A city of southeast Florida east of Fort Lauderdale. It is a commercial hub and retirement community. Population: 90,800.
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A city of southeast Florida east of Fort Lauderdale. It is a commercial hub and retirement community. Population: 90,800.
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Haydn's String Quartet in B♭ op.76 no.4, so called because of the rising and glowing music for the first violin with which it opens.
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Sunrise, city (1990 pop. 64,407), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb 8 mi (13 km) W of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1961 as Sunrise Golf Village. It is a major office and commercial center and the site of Sawgrass Mills, one of the largest malls in the United States. Sunrise also is the home of the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers.
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| Coordinates: 26°9′26″N 80°17′10″W / 26.15722°N 80.28611°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Broward |
| Established | 1961 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Commission-Manager |
| - Mayor | Roger B. Wishner |
| Area | |
| - Total | 18.4 sq mi (47.7 km2) |
| - Land | 18.2 sq mi (47.1 km2) |
| - Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) 1.25% |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| - Total | 89,787 |
| - Density | 4,903.64/sq mi (1,893.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 33300-33399 |
| Area code(s) | 954 754 |
| FIPS code | 12-69700[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0291850[2] |
| Website | http://www.sunrisefl.gov |
Sunrise is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally called "Sunrise Golf Village,"[3] the name did not sit well with the retirees whom developers wanted to attract, so a change was made to "Sunrise." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,779. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 90,227.[4]
It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, currently the fourth largest outlet shopping mall in the United States.[citation needed] The Florida Panthers of the NHL play in Sunrise at BankAtlantic Center.
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Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 85,779 people, 33,308 households, and 22,249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,819.8/km² (4,712.5/mi²). There were 35,661 housing units at an average density of 756.5/km² (1,959.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.48% White (57% were Non-Hispanic White,)[5] 20.47% African American, 0.18% Native American, 3.08% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other races, and 3.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.08% of the population.
There were 33,308 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,998, and the median income for a family was $47,908. Males had a median income of $35,706 versus $28,147 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,713. About 7.3% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 71.92%, while Spanish was 16.75%, French Creole was at 2.53%, Yiddish at 1.14%, Portuguese at 1.01%, Italian at 0.84%, French at 0.83%, Hebrew at 0.61%, and Chinese at 0.59% of the population.[6]
As of 2000, Sunrise had the 107th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 2.29% of the city's population,[7] and the sixtieth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.44% of the city's population (tied with Weehawken, New Jersey.)[8] It also had the fourteenth most Jamaican-populated area in the US, with 7.6% of all residents,[9] and the fifty-third highest concentration of Haitians (tied with Lake Alfred and Miami Gardens' Bunche Park neighborhood) at 2.8% of the population.[10]
Corporations
Sunrise hosts over 100 corporations. Some examples are companies like Motorola, HBO Latin America, Sony and Sprint PCS.
The list of corporations includes but is not limited to:
Coventry Health Care
United Healthcare
Nortel
BellSouth
Foundation Healthcare
Hormel Foods
Union Bank
Learn.com
Precision Response
ABN Amro
Interim Services
Xerox
Mednax
Sheraton Health
Air France
Fox Sports Television
Sunrise Auto Mall
Cigna HealthCare
Cross Country Home Services
Fidelity National Information Services
GEOPAK/Beiswenger, Hoch & Assoc.
Bioheart
Perfumania
Honeywell
CIT Group
Trendium
RIM
On the seventeenth of October 2007, the first Ikea store in Florida opened in Sunrise.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "City of Sunrise: History". Sunrisefl.gov. http://www.sunrisefl.gov/1cityhistory.html. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2004-04-12.xls
- ^ "Demographics of Sunrise, FL". MuniNetGuide.com. http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Sunrise.php. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ^ "MLA Data Center Results of Sunrise, FL". Modern Language Association. http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=69700&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
External links
- City of Sunrise official site
- City of Sunrise Corporate Neighbors official site
- Sunrise, Florida is at coordinates 26°09′26″N 80°17′10″W / 26.157145°N 80.286002°WCoordinates: 26°09′26″N 80°17′10″W / 26.157145°N 80.286002°W
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