Hillsboro Beach, Florida

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hillsboro Beach
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settlement_type = Town
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map_caption = Location of Hillsboro beach in Broward County in State of Florida


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = flag|Florida
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = noflag|Broward
government_type = Mayor-Commission
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Carmen R. McGarry
established_title = Settled
established_date = 1922
established_title2 = Incorporated (town)
established_date2 = 12 June 1939
unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes = cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US12&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-format=ST-7 |title=Florida by Place. Population, Housing, Area, and Density: 2000 |publisher=US Census Bureau |accessdate=2007-09-23]
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area_total_km2 = 4.2
area_land_km2 = 1.1
area_water_km2 = 3.1
area_total_sq_mi = 1.64
area_land_sq_mi = 0.44
area_water_sq_mi = 1.20
area_water_percent = 73.17
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population_as_of = 1 July 2006
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population_note = Census Bureau estimate
population_total = 2334
population_density_sq_mi = 4956.4
population_metro = 5463857
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
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latd = 26 |latm = 17 |lats = 38 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 4 |longs = 42 |longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = [cite web |url= http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/12/Hillsboro_Beach.html|title=Hillsboro Beach, United States Page |publisher=Falling Rain Genomics |accessdate=2007-09-24]
elevation_m = 4
elevation_ft = 3
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 33062
area_code = 754, 954
website = http://www.townofhillsborobeach.com
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 12-30850GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0284035GR|3
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Hillsboro Beach is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. The town was named for the Earl of Hillsborough, who received large grants of land from the King of England while Florida was an English possession. The 3.2-mile strip along State Road A1A includes an exclusive stretch called "Hillsboro Mile" or "Millionaires Mile" [cite web |url=http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/real_estate/0704/gallery.luxury_beach_houses/5.html |title=Luxury beach houses on the block |publisher=CNN |accessdate=2007-09-24] . The population was 2,163 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,334. It is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-01.xls |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2007-09-24 |format=XLS]

Geography

Hillsboro Beach is located at coor dms|26|17|38|N|80|4|42|W|city (26.293857, -80.078243)GR|1. It is located in northeastern Broward County, along the Atlantic Ocean.

It is adjacent to the following municipalities:

To its north:
*Deerfield Beach

To its west:
*Lighthouse Point (across the Intracoastal Waterway)

To its south:
*Pompano Beach

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of convert|1.64|sqmi|km2|0. convert|0.44|sqmi|km2|0 of it is land and convert|1.20|sqmi|km2|0 of it (73.17%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 2,163 people, 1,282 households, and 696 families residing in the town. The population density was 4,956.4/mi² (1,898.0/km²). There were 2,131 housing units at an average density of 4,883.1/mi² (1,870.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.17% White (97.6% were Non-Hispanic White,). [cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Hillsboro_Beach.php |title=Demographics of Hillsboro Beach, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=2007-11-15] 0.14% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population.

There were 1,282 households out of which 3.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 3.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 24.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.69 and the average family size was 2.13.

In the town the population was spread out with 3.2% under the age of 18, 1.1% from 18 to 24, 10.7% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 51.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 65 years. For every 100 females there were 81.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,159, and the median income for a family was $70,163. Males had a median income of $61,974 versus $40,089 for females. The per capita income for the town was $56,634. About 4.1% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of English as their first language were 89.94% of the population, French speakers 4.04%, Italian speakers 2.64%, Spanish speakers 2.40%, and German speakers at 0.96% of residents. [cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=30850&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Hillsboro Beach, FL |publisher=Modern Language Association |accessdate=2007-09-24]

As of 2000, Hillsboro Beach was the twenty-second most Canadian-populated area in the US, along with several other areas, at 1.5% of residents. [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Canadian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Canadian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-10-22]

Media

Hillsboro Beach is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market [cite web |url=http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#radio |title=Top 50 Radio Markets Ranked By Metro 12+ Population, Spring 2005 |publisher=Northwestern University Media Management Center |accessdate=2007-09-24] and the seventeenth largest television market [cite web |url=http://www.mediainfocenter.org/compare/top50/#tv |title=Top 50 TV markets ranked by households |publisher=Northwestern University Media Management Center |accessdate=2007-09-24] in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the "South Florida-Sun Sentinel" and "The Miami Herald", and their Spanish-language counterparts "El Sentinel" and "El Nuevo Herald".

References

External links

* [http://www.townofhillsborobeach.com Offical City Website]