SUNRISE, FLORIDA

'Sunrise' is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally called "Sunrise Golf Village,"City of Sunrise History the name did not sit well with the retirees whom developers wanted to attract, so a change was made to "Sunrise." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,779. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 90,227.^[1]
It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, currently the fourth largest outlet shopping mall in the United States. The Florida Panthers of the NHL play in Sunrise at BankAtlantic Center.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Languages

Corporations

References

External links

Geography

Sunrise is located at (26.157145, -80.286002).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 47.7 km² (18.4 mi²). 47.1 km² (18.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.25%) is water.
The city of Sunrise borders the following municipalities:
To its north:

★ Tamarac
To its east:

★ Lauderhill
To its south:

★ Plantation
To its southwest:

★ Davie
To its west-southwest:

★ Weston

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 85,779 people, 33,308 households, and 22,249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,819.8/km² (4,712.5/mi²). There were 35,661 housing units at an average density of 756.5/km² (1,959.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.48% White, 20.47% African American, 0.18% Native American, 3.08% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other races, and 3.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.08% of the population.
There were 33,308 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,998, and the median income for a family was $47,908. Males had a median income of $35,706 versus $28,147 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,713. About 7.3% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Languages

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 71.92%, while Spanish was 16.75%, French Creole was at 2.53%, Yiddish at 1.14%, and Portuguese at 1.01% of the population.^[2]

Corporations

Sunrise hosts over 100 corporations. Some examples are companies like HBO Latin America, Sony and Sprint PCS.
The list of corporations includes but is not limited to:
United Healthcare

Nortel

BellSouth

Foundation Healthcare

Hormel Foods

Union Bank

Precision Response

ABN Amro

Interim Services

Xerox

Sheraton Health

Air France

Fox Sports Television

Sunrise Auto Mall

Cigna HealthCare

Cross Country Home Services

Wildcard Services

GEOPAK/Beiswenger, Hoch & Assoc.

Bioheart

Perfumania

Honeywell

CIT Group

Trendium

The city will soon be home to one of Florida's two Ikea stores.

References

1. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2004-04-12.xls
2. http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=69700&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r

External links

★ City of Sunrise official site

★ City of Sunrise Corporate Neighbors official site