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Broward County

county in Florida, United States
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Summary

Broward County is a county of Florida[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of county of florida entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Fort Lauderdale[5]
  • Shares border with: Palm Beach County[6], Miami-Dade County[7], Collier County[8], Hendry County[9]
  • Named after: Napoleon B. Broward[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Fort Lauderdale[11]
  • Legislative body: Broward County Board[12]
  • Commons category: Broward County, Florida[13]
  • Inception: 1915[14]
  • Coordinate location: 26.124354, -80.249503[15]
  • Authority: Broward County Government[16]
  • Official website: https://www.broward.org/[17]
  • IPA transcription: ˈbraʊwərd ˈkaʊnti[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Broward County, Florida[19]
  • Population: 1,748,066[20], 1,752,757[21], 1,784,722[22], 1,814,813[23], 1,838,844[24], 1,896,425[25], 1,944,375[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Broward County, Florida[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Broward County, Florida[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Broward County, Florida[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Broward County, Florida[30]
  • Number of households: 860,329[31], 810,388[32], 704,942[33]
  • Native label: Broward County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108013[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Broward County, Florida[36]
  • Different from: Brevard County[37]
  • Area: 3418[38], 1319.69[39]

Why It Matters

Broward County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Florida United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Broward County, Flo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Broward County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  2. 20w ago · Johand199 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Osm name suggestion index id: browardcounty-9eb20b, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22225221
    Umls cui → C3831256
    Taxonomicon id → 1804913
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Fort Lauderdale
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Florida
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of Broward County, Florida
    Instance of → county of Florida
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108013, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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