Joseph W. Young founded the city; he dreamed of building a motion picture colony on the East Coast of the United States and named the town after Hollywood, California. Young bought up thousands of acres of land around 1920, and named his new town “Hollywood by the Sea” to distinguish it from his other real estate venture, “Hollywood in the Hills”, in New York. After the 1926 Miami hurricane, Hollywood was severely damaged; local newspapers reported that Hollywood was second only to Miami in losses from the storm.
Hollywood, Florida (USA)
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.8 square miles (80 km2). 27.34 square miles (71 km2) of it is land and 3.46 square miles (9 km2) of it is water (11.23%).
Hollywood is located in southeastern Broward County, and includes about 5 to 6 miles (8.0 to 9.7 km) of Atlantic Ocean beach, interrupted briefly by a portion deeded to Dania Beach. It is bounded by the following municipalities:
To the north: Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach.
To the west: Pembroke Pines.
To the south: West Park, Pembroke Park, Hallandale Beach.
Like the rest of South Florida, Hollywood has a Tropical monsoon climate, with humid summers and mild winters.
Sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean in Hollywood
Hollywood’s paved beach Boardwalk
The city’s age demographic shows a mixed population with 21.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 90.9 men.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $55,849. Males had a median income of $33,102 versus $21,237 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,097. About 9.9% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 66.94% of residents, Spanish accounted for 21.62%, French made up 2.06%, French Creole consisted of 1.32%, Italian comprised 1.12%, Romanian was at 0.91%, Hebrew at 0.88%, Portuguese 0.84%, and German as a mother tongue was 0.72% of the population.
As of 2000, Hollywood had the seventy-fifth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the U.S., at 4.23% of the city’s population, and the sixty-fifth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.26% of the city’s population (tied with both the town and village of Mount Kisco, New York.) It also had the fifty-seventh highest percentage of Peruvian residents in the US, at 1.05% of the city’s population (tied with Locust Valley, New York), and the twentieth highest percentage of Romanian residents in the US, at 1.1% of the its population (tied with several other areas in the US).
| Hollywood | Broward County | Florida | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total population | 140,768 | 1,748,066 | 18,801,310 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | +1.0% | +7.7% | +17.6% |
| Population density | 5,143.8/sq mi | 1,444.9/sq mi | 350.6/sq mi |
| White or Caucasian(including White Hispanic) | 72.7% | 63.1% | 75.0% |
| (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) | 47.5% | 43.5% | 57.9% |
| Black or African-American | 16.7% | 26.7% | 16.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 32.6% | 25.1% | 22.5% |
| Asian | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Two or more races (Multiracial) | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| Some Other Race | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
Alexander Towers
Year Built: 1972
Floors in Building: 15
Residences: 281
3505 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Allington Towers
Year Built: 1973
Floors in Building: 18
Residences: 2 x 180
1600 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Apogee Beach
Year Built: 2014
Floors in Building: 22
Residences: 64
3951 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Aquarius
Year Built: 1973
Floors in Building: 18
Residences: 269
2751 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Diplomat
Year Built: 2007
Floors in Building: 28
Residences: 135
3535 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Hallmark
Year Built: 1972
Floors in Building: 18
Residences: 214
3800 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Hollywood Station
Year Built: 2008
Floors in Building: 15
Residences: 247
2121 Van Buren St, Hollywood
Hyde Beach Resort & Residences
Year Built: 2017
Floors in Building: 41
Residences: 407
4111 South Ocean Drive
Ocean Palms
Year Built: 2006
Floors in Building: 39
Residences: 250
3101 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Oxford Towers
Year Built: 1970
Floors in Building: 16
Residences: 170
1501 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Quadomain
Year Built: 1972
Floors in Building: 28
Residences: 420
2201 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Radius
Year Built: 2007
Floors in Building: 15
Residences: 311
1830 Radius Dr, Hollywood
Renaissance on the Ocean
Year Built: 2000
Floors in Building: 15
Residences: 240
6001-6051 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Residences on Hollywood
Year Built: 1970
Floors in Building: 16
Residences: 534
3001 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Sage Beach, Hollywood
Year Built: 2016
Floors in Building: 10
Residences: 24
2101 South Surf Road, Hollywood
Sea Air Towers
Year Built: 1971
Floors in Building: 15
Residences: 362
3725 S. Ocean Drive, Hollywood
Summit Towers
Year Built: 1981
Floors in Building: 24
Residences: 580
1201 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Tides
Year Built: 1986
Floors in Building: 16
Residences: 726
3801 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Trafalgar Towers
Year Built: 1970
Floors in Building: 17
Residences: 122
1400 & 1410 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Trump
Year Built: 2012
Floors in Building: 41
Residences: 200
2711 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood
Villas of Positano
Year Built: 2007
Floors in Building: 12
Residences: 62
3501 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood