Deerfield Beach
| City of Deerfield Beach | ||
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Deerfield Beach with pier in background
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| Coordinates: 26°19′05″N 80°05′59″W / 26.31806°N 80.09972°WCoordinates: 26°19′05″N 80°05′59″W / 26.31806°N 80.09972°W | ||
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 United States
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 Florida
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 Broward
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| Incorporated as Deerfield (town) | June 11, 1925 | |
| Incorporated as Deerfield Beach (town) | May 12, 1939 | |
| Incorporated as Deerfield Beach (city) | June 13, 1945 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Mayor-Commission | |
| • Mayor | Jean M. Robb (R) | |
| • Vice Mayor | Richard Rosenzweig | |
| • Commissioners | Gloria J. Battle, William 'Bill' Ganz, and Joe Miller. | |
| • City Manager | Burgess Hanson | |
| • City Clerk | Samantha Gillyard | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 16.3 sq mi (42.1 km2) | |
| • Land | 15.1 sq mi (39.1 km2) | |
| • Water | 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2) 7.12% | |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • City | 75,018 | |
| • Density | 4,972/sq mi (1,919.8/km2) | |
| • Metro | 5,564,635 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 33441–33443 | |
| Area code(s) | 754, 954 | |
| FIPS code | 12-16725 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0281460 | |
| Website | www |
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Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located just south of the Palm Beach County line. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,018. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
Deerfield Beach's history dates back to 1890 when a small settlement named Hillsborough was developed along the Hillsboro River. As the population grew to 20 by 1898, the settlement was now served by its own post office and the town was named Deerfield for the deer that grazed along the Hillsboro River.
By the early twentieth century, as the town's population continued to grow, the Florida East Coast Railroad constructed tracks en route to Miami bisecting Deerfield. Deerfield's early settlers were mostly farmers who grew pineapples, tomatoes, green beans, squash and fished along the Intracoastal Waterway. Through the 1940s, Deerfield remained a largely agricultural based community, but in 1939 the town's name was changed to Deerfield Beach to let tourists know it has a beach.
As of 2010, there were 42,671 households, of which 21.8% were vacant. As of 2000, 16.3% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.9% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 22.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.72.
In 2000, the city the population was spread out with 15.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $34,041, and the median income for a family was $44,853. Males had a median income of $35,154 versus $27,451 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,296. About 9.2% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
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