Editing Fort Lauderdale, Florida (section)

===Population===
After end of [[World War II]], service members returned to the area, spurring an enormous population explosion that dwarfed the 1920s boom.<ref name=McGoun/> The 1960 census counted 83,648 people in the city, about 230% of the 1950 figure.<ref name=1960census>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/11085788v1p11ch2.pdf |title=Census of Population:1960 Florida-Volume I Part 11 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |pages=11–9 |access-date=2007-07-01}}</ref> A 1967 report estimated that the city was approximately 85% developed,<ref name=george>{{Cite news |url=http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN01480340/0014_003/file4.pdf |title=Downtown Fort Lauderdale: Its Demise and Renaissance in the Post-War Era |last=George |first=Paul S. |periodical=Broward Legacy (Broward County Historical Commission) |year=1991 |volume=14 |pages=9–19 |access-date=2007-07-17 |issue=3 and 4 }}</ref> and the 1970 population figure was 139,590.<ref name=1970census>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_fl1-01.pdf |title=1970 Census of Population |publisher=United States Census Bureau |pages=11–12 |access-date=2007-07-01 }}</ref>

After 1970, growth in the area shifted to suburbs to the west. As cities such as [[Coral Springs, Florida|Coral Springs]], [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]], and [[Pembroke Pines, Florida|Pembroke Pines]] experienced explosive growth, Fort Lauderdale's population stagnated, and the city actually shrank by almost 4,000 people between 1980, when the city had 153,279 people,<ref name=1980census>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_flABCs1-01.pdf |title=1980 Census of Population |publisher=United States Census Bureau |pages=11–20 |access-date=2007-07-01 }}</ref> and 1990, when the population was 149,377. A slight rebound brought the population back up to 152,397 at the 2000 census. Since 2000, Fort Lauderdale has gained slightly over 18,000 residents through annexation of seven neighborhoods in unincorporated Broward County.<ref name=annexation>{{cite web |url=http://naturescape-broward.com/planningservices/bbtn41.pdf |title=Broward by the Numbers:Unincorporated Broward |date=December 2005 |publisher=Broward County Planning Services Division |access-date=2007-07-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070810220305/http://naturescape-broward.com/planningservices/bbtn41.pdf |archive-date = August 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>