Lighthouse Point, Florida
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Lighthouse Point, officially the City of Lighthouse Point, is a suburb of Fort Lauderdale located in Broward County, Florida, United States. The suburb was named for the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, which is located in nearby Hillsboro Beach. The city is a part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population of Lighthouse Point was 10,486.
GeographyEdit
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Lighthouse Point is located in northeastern Broward County. It is adjacent to the following municipalities:
To its north:
To its east:
- Hillsboro Beach (across the Intracoastal Waterway)
To its west and south:
Lighthouse Point is known for boating as the vast majority of the city is built on canals built during the 1950s to 1960s. This created a large amount of water front housing and made boating and fishing popular.
Through the Hillsboro Inlet, boats can reach the Bahamas within 40 miles to Bimini or 60 miles to Grand Bahama.
DemographicsEdit
2020 censusEdit
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Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 8,523 | 81.28% | |
| Black or African American (NH) | 140 | 1.34% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 5 | 0.05% | |
| Asian (NH) | 198 | 1.89% | |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH) | 4 | 0.04% | |
| Some other race (NH) | 48 | 0.46% | |
| Two or more races/Multiracial (NH) | 387 | 3.69% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,181 | 11.26% | |
| Total | 10,486 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 10,486 people, 5,475 households, and 3,025 families residing in the city.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010 censusEdit
| Lighthouse Point Demographics | |||
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| 2010 Census | Lighthouse Point | Broward County | Florida |
| Total population | 10,344 | 1,748,066 | 18,801,310 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | –3.9% | +7.7% | +17.6% |
| Population density | 4,484.0/sq mi | 1,444.9/sq mi | 350.6/sq mi |
| White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) | 94.0% | 63.1% | 75.0% |
| (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) | 87.7% | 43.5% | 57.9% |
| Black or African-American | 1.7% | 26.7% | 16.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 7.5% | 25.1% | 22.5% |
| Asian | 1.6% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Two or more races (Multiracial) | 1.6% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| Some Other Race | 0.8% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 10,344 people, 4,555 households, and 2,839 families residing in the city.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000 censusEdit
In 2000, 19.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.65.
In 2000, the city the population was spread out, with 16.2% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
As of 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $53,038, and the median income for a family was $72,418. Males had a median income of $51,897 versus $32,929 for females. The per capita income for the city was $40,839. About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as their first language were 19.18%, while 74.64% spoke Spanish as theirs. Other languages spoken as a first language are Italian 1.93%, French 1.22%, German at 1.06%, and Portuguese at 0.71%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
MediaEdit
Lighthouse Point is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth largest radio market<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the seventeenth largest television market<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in the United States. Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Miami Herald, and their Spanish-language counterparts El Sentinel and El Nuevo Herald.
Each house, apartment and business in Lighthouse Point receives the monthly lifestyle magazine "Lighthouse Point" created and mailed by publishers Susan and Richard Rosser.
EducationEdit
Broward County Public Schools serves the community.<ref>"City Map." City of Lighthouse Point. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.</ref> All residents are zoned to Norcrest Elementary School (Pompano Beach),<ref>"Norcrest Elementary." Broward County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.</ref> Deerfield Beach Middle School,<ref>"Deerfield Beach Middle." Broward County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.</ref> and Deerfield Beach High School (located in Deerfield Beach).<ref>"Deerfield Beach High." Broward County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.</ref> It is also in the service area of the magnet school Pompano Beach High School.<ref>"Pompano Beach High." Broward County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.</ref>
Originally North Broward Preparatory School was located in the city. It was established there in 1957, but is no longer located in Lighthouse Point.<ref>"Our History Template:Webarchive." North Broward Preparatory School. Retrieved on 26 February 2012.</ref>
Lighthouse Point LibraryEdit
Mission Statement: The Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library was established (1965) for the purpose of providing community members of all ages with informational, recreational, cultural, and educational enrichment through access to print materials, digital resources, current technologies, services, programs, and a professional library staff.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Cavallaro, Jeanne F., "Lighthouse Point Library" (1990). Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications. Paper 90. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/flstud_pub/90</ref><ref>Michael d’Oliveira. 2015. “Lighthouse Point Library’s History Is One of Change, Advancement.” Pelican, The (Pompano Beach, FL), January 23.</ref>
The first part-time library was a small room in the Beacon Light Shopping Center where the owner gave this area rent free for three months as a gesture of goodwill.<ref name="LHPL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The branch began building its collection with duplicate copies of titles from Pompano and Deerfield Beach Libraries, as well as donations from the general public.<ref name="LHPL"/> On March 30, 1965, a glamorous Library Ball was held, with the Lighthouse Point Bank underwriting the cost of the event as well as cosponsoring the affair. The event raised over $5,000.<ref name="LHPL"/> By 1966 the library owned more than 3,000 items, and the tradition of having a Library Ball was continued annually from 1966 to 1971.<ref name="LHPL"/> In January 1968 a lease was signed for a rental of two empty stores in the Venetian Isles Shopping Center, and by this point the library had 921 members.<ref name="LHPL"/> Circulation grew from 314 books in 1965 to over 10,000 books in 1968.<ref name="LHPL"/> In 1972, the Library began to function under the jurisdiction of the City of Lighthouse Point.<ref name="LHPL"/> In 1984, the Publix in the Venetian Sopping center announced its plan to take over the entire shopping area, and the contents of the library was moved into a huge trailed unit in November 1985 and stored on the grounds of the Trinity United Methodist Church.<ref name="LHPL"/> The city commission pitched an idea to build a complex with the library as a focal point, and in the meantime library staff worked out of the storage unit.<ref name="LHPL"/> It wasn't until May 1987 that the move into the current permanent library began with over 20,000 items and more than 7,000 library memberships.<ref name="LHPL"/>
The library has a print collection of over 40,000 circulating titles, patron wifi access, public computers, a fax machine, scanning and printing, AWE Kids Learning Stations, Overdrive eBooks and streaming audio-books, access to the Florida Electronic Library and digital research databases, audio books on CD, DVDs, magazines and newspapers, study rooms (by appointment), and exam proctoring (by appointment only).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
- Paul Castronovo, radio personality
- Ben Klassen, founder of the religion Creativity
- Bruce Nickells, harness racing driver<ref>`Star` Leads Nickells Down The Filly Way</ref>
- Mike Phipps, College Football Hall of Fame member
- Nevin Shapiro, University of Miami football booster who is currently imprisoned for orchestrating a $930 million Ponzi scheme
- John Spadavecchia, professional poker player
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- City of Lighthouse Point official website
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