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Hollywood Florida City
2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Florida 33020-4807
P. O. Box 229045, Hollywood, Florida 33022-9045
Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of 1 July 2007, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 142,473. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth largest city in Florida. Hollywood is a Principal City of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,413,212 people.
Hollywood is located in southeastern 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:
To the northwest:
To the west:
For population 25 years and over in Hollywood
- High school or higher: 79.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Hollywood city
- Never married: 25.5%
- Now married: 47.9%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 9.5%
- Divorced: 14.4%
36,562 residents are foreign born (17.1% Latin America, 4.8% Europe)
Races in Hollywood:
- White Non-Hispanic (61.6%)
- Hispanic (22.5%)
- Black (12.1%)
- Other race (4.0%)
- Two or more races (3.3%)
- Asian Indian (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
2008 cost of living index in Hollywood: 108.8 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)
According to our research there were 189 registered sex offenders living in Hollywood, Florida in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hollywood to the number of sex offenders is 754 to 1. Recently several Hollywood Police Department officers have been implicated in a wide-reaching corruption investigation by the FBI, and a few officers turned state's evidence in order to reduce their potential sentences. Several officers faced trial and one was convicted in August 2007.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2007: $2,767 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2007: $2,015 (0.8%)
Hollywood Florida Zip Code:
33019
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Hollywood Florida Area Code
954
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hollywood:
- FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (about 4 miles; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; ID: FLL)
- MIAMI INTL (about 18 miles; MIAMI, FL; ID: MIA)
- PALM BEACH INTL (about 45 miles; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; ID: PBI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hollywood:
- NORTH PERRY (about 5 miles; HOLLYWOOD, FL; ID: HWO)
- DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE (about 8 miles; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; ID: DT1)
- OPA LOCKA (about 11 miles; MIAMI, FL; ID: OPF)
Amtrak station:
HOLLYWOOD (3001 HOLLYWOOD BLVD.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection. |
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