Is Fort Lauderdale growing?

How much Fort Lauderdale, FL has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Fort Lauderdale looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +5.5% — 173,570 residents in 2015 → 183,032 in 2023

Fort Lauderdale population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 173570
• 2023: 183032

Growth since 2015

• Fort Lauderdale: 5.5
• Broward County: 5.6
• FL: 11.6
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 42.9 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Fort Lauderdale is growing at roughly the national pace since 2015.

Residents here are older than the country overall — the median resident is about 4.2 years older than the U.S. median.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.