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State:     Florida  

City:       Sunrise

Sunrise is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Originally called "Sunrise Golf Village,"^[ the name did not sit well with the retirees whom developers wanted to attract, so a change was made to "Sunrise." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,779. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 90,227.

It is home to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, currently the fourth largest outlet shopping mall in the United States.

As of 2000, Sunrise had the 107th highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 2.29% of the city's population,  and the sixtieth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.44% of the city's population (tied with Weehawken, New Jersey.)  It also had the fourteenth most Jamaican-populated area in the US, with 7.6% of all residents,  and the fifty-third highest concentration of Haitians (tied with Lake Alfred and Miami Gardens' Bunche Park neighborhood) at 2.8% of the population.

Air France's United States reservations call center is located in the Sawgrass Technology Park in Sunrise.

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2008: $44,376 (it was $40,998 in 2000)

Sunrise:	$44,376
Florida:	$47,778

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $24,103

Sunrise city income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $213,200 (it was $94,100 in 2000)

Sunrise:	$213,200
Florida:	$218,700

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $196,036; Detached houses: $268,081; Townhouses or other attached units: $230,682; In 2-unit structures: $175,735; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $201,868; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $88,290; Mobile homes: $75,000

Median gross rent in 2008: $1,311.


Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Sunrise: 115.9 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)
 
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For the above information and photos, click this link:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sunrise-Florida.html

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