The area that
is now known as Hallandale Beach was not even settled
until the late 1800's, when Henry Morrison Flagler
expanded the Florida East Coast Railway to Palm Beach
in 1895. Before then, there wasn't much to Hallandale
Beach except swamp and a gray, sandy soil called marl.
The Seminole Indians would hunt in the area and gather
cootie root, which was used to produce starchy dough.
Flagler recruited Luther Halland, son of a Swedish
minister and brother-in-law to one of Flagler's agents,
to start a Swedish settlement south of the Danish
settlement of Dania. With the assistance of an immigrant
named Olaf Zetterlund, Halland began promoting the
frost-free subtropical climate and cheap land of Halland
(later to be named Hallandale). Halland set up a small
trading post in the new community and became its first
postmaster.
Settlement was slow, with only a dozen families in
town by 1900 - seven Swedish, three English, and two
black. The first school was built in 1904 and had
only ten students. The first church, Bethlehem Lutheran,
was established in 1906. Originally, Hallandale was
a farming community, with farmers using the beach
only for recreation.
Hallandale officially became a town on May 14, 1927.
By that time, there were 1,500 residents, street lights,
and electricity in the community. In 1947, Hallandale
was reincorporated as a city, and was allowed to annex
land to the east. In August of 1999, the city officially
changed its name to Hallandale Beach.
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Subject
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Number |
Percent |
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| EMPLOYMENT STATUS |
|
|
| Population
16 years and over |
30,391 |
100.0 |
| In labor force |
14,359 |
47.2 |
| Civilian
labor force |
14,359 |
47.2 |
| Employed |
13,329 |
43.9 |
| Unemployed |
1,030 |
3.4 |
| Percent
of civilian labor force |
7.2 |
(X) |
| Armed
Forces |
0 |
0.0 |
| Not in labor force |
16,032 |
52.8 |
| |
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|
| Females
16 years and over |
16,641 |
100.0 |
| In labor force |
6,893 |
41.4 |
| Civilian
labor force |
6,893 |
41.4 |
| Employed |
6,392 |
38.4 |
| |
|
|
| Own
children under 6 years |
1,437 |
100.0 |
| All parents in family
in labor force |
919 |
64.0 |
| |
|
|
| COMMUTING TO WORK |
|
|
| Workers
16 years and over |
12,962 |
100.0 |
| Car, truck, or van --
drove alone |
9,927 |
76.6 |
| Car, truck, or van --
carpooled |
1,502 |
11.6 |
| Public transportation
(including taxicab) |
551 |
4.3 |
| Walked |
357 |
2.8 |
| Other means |
214 |
1.7 |
| Worked at home |
411 |
3.2 |
| Mean travel time to
work (minutes) |
27.8 |
(X) |
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|
| Employed
civilian population 16 years and over |
13,329 |
100.0 |
| OCCUPATION |
|
|
| Management, professional,
and related occupations |
3,695 |
27.7 |
| Service occupations |
2,726 |
20.5 |
| Sales and office occupations |
4,314 |
32.4 |
| Farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations |
16 |
0.1 |
| Construction, extraction,
and maintenance occupations |
1,107 |
8.3 |
| Production, transportation,
and material moving occupations |
1,471 |
11.0 |
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| INDUSTRY |
|
|
| Agriculture, forestry,
fishing and hunting, and mining |
23 |
0.2 |
| Construction |
941 |
7.1 |
| Manufacturing |
815 |
6.1 |
| Wholesale trade |
672 |
5.0 |
| Retail trade |
2,159 |
16.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing,
and utilities |
808 |
6.1 |
| Information |
332 |
2.5 |
| Finance, insurance,
real estate, and rental and leasing |
1,262 |
9.5 |
| Professional, scientific,
management, administrative, and waste management services |
1,172 |
8.8 |
| Educational, health
and social services |
2,094 |
15.7 |
| Arts, entertainment,
recreation, accommodation and food services |
1,700 |
12.8 |
| Other services (except
public administration) |
860 |
6.5 |
| Public administration |
491 |
3.7 |
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| CLASS OF WORKER |
|
|
| Private wage and salary
workers |
10,969 |
82.3 |
| Government workers |
1,337 |
10.0 |
| Self-employed workers
in own not incorporated business |
985 |
7.4 |
| Unpaid family workers |
38 |
0.3 |
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| INCOME IN 1999 |
|
|
| Households |
18,178 |
100.0 |
| Less than $10,000 |
2,547 |
14.0 |
| $10,000 to $14,999 |
2,057 |
11.3 |
| $15,000 to $24,999 |
3,406 |
18.7 |
| $25,000 to $34,999 |
2,656 |
14.6 |
| $35,000 to $49,999 |
2,640 |
14.5 |
| $50,000 to $74,999 |
2,620 |
14.4 |
| $75,000 to $99,999 |
1,056 |
5.8 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 |
704 |
3.9 |
| $150,000 to $199,999 |
279 |
1.5 |
| $200,000 or more |
213 |
1.2 |
| Median household income
(dollars) |
28,266 |
(X) |
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|
|
| With earnings |
10,269 |
56.5 |
| Mean
earnings (dollars) |
43,236 |
(X) |
| With Social Security
income |
8,656 |
47.6 |
| Mean
Social Security income (dollars) |
11,894 |
(X) |
| With Supplemental Security
Income |
846 |
4.7 |
| Mean
Supplemental Security Income (dollars) |
7,420 |
(X) |
| With public assistance
income |
495 |
2.7 |
| Mean
public assistance income (dollars) |
1,710 |
(X) |
| With retirement income |
3,150 |
17.3 |
| Mean
retirement income (dollars) |
17,953 |
(X) |
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