West Park, Florida

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West Park was incorporated in 2004 and first appeared as a city in the [[2010 U.S. census]], formed from the merger of the [[census designated places]] (CDP) of [[Carver Ranches, West Park, Florida|Carver Ranches]], [[Lake Forest, Florida|Lake Forest]], [[Miami Gardens, Broward County, Florida|Miami Gardens]], and [[Utopia, West Park, Florida|Utopia]].

West Park was incorporated in 2004 and first appeared as a city in the [[2010 U.S. census]], formed from the merger of the [[census designated places]] (CDP) of [[Carver Ranches, West Park, Florida|Carver Ranches]], [[Lake Forest, Florida|Lake Forest]], [[Miami Gardens, Broward County, Florida|Miami Gardens]], and [[Utopia, West Park, Florida|Utopia]].

===Racial and ethnic composition===

===2020 census===

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===2020 census===

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 15,130 people, 4,260 households, and 3,274 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: West Park city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=West+Park+city,+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], West Park had a population of 15,130.{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A76658&in=state%3A12|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 19, 2026|df=mdy}} The median age was 37.0 years. 23.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.7 males age 18 and over.{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A76658&in=state%3A12|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 19, 2026|df=mdy}}

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A76658&in=state%3A12|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 19, 2026|df=mdy}}

There were 4,613 households in West Park, of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 38.0% were married-couple households, 20.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 34.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 4,880 housing units, of which 5.5% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%.

According to the 2020 ACS 5-year data, there were 3,274 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: West Park city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=West+Park+city,+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}

===2010 Census===

===2010 census===

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 14,156 people, 4,340 households, and 3,219 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: West Park city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=West+Park+city,+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 14,156 people, 4,340 households, and 3,219 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: West Park city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=West+Park+city,+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}

As of 2000, before being [[annexation#Subnational annexation|annex]]ed to West Park, the Carver Ranches neighborhood had [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]] accounted for 96.90% of all residents, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] accounted for 2.19%, and [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]] as a [[mother tongue]] made up 0.90% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=10920&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Carver Ranches, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, before being [[annexation#Subnational annexation|annex]]ed to West Park, the Carver Ranches neighborhood had [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]] accounted for 96.90% of all residents, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] accounted for 2.19%, and [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]] as a [[mother tongue]] made up 0.90% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=10920&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results of Carver Ranches, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, before being annexed to West Park, the Lake Forest neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 60.49% of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 34.79%, French Creole at 4.04%, and [[French language|French]] as a mother tongue made up 0.67% of the population.

As of 2000, before being annexed to West Park, the Lake Forest neighborhood had English as a first language accounted for 60.49% of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 34.79%, French Creole at 4.04%, and [[French language|French]] as a mother tongue made up 0.67% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=37850&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Lake Forest, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, the Miami Gardens neighborhood, before being annexed to West Park, had Spanish as a first language accounted for 51.09% of all residents, while English accounted for 45.17%, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 3.72% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=45050&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Miami Gardens (Broward,) FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, the Miami Gardens neighborhood, before being annexed to West Park, had Spanish as a first language accounted for 51.09% of all residents, while English accounted for 45.17%, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 3.72% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=45050&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Miami Gardens (Broward,) FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, before being annexed to West Park, the neighborhood of Utopia had English as a first language accounted for 80.62% of all residents, while Spanish as a mother tongue made up 19.37% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=73442&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Utopia, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, before being annexed to West Park, the neighborhood of Utopia had English as a first language accounted for 80.62% of all residents, while Spanish as a mother tongue made up 19.37% of the population.{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=73442&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r |title=MLA Data Center Results for Utopia, FL |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2015-01-02}}

As of 2000, before West Park annexed it, the Miami Gardens neighborhood had the 103rd-highest percentage of [[Colombia]]n residents in the US, with 1.63% of the US populace.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163422/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |url-status=dead }} The forty-fourth-highest percentage of [[Cuba]]n residents in the US, at 9.76% of the city's population (tied with [[Key Largo, Florida|Key Largo]],){{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071107090527/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |url-status=dead }} the twenty-fourth-highest percentage of [[Dominican Republic|Dominicans]] in the US, with 4.62%,{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Dominican-Republic.html |title=Ancestry Map of Dominican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017104216/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Dominican-Republic.html |url-status=dead }} and the fifteenth-highest percentage of [[Jamaica]]n residents in the US, at 6.3% of the city's population.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153154/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |url-status=dead }} It also had the forty-fourth-most [[Peru]]vians in the US, at 1.26% (tied with [[North Plainfield, New Jersey|North Plainfield]], [[New Jersey]],){{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Peruvian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Peruvian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011161238/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Peruvian.html |url-status=dead }} while it had the forty-fifth-highest percentage of [[Haiti]]ans (tied with [[Leisure City, Florida|Leisure City]]), at 3.6% of all residents.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923063913/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |url-status=dead }} Also, West Park's Miami Gardens neighborhood had the sixty-first-highest percentage of [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]], which was at an 11.2% populace.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Puerto-Rican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Puerto Rican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=July 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715105330/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Puerto-Rican.html |url-status=dead }} As of 2010, there were 4,711 households, out of which 8.0% were vacant.

As of 2000, before West Park annexed it, the Miami Gardens neighborhood had the 103rd-highest percentage of [[Colombia]]n residents in the US, with 1.63% of the US populace.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163422/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |url-status=dead }} The forty-fourth-highest percentage of [[Cuba]]n residents in the US, at 9.76% of the city's population (tied with [[Key Largo, Florida|Key Largo]],){{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071107090527/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |url-status=dead }} the twenty-fourth-highest percentage of [[Dominican Republic|Dominicans]] in the US, with 4.62%,{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Dominican-Republic.html |title=Ancestry Map of Dominican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017104216/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Dominican-Republic.html |url-status=dead }} and the fifteenth-highest percentage of [[Jamaica]]n residents in the US, at 6.3% of the city's population.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153154/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |url-status=dead }} It also had the forty-fourth-most [[Peru]]vians in the US, at 1.26% (tied with [[North Plainfield, New Jersey|North Plainfield]], [[New Jersey]],){{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Peruvian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Peruvian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011161238/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Peruvian.html |url-status=dead }} while it had the forty-fifth-highest percentage of [[Haiti]]ans (tied with [[Leisure City, Florida|Leisure City]]), at 3.6% of all residents.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Haitian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923063913/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Haitian.html |url-status=dead }} Also, West Park's Miami Gardens neighborhood had the sixty-first-highest percentage of [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]], which was at an 11.2% populace.{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Puerto-Rican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Puerto Rican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2015-01-02 |archive-date=July 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715105330/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Puerto-Rican.html |url-status=dead }} As of 2010, there were 4,711 households, out of which 8.0% were vacant.

==Education==

==Education==

Residents are zoned to schools in [[Broward County Public Schools]]:"[https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Zoning%20Map.pdf Zoning Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922212134/https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Zoning%20Map.pdf |date=September 22, 2018 }}." West Park. Retrieved on September 23, 2018. [https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Street%20Map.pdf Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922165901/https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Street%20Map.pdf |date=September 22, 2018 }}.

Residents are zoned to schools in [[Broward County Public Schools]]:"[https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Zoning%20Map.pdf Zoning Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922212134/https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Zoning%20Map.pdf |date=September 22, 2018 }}." West Park. Retrieved on September 23, 2018. [https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Street%20Map.pdf Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922165901/https://web.cityofwestpark.net/documents/pdf/maps/Street%20Map.pdf |date=September 22, 2018 }}.