Florida History: Florida, Broward population in the 1940s
― Fort Lauderdale today ∙ Posted by Jane Feehan ∙ In June 1945, the final official Florida State Census revealedthe following about Florida and a few of its counties: ∙ Florida population in 1945 was 2,247,039 persons, an increase of 349,624over the 1940 census and 640,196 morethan the Census of 1930. (In 1830 there were 34,730 persons in the state.) ∙ Broward population in 1945 reached 50,442 persons comparedto 39,794 in 1940 ∙ The five largest counties, ranked [...].
