Hollywood, Florida

For the city in Florida with movie studios similar to Hollywood, CA, see Orlando.

Hollywood, Florida
City
City of Hollywood
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Diamond of the Gold Coast
Coordinates: 26°1′17″N 80°10′30″W / 26.02139°N 80.17500°W / 26.02139; -80.17500Coordinates: 26°1′17″N 80°10′30″W / 26.02139°N 80.17500°W / 26.02139; -80.17500
Country	United States of America
State	Florida
County	Broward
Founded	February 18, 1921
Incorporated	November 28, 1925
Government
• Type	Commission-manager
• Mayor	Peter Bober
• Vice Mayor	Kevin D. Biederman
• Commissioners	Patricia "Patty" Asseff, Peter D. Hernandez, Traci L. Callari, Richard S. Blattner, and Linda Sherwood
• City Manager	Dr. Wazir Ishmael
• City Clerk	Patricia Cerny
Area[1]
• Total	30.80 sq mi (79.8 km2)
• Land	27.3 sq mi (70.8 km2)
• Water	3.46 sq mi (8.9 km2)  11.23%
Elevation[2]	9 ft (3 m)
Population (2013)
• Total	146,526
• Density	5,156.3/sq mi (1,990.9/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	33004, 33009, 33019-33021, 33023, 33024, 33312, 33314, 33316
Area code(s)	954, 754
FIPS code	12-32000[3]
GNIS feature ID	0284176[4]
Website	www.HollywoodFL.org

Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida. As of 2013 Hollywood has a population of 146,526. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth largest city in Florida.^[5] Hollywood is a principal city of the South Florida Metropolitan Area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010 census.

History

Joseph W. Young founded the city; he dreamed of building a motion picture colony on the East Coast of the United States and named the town after Hollywood, California. Young bought up thousands of acres of land around 1920, and named his new town "Hollywood by the Sea" to distinguish it from his other real estate venture, "Hollywood in the Hills", in New York. After the 1926 Miami hurricane, Hollywood was severely damaged; local newspapers reported that Hollywood was second only to Miami in losses from the storm.

Hollywood is a planned city. On Hollywood Boulevard is the Mediterranean-style Joseph Young Mansion, built around 1921, making it one of the oldest houses in Hollywood.

Geography

Hollywood is located at 26°1′17″N 80°10′30″W / 26.02139°N 80.17500°W / 26.02139; -80.17500 (26.021467, -80.174910).^[6]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.8 square miles (80 km²). 27.34 square miles (71 km²) of it is land and 3.46 square miles (9 km²) of it is water (11.23%).^[1]

Hollywood is located in southeastern Broward County, and includes about 5 to 6 miles (8.0 to 9.7 km) of Atlantic Ocean beach, interrupted briefly by a portion deeded to Dania Beach. It is bounded by the following municipalities:

To the north:

• Fort Lauderdale
• Dania Beach

To the northwest:

• Davie
• Cooper City

To the west:

• Pembroke Pines

To the southwest:

• Miramar

To the south:

• West Park
• Pembroke Park
• Hallandale Beach

Like the rest of South Florida, Hollywood has a Tropical monsoon climate, with humid summers and mild winters.

Hollywood Beach in March 2008.

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 individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 3.00.

Sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean in Hollywood

Hollywood's paved beach Boardwalk

The city's age demographic shows a mixed population with 21.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 90.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $55,849. Males had a median income of $33,102 versus $21,237 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,097. About 9.9% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 66.94% of residents, Spanish accounted for 21.62%, French made up 2.06%, French Creole consisted of 1.32%, Italian comprised 1.12%, Romanian was at 0.91%, Hebrew at 0.88%, Portuguese 0.84%, and German as a mother tongue was 0.72% of the population.^[12]

As of 2000, Hollywood had the seventy-fifth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the U.S., at 4.23% of the city's population,^[13] and the sixty-fifth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.26% of the city's population (tied with both the town and village of Mount Kisco, New York.)^[14] It also had the fifty-seventh highest percentage of Peruvian residents in the US, at 1.05% of the city's population (tied with Locust Valley, New York),^[15] and the twentieth highest percentage of Romanian residents in the US, at 1.1% of the its population (tied with several other areas in the US).^[16]

Economy

Prior to their dissolutions, Commodore Cruise Line and its subsidiary Crown Cruise Line had their headquarters in Hollywood.^[17]

HEICO has its headquarters in Hollywood.^[18]

Since 1991, the Invicta Watch Group, a manufacturer of timepieces and writing instruments, has had its headquarters in Hollywood where it also operates its customer service call center.

Top employers

According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[19] the top employers in the city are:

Education

Hollywood's public schools are operated by the Broward County Public Schools.

Public high schools

• Hollywood Hills High School
• McArthur High School
• South Broward High School
• Sheridan Technical College

Public charter schools

• Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science K-8
• New Life Charter Academy
• Championship Academy of Distinction at Hollywood K-5^[20]
• Championship Academy of Distinction, Avant Garde 6-8^[20]
• BridgePrep Academy at Hollywood Hills

Public middle schools

• Apollo Middle School^[21]
• Attucks Middle School
• Driftwood Middle School
• McNicol Middle School
• Olsen Middle School

Public elementary schools

Private schools

Police department

The city is protected by the Hollywood Police Department.

Notable people

Neighborhoods

These are the neighborhoods and communities that are officially recognized by the City of Hollywood.^[31][32]

Sister cities

Hollywood has eight sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

• Lecheria, Venezuela
• Mollendo, Peru
• Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
• Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Herzliya, Israel
• Romorantin-Lanthenay, France
• Baia Mare, Romania
• Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic
• Vlorë, Albania
• Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

Transportation

Hollywood is served by Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the 22nd busiest airport in the United States.^[33] Broward County Transit operates several bus routes that pass through the city of Hollywood, such as the 1 on US 1 (Federal Highway).^[34] It is also served by Tri-Rail stations at Sheridan Street and Hollywood.

Television

The television game show Hollywood Squares taped a week of shows at the historic Diplomat Hotel in 1987 and featured aerial footage shot over Hollywood, Florida.^[35] The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is the exterior of the police substation in the now cancelled TV show The Glades. The comedy series Big Time in Hollywood, FL is set in Hollywood, Florida.

See also

• Big Time in Hollywood, FL

References

Sources

• Florida, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, 2004, pg. 132

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hollywood, Florida.

• Hollywood Office of Tourism
• City's official website
• Hollywood Historical Society
• Hollywood Gazette
• Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

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