Cooper City, Florida

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Cooper City, Florida
City of Cooper City
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Cooper City's City Hall
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Cooper City municipal logo.png
Motto: 
"Someplace Special"
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Coordinates: 26°2′41″N80°17′22″W / 26.04472°N 80.28944°W / 26.04472; -80.28944
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States of America
State Flag of Florida.svg  Florida
County Broward
Incorporated June 20, 1959 [1]
Government
  Type Commission-Manager
   Mayor Greg Ross
   Commissioners Lisa Mallozzi, Jeff Green,
Jeremy Katzman, and
Ryan C. Shrouder
   City Manager Alejandro “Alex” Rey
   City Clerk Tedra Allen
Area
[2]
   City 8.34 sq mi (21.60 km2)
  Land8.04 sq mi (20.82 km2)
  Water0.30 sq mi (0.78 km2)  3.63%
Elevation
9 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2020)
   City 34,401
  Density4,279.80/sq mi (1,652.42/km2)
   Metro
6,166,488
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
33328-33330, 33026
Area code(s) 954, 754
FIPS code 12-14125 [3]
GNIS feature ID0280777 [4]
Website www.coopercityfl.org

Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959. It's part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The city's population was 34,401 at the 2020 census. [5]

Contents

In 2006, Cooper City expanded with the annexation of the Waldrep Dairy Farm.

Geography

Cooper City is located at 26°02′41″N80°17′22″W / 26.044631°N 80.289566°W / 26.044631; -80.289566 . [6] The city is bounded by Davie to the north, Pembroke Pines to the south, both Hollywood and Davie to the east, and Southwest Ranches to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.6 km2), of which 8.0 square miles (20.8 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2) is water (3.63%). [7]

Climate

Cooper City has a tropical climate, similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean. It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification: Af), bordering a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification: Am). [8]

Demographics

Historical demographics2020 [9] 2010 [10] 2000 [11] 1990 [12] 1980 [13]
White (non-Hispanic)50.5%65.1%75.7%84.7%93.5%
Hispanic or Latino 31.8%22.8%15.6%10.7%5.1%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)5.5%4.5%3.0%1.9%0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)7.5%5.5%4.1%2.6%1.1%
Native American (non-Hispanic)0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%
Some other race (non-Hispanic)0.8%0.3%0.4%< 0.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic)3.8%1.5%1.1%N/AN/A
Population34,40128,54727,93920,79110,140
Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1960 550
1970 2,535360.9%
1980 10,140300.0%
1990 20,791105.0%
2000 27,93934.4%
2010 28,5472.2%
2020 34,40120.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [14]

2010 and 2020 census

Cooper City racial composition
(Hispanics excluded from racial categories)
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
RacePop 2010 [15] Pop 2020 [16] % 2010% 2020
White (NH)18,57717,36465.08%50.48%
Black or African American (NH)1,2901,8794.52%5.46%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)60580.21%0.17%
Asian (NH)1,5562,5795.45%7.50%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)7110.02%0.03%
Some other race (NH)962690.34%0.78%
Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)4411,3011.54%3.78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)6,52010,94022.84%31.80%
Total28,54734,401100.00%100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 34,401 people, 11,319 households, and 9,554 families residing in the city. [17]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 28,547 people, 9,321 households, and 7,689 families residing in the city. [18]

2000 census

In 2000, 51.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 14.2% were non-families. 10.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.30.

In 2000, the city the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $75,166, and the median income for a family was $78,172. Males had a median income of $51,931 versus $33,788 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,474. About 2.9% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, English was spoken as a first language by 78.55% of the population, while Spanish was spoken by 15.08%, and Hebrew speakers made up 1.25% of all residents. Other mother tongues included languages such as both French and Malayalam making up 0.75% of residents, as well as Italian being at 0.69%, while Chinese was at 0.59%. [19]

As of 2000, Cooper City had the sixty-fifth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 5.29% of the city's population (tied with West Palm Beach), [20] and it had the ninety-second highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, which made up 1.78% of all residents (tied with Pinecrest and South Bound Brook, New Jersey). [21]

Education

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Sheriff's office

Public schools

Broward County Public Schools operates public schools. [22]

Elementary schools
Middle schools
High school

Private schools

Sports

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Cooper City Sports Park

Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City is the location of a cricket grounds, and in 2004, played host to first-class cricket when the United States cricket team played Canada in the ICC Intercontinental Cup. It also served as the home ground for the Florida Thunder Pro Cricket team in 2004. The park is also home to one of the few cycling tracks in South Florida. The park also encompasses a skateboard park. There are three other parks in Cooper City, Bill Lips Park, Cooper City Sports Complex, and Flamingo West Park.

Cooper City is also the birthplace of Troy State defensive end Ken Wagner, who was a part of their National Championship team in the late 1980s.

Former Miami Dolphins place kicker Olindo Mare graduated from Cooper City High School in 1991.

Notable people

Sister city

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