COOPER CITY, FLORIDA

'Cooper City' is a city in Broward County, Florida, USA. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959.
Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City is the location of one of the best cricket grounds in the United States, and in 2004 played host to first-class cricket when the United States cricket team played Canada in the ICC Intercontinental Cup. It also served as the home ground for the Florida Thunder Pro Cricket team in 2004. The park is also home to one of the few cycling tracks in South Florida. Not only that, Brian Piccolo also accommodates a first class skateboard park.
In 2006, with the annexation of the Waldrep Dairy Farm, Cooper City started construction on the first major new home construction project within the past few decades. It is expected the addition of the 530 acre property will add upwards of 4,000 new residents through 2011.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Languages

Education

Sister city

References

External links

Geography

Cooper City is located at (26.044631, -80.289566).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.4 km² (6.7 mi²). 16.4 km² (6.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (5.22%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,939 people, 9,123 households, and 7,827 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,698.8/km² (4,402.4/mi²). There were 9,289 housing units at an average density of 564.8/km² (1,463.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.10% White, 3.09% African American, 0.16% Native American, 4.09% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.65% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.57% of the population. There is also a large Jewish population. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 30,022.^[1]
There were 9,123 households out of which 51.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.2% were non-families. 10.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.30.
In the city the population was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $75,166, and the median income for a family was $78,172. Males had a median income of $51,931 versus $33,788 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,474. About 2.9% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Languages

As of 2000, English was spoken as a first language by 78.55% of the population, Spanish 15.08%, and Hebrew 1.25% (spoken mostly by the Jewish and Israeli community.) Other mother tongues included languages such as French at 0.75%, and Malayalam at 0.75% of residents.^[2]

Education

★ Embassy Creek Elementary School

★ Cooper City Elementary School

★ Griffin Elementary School

★ Pioneer Middle School

★ Cooper City High School

Sister city

★ 'Killarney', Ireland

References

1. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2005-04-12.csv
2. http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=14125&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r

External links

★ City of Cooper City

★ Cooper City local guide