Sunrise, Florida

Infobox Settlement
official_name = City of Sunrise
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settlement_type = City
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = flag|Florida
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = noflag|Broward


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established_title = Established
established_date = 1961
government_type = Commission-Manager
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Steven B. Feren
unit_pref = Imperial
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 47.7
area_land_km2 = 47.1
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 18.4
area_land_sq_mi = 18.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2
area_water_percent = 1.25
population_as_of = 2004
population_total = 90227
population_density_sq_mi = 4903.64
latd = 26 |latm = 9 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 17 |longs = 10 |longEW = W
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 0
elevation_ft = 0
timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 33300-33399
area_code = 954 754
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 12-69700GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0291850GR|3
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website = http://www.sunrisefl.gov

Sunrise is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally called "Sunrise Golf Village," [cite web |url=http://www.sunrisefl.gov/1cityhistory.html |title=City of Sunrise: History |publisher=Sunrisefl.gov |accessdate=2007-10-28] the name did not sit well with the retirees whom developers wanted to attract, so a change was made to "Sunrise." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,779. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 90,227. [http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2004-04-12.xls]

It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, currently the fourth largest outlet shopping mall in the United States. The Florida Panthers of the NHL play in Sunrise at BankAtlantic Center.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 85,779 people, 33,308 households, and 22,249 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,819.8/km² (4,712.5/mi²). There were 35,661 housing units at an average density of 756.5/km² (1,959.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.48% White (57% were Non-Hispanic White,) [cite web |url=http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Sunrise.php |title=Demographics of Sunrise, FL |publisher=MuniNetGuide.com |accessdate=2007-11-15] 20.47% African American, 0.18% Native American, 3.08% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other races, and 3.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.08% of the population.

There were 33,308 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,998, and the median income for a family was $47,908. Males had a median income of $35,706 versus $28,147 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,713. About 7.3% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 71.92%, while Spanish was 16.75%, French Creole was at 2.53%, Yiddish at 1.14%, Portuguese at 1.01%, Italian at 0.84%, French at 0.83%, Hebrew at 0.61%, and Chinese at 0.59% of the population. [cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=69700&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Sunrise, FL |publisher=Modern Language Association|accessdate=2007-10-24]

As of 2000, Sunrise had the 107th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 2.29% of the city's population, [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-10-24] and the sixtieth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.44% of the city's population (tied with Weehawken, New Jersey.) [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-10-24] It also had the fourteenth most Jamaican-populated area in the US, with 7.6% of all residents, [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-10-24] and the fifty-third highest concentration of Haitians (tied with Lake Alfred and Miami Gardens' Bunche Park neighborhood) at 2.8% of the population. [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2007-10-24]

In 1985, a Sunrise, Florida homeowner painted his home hot pink and passionate purple to spite the city, which had given him several tickets for parking his glass company vans overnight in front of his home in violation of a city code related to residential night parking of commercial vehicles.Gayoso, Jay. (July 7, 1985) South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Sunrise man fighting color wars." Section: Local; Page 1B.] Characterized as a spite house painted in retaliation against the city, the pink and purple paint job was identified as the owner permitting graffiti or other inscribed materials to remain and likely violate the Sunrise city code section prohibiting eyesores that also were public nuisances. [Gayoso, Jay. (July 9, 1985) South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Paint job a protest against city code." Section: West, page 3. For descriptions of the Sunrise City's graffiti code violation, see [http://www.sunrisefl.gov/Building_CodeEnf.html Sunrise Code Enforcement Baker's Dozen] .]

Corporations

Sunrise hosts over 100 corporations. Some examples are companies like Motorola, HBO Latin America, Sony and Sprint PCS.

The list of corporations includes but is not limited to:

United Healthcare

Nortel

BellSouth
Foundation Healthcare

Hormel Foods

Union Bank

Learn.com
Precision Response

ABN Amro
Interim Services

Xerox
Sheraton Health

Air France

Fox Sports Television
Sunrise Auto Mall
Cigna HealthCare
Cross Country Home Services
Wildcard Services
GEOPAK/Beiswenger, Hoch & Assoc.
Bioheart
Perfumania

Honeywell

CIT Group
Trendium

On the seventeenth of October 2007, the first Ikea store in Florida opened in Sunrise.

References

External links

* [http://www.sunrisefl.gov City of Sunrise] official site
* [http://www.sunrisefl.gov/6CorporateNeigh.html City of Sunrise Corporate Neighbors] official site