Parkland is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, where zoning laws are designed to protect the "parklike" character of the city. Initially, there were no stores or traffic lights in Parkland, though this began to change in the mid 1990s and early 2000s with the additions of large neighborhood developments like Heron Bay and Parkland Isles. As of the 2010 census, the population of Parkland was 23,962. Parkland is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people in 2015.
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Geography
Parkland is located at 26°18?55?N 80°14?26?W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33.2 km2), of which 12.3 square miles (31.9 km2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km2) (3.97%) is water. The northern boundary of Parkland coincides with the border between Broward and Palm Beach counties. West Boca Raton, an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County that extends west of Boca Raton's city limits, lies to the north. Coconut Creek lies to the east, Coral Springs lies to the south and the west is bounded by The Everglades.
Demographics
As of 2010, there were 8,292 households out of which 7.4% were vacant. In 2000, the city the population was spread out with 35.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.
According to a 2008 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $277,072, and the estimated median house value was $973,176. Males had a median income of $103,942 versus $81,425 for females. The per capita income for the city was $41,896. About 2.0% of families and .4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language were 82.79%, of Spanish were at 11.48%, of Italian at 2.03%, while those of German made up 1.20% of the population.
Education
Broward County Public Schools serves Parkland.
Public high school
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Public middle school
- Westglades Middle School
Public elementary schools
- Riverglades Elementary School
- Park Trails Elementary School
- Heron Heights Elementary School
Private primary schools
- Mary Help of Christians School
Notable people
- Anthony Rizzo, professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
- Jon "Stugotz" Weiner, ESPN Radio host
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