Overview
Hollywood
is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was
139,357 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the
U.S. Census Bureau is 144,535.
Geography
Hollywood is located in the southeast of Broward County, and includes
about 5-6 miles of Atlantic Ocean beach, interrupted briefly by a
portion deeded to Dania Beach. Hollywood 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
Demographics
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.
Hollywood's paved beach BroadwalkIn the city the population was spread
out 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 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $36,714, and the
median income for a family was $44,849. Males had a median income of
$33,102 versus $27,237 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.
English is the main language, but Spanish is commonly spoken. Hollywood
also has largest French-speaking community in the United States, thanks
to the French Canadian snowbirds who flock to the city during the winter
months. About 300,000 French Canadians migrate to the Greater Fort
Lauderdale area every winter, Hollywood being the destination for the
majority of them . There are also large West Indian and Romanian
populations.
North of Hollywood is the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport, portions of which are cointained within the cities of Fort
Lauderdale, Dania Beach and Hollywood as well as unincorporated Broward
County.
Adam Walsh, the late son of AMW host John Walsh, was kidnapped from a
Sears department store in the Hollywood Mall in 1981.