Lauderhill is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 74,482.

Etymology
History
Geography
Climate
Demographics
- 2010 and 2020 census
Sports
Education
Notable people
Sister cities
See also

Etymology

The development that eventually came to be known as Lauderhill was originally to be named "Sunnydale", but William Safire, a friend of the developer, Herbert Sadkin, convinced him to change his mind. Safire felt that "Sunnydale" sounded like a neighborhood in Brooklyn. Sadkin said there were no hills in the new town, to which Safire replied, "There are probably no dales in Lauderdale, either!" From that discussion, the name "Lauderhill" was coined. The development eventually grew to become Lauderhill, the city.

History

Lauderhill was one of two developments (the other in New York) that began largely as off-the-shelf architectural designs which had been available to the public at Macy's department store. The homes, which had been designed by Andrew Geller, had originally been on display at the "Typical American Houses" at the American Exhibition in Moscow. Following a group of approximately 200 of the homes constructed in Montauk, New York in 1963 and 1964, the same developer, Herbert Sadkin of the New York-based All-State Properties reprised his success in New York, building a series of similar homes in Florida, calling the development Lauderhill.

In 2003, the New York Times described the Macy's homes:

The package deal included a 730- to 1,200-square-foot house on a 75-by-100-foot lot, as well as state-of-the art appliances, furniture, housewares and everything else a family would need for a weekend in the sun, including toothbrushes and toilet paper. The cost was roughly $13,000 to $17,000.

The Inverrary Country Club was built in 1970, and two years later, its East golf course became home to the new Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic on the PGA Tour, which it hosted through 1983. Gleason himself built his final home on the golf course.

Up until the late 1980s-early 1990s, Lauderhill was mostly a retirement community for Jews and a second home for snowbirds (especially in the Inverrary neighborhood). It is now home to mostly Jamaicans, West Indians, and African Americans, but it still has a sizeable white, Jewish, and Hispanic population in the Northwest section and the Inverrary neighborhood, located north of Oakland Park Boulevard and east of University Drive).

Geography

The approximate coordinates for the City of Lauderhill is located in north-central Broward County at 26°9′56″N 80°13′57″W / 26.16556°N 80.23250°W / 26.16556; -80.23250.

The city borders the following municipalities:

On its north and northeast:

Tamarac, Florida

On its northeast:

Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

On its east:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

On its south:

Plantation, Florida

On its southwest and west:

Sunrise, Florida

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.2 km²), of which 8.5 square miles (22.1 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) is water (0.37%).

Climate

Lauderhill has a tropical climate, similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean. It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification, Am).

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1960	132	—
1970	8,465	6,312.9%
1980	37,271	340.3%
1990	49,708	33.4%
2000	57,585	15.8%
2010	66,887	16.2%
2020	74,482	11.4%
U.S. Decennial Census

Historical demographics	2020	2010	2000	1990	1980
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	13.7%	29.5%	54.0%	82.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	7.4%	6.9%	6.8%	3.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	74.7%	57.9%	37.5%	12.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.5%	1.1%
Native American (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Some Other Race (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	2.0%	3.5%	N/A	N/A
Population	74,482	66,887	57,585	49,708	37,271

2010 and 2020 census

**Lauderhill, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White (NH)	17,014	9,148	6,830	29.55%	13.68%	9.17%
Black or African American (NH)	33,355	49,969	56,313	57.92%	74.71%	75.61%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	54	136	117	0.09%	0.20%	0.16%
Asian (NH)	903	1,051	1,282	1.57%	1.57%	1.72%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)	29	21	17	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%
Some other race (NH)	213	274	592	0.37%	0.41%	0.79%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	2,022	1,358	2,335	3.51%	2.03%	3.13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	3,995	4,930	6,996	6.94%	7.37%	9.39%
Total	57,585	66,887	74,482	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 74,482 people, 24,036 households, and 15,760 families residing in the city.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 66,887 people, 24,265 households, and 16,598 families residing in the city.

Sports

Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium

On November 9, 2007, in the Central Broward Park, the Main Event cricket field, owned by Broward County, was opened.

On May 22, 2010, it became the first ground to host an international between two full members of the ICC (New Zealand and Sri Lanka) on U.S. soil after the games' World governing body gave its certification. The West Indies cricket team, who are the nearest premier cricketing region, have played there the most times.

The park features many other sports venues as well.

Education

Broward County Public Schools operates public schools.

Elementary schools in the Lauderhill city limits include:

Broward Estates Elementary School
Castle Hill Elementary School
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Montessori School
Endeavour Primary Learning Center (K–3, with 4–5 students in the zone to Royal Palm Elementary School)
Larkdale Elkementary School
Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary School
Royal Palm Elementary School

Students in other sections of Lauderhill are zoned to the following elementary schools: Banyan Elementary School (Sunrise), Discovery Elementary School (Sunrise), Park Lakes Elementary School (Lauderdale Lakes), Plantation Elementary School (Plantation), and Village Elementary School (Sunrise).

Middle schools and 6th-12th grade schools with attendance zones serving Lauderhill include:

Lauderhill 6-12 School
Parkway Middle School
Lauderdale Lakes Middle School in Lauderdale Lakes
Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy in Tamarac
Westpine Middle School in Sunrise

High schools with attendance zones serving Lauderhill include:

Boyd H. Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes
Piper High School in Sunrise
Dillard High School (for 9–12 only) in Fort Lauderdale

A section of Lauderhill has a choice between Anderson and Piper. Lauderhill 6–12's high school program has no zoning boundary per se, but people who live in the middle school boundary have priority for admission. While Millennium's high school has no boundary, previous Millennium middle school students have priority for admission.

Charter schools include Rise Academy and Rise Academy II.

The University of Fort Lauderdale is located in Lauderhill.

Notable people

XXXTentacion, rapper
Ski Mask the Slump God, rapper
Jackie Gleason, comedic actor, star of The Honeymooners
Van Winitsky, tennis player
Autry Denson, Football player

Sister cities

Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago.
Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil.

Lauderhill, Florida facts for kids

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