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the city in Florida

Parkland is a suburban city, 42 mile (68 km) northwest of Miami, in northern Broward County, Florida, US. As of the 2020 census, the population of Parkland was 34,670. Parkland is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,166,488 people in 2020. Parkland's zoning laws are designed to protect the "park like" character of the city. There were no stores or traffic lights in Parkland until the mid 1990s and early 2000s when large neighborhood developments (Heron Bay and Parkland Isles) were built. The city of Parkland has been known since its early days for its assortment of park spaces and its emphasis on environmental preservation and equestrianism, so beloved, that over the first decade of Parkland's existence horses had outnumbered the town's population.

On July 10, 1963 a city charter was passed upon legislative approval after actively supported through the Florida State House of Representatives as House bill 2079, guided through the Florida House with the aid of Representative Emerson Alsworth Esq., from the original idea of a city charter for an unincorporated rural ranch style open spaced town of founder and local farmer, rancher, veteran, and politician Bruce Blount. Early on, Blount put up tracts of his private land, calling his town BBB Ranches, in his original attempts for official recognition. Rep. Alsworth would facilitate this process of approval by adding in the bill the name of the proposed town as Parkland, a description befitting Blount's initial proposal of an undeveloped town out of the way of the building boon of Broward County. And after a passing vote in July, on August 12, 1963, Parkland was officially recognized as a city of the state of Florida, by C. Farris Bryant, the Governor of Florida. Blount would go on to be the inaugural mayor of Parkland, previously having served as mayor and city commissioner of Pompano Beach. On February 14, 2018 at the site of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the lone public high school in Parkland, became the scene of a deadly mass shooting perpetrated by Nikolas Cruz a former classmate of the school. Surpassing the death toll at Columbine High School, the Stoneman Douglas shooting became overall, the fifth deadliest shooting at a school inside of the United States.

The approximate coordinates for the City of Parkland is located at According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (3.97%) is water. The northern boundary of Parkland coincides with the border between Broward and Palm Beach counties. West Boca Raton, an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County that extends west of Boca Raton's city limits, lies to the north. Coconut Creek lies to the east, Coral Springs lies to the south and the west is bounded by the Everglades.

Parkland has a tropical climate, similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean. It is part of the only region in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification: Af), bordering a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification: Am).

+Parkland racial composition (Hispanics excluded from racial categories) (NH = Non Hispanic)RacePop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White (NH)17,50620,75673.06%59.87%Black or African American (NH)1,5042,0676.28%5.96%Native American or Alaska Native (NH)16330.07%0.10%Asian (NH)1,3963,0715.83%8.86%Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)3130.01%0.04%Some other race (NH)893730.37%1.08%Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)3351,9511.40%5.63%Hispanic or Latino (any race)3,1136,40612.99%18.48%Total23,96234,670
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 34,670 people, 9,819 households, and 8,526 families residing in the city. According to a 2016 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $131,340, and the estimated median house value was $596,212. Males had a median income of $103,942 versus $81,425 for females. The per capita income for the city was $56,793. About 2.0% of families and .4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 23,962 people, 7,073 households, and 6,084 families residing in the city.

In 2000, the city population was spread out, with 35.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males. As of 2000, 82.79% of inhabitants spoke English at home, while 11.48% spoke Spanish, of 2.03% spoke Italian, and 1.20% spoke German.

Parkland elects a five member City Commission. Elections are non partisan, however, all current members are party affiliated (4 Democrats and 1 Republican). + Parkland votein presidential elections Year Democratic Republican Third Parties201651.17% 7,83946.11% 7,0632.72% 417201246.88% 4,95452.70% 5,5690.42% 45200852.15% 5,17847.41% 4,7070.44% 44200447.72% 2,63251.59% 2,8450.69% 38