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Miramar is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city was named after a town in Cuba. As of 2006, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 106,590.
The city's official motto is "Beauty and Progress," updated from the earlier-used "The Center of it All"

Geography

Miramar is located at (25.978812, -80.282489).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of . of it's land and of it (4.84%) is water. Miramar loosely translates from Spanish as "sea view" or "sea sight," though it isn't located directly on the Atlantic Ocean. The city is bordered by the following municipalities:
To the north:

Pembroke Pines

To the northeast:

Hollywood To the east:

West Park To the south:

Miami-Dade County

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 72,739 people, 23,058 households, and 18,653 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,465.8/mi² (952.0/km²). There were 25,905 housing units at an average density of 878.2/mi²(339.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 43.59% White (21.6% were Non-Hispanic White,) 43.30% African American, 0.16% Native American, 3.03% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 4.72% from other races, and 5.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.38% of the population.
   There were 23,058 households out of which 48.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.48.
   In the city the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.
   The median income for a household in the city was $50,289, and the median income for a family was $52,952. Males had a median income of $34,145 versus $28,283 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,462. About 7.0% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.
   As of 2000, speakers of English as their first language accounted for 60.09% of the population, while Spanish made up 29.99%, French Creole comprised 4.37%, French was at 2.13%, and Tagalog as a mother tongue was 0.50% of all residents.
   As of 2000, Miramar had the fifth highest percentage of Jamaican residents in the US, with 15.4% of the populace. The fifty-eighth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.51% of the city's population, and the forty-eighth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 8.77% of the city's population. It also had the seventy-eighth most Dominicans in the US, at 1.98%, while it had the thirty-first highest percentage of Haitians (tied with West Little River,) at 6% of all residents. Miramar's Trinidad and Tobago community had the twelfth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.2% (tying with Wheatley Heights, New York and Neptune City, New Jersey.)

City Officials

Mayor Lori Cohen Moseley (D)

Commissioner Seat 1 Carl J. Lanke (D)

Commissioner Seat 2 Troy R. Samuels (R)

Commissioner Seat 3 Winston F. Barnes (I)

Commissioner Seat 4 Yvonne Garth (D) (Vice Mayor)

Education

Miramar is served by Broward County Public Schools.

Elementary Schools

Coconut Palm Elementary School

Coral Cove Elementary School

Fairway Elementary School

Miramar Elementary School

Annabel C. Perry Elementary School

Sea Castle Elementary School

Silver Lakes Elementary School

Silver Shores Elementary School

Sunset Lakes Elementary School

Sunshine Elementary School

Dolphin Bay Elementary School

Public Middle Schools

New Renaissance Middle School

Henry D. Perry Middle School

Glades Middle School

Public High Schools

Everglades High School

Miramar High School

Colleges and Universities

DeVry University

University of Phoenix

Le Cordon Bleu

Economy

Spirit Airlines, the largest low-fare airline serving the US to the Caribbean and Latin America, is based in Miramar

Media

Miramar is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market 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. The Miami-area NBC affiliate, WTVJ, has its studios and administrative offices in Miramar.

Notable Residents

Johnny Depp - actor (former resident)

Ramiele Malubay - singer; was a finalist on American Idol's seventh season (current resident)Further Information

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