† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFort LauderdaleFloridaUnited States
American9.3%7.7%5.3%
Italian9.0%5.6%4.8%
Irish7.6%8.2%9.4%
German7.3%8.9%12.5%
English5.8%8.2%9.5%
Polish3.0%2.1%2.2%
Russian2.0%——
French1.7%1.7%1.6%
African American†12.9%9.5%9.9%
Haitian7.2%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican6.2%1.5%0.4%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.7%0.2%—
Bahamian0.5%——
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
West Indian0.4%——
Guyanese0.3%——
Cuban3.9%7.3%0.7%
Colombian3.2%2.1%0.4%
Puerto Rican2.8%5.6%1.8%
Venezuelan2.0%1.6%—
Dominican1.4%1.3%0.7%
Mexican1.2%3.3%11.3%
Peruvian1.1%——
Honduran0.6%0.6%0.3%
Asian Indian0.7%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.5%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Median age
42.8
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Median household income
$83,130
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.0%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.8%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
30.1%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
17.7%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
6.4%
2.7%
0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+27.2%
2008
+32.3%
2012
+29.0%
2016
+30.2%
2020
+28.3%
2024
+16.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
57.7%Harris51,144
41.2%Trump36,488
1.2%
D+16.5
R+11.7
D+18.0
88,669
D
63.7%Biden61,411
35.5%Trump34,195
0.8%
D+28.3
R+1.9
D+23.8
96,338
D
63.7%Clinton53,895
33.5%Trump28,344
2.9%
D+30.2
D+1.2
D+28.1
84,673
D
64.2%Obama51,288
35.2%Romney28,147
0.5%
D+29.0
R+3.3
D+25.1
79,858
D
65.8%Obama50,806
33.4%McCain25,834
0.8%
D+32.3
D+5.2
D+25.1
77,247
D
62.8%Kerry46,834
35.7%Bush26,585
1.5%
D+27.2
—
D+29.6
74,565
Fort Lauderdale anchors a majority-Democratic county yet contains enough high-turnout waterfront precincts and transient condo populations to keep city-level margins tighter than countywide results suggest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.3 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.5 points.
A population of 185,604, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,130 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pompano Beach and Plantation.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fort Lauderdale, Florida voted Democratic by 16.5 points (D+16.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 88,669 votes cast, 51,144 went Democratic and 36,488 went Republican.
How many people live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Fort Lauderdale, Florida has a population of 185,604 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Median household income in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is $83,130 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
