Lauderdale population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
149,377
$65,375
$238,567
21.9%
63.1
2000
152,397
$69,017
$241,551
27.9%
72.3
2010
165,521
$71,667
$454,732
32.5%
76.6
2020
182,760
$77,950
$425,304
37.5%
82.8
2024
185,604
$83,130
$486,700
40.8%
84.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
