Weston is a city located in Broward County, Florida, USA. Established as a city in 1996, much of the community was developed by Arvida/JMB Partners and is located near the western developmental boundary of Broward County. As of 2006, the city had a total population of 65,793. Weston is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people. An 800 year old Tequesta Indian burial mound is located in the city.
In 2006, Money Magazine ranked Weston 20th in America in the "Biggest Earners" category. It was also ranked as the city with largest job growth in Florida and 18th largest in the nation.[8] BusinessWeek ranked Weston as one of the "best affordable suburbs" in the United States in November 2006. Due to it being a fully planned community, local realtors often state that "everything is located exactly where it should be.
The median income for a household in the city is $92,748 and the median income for a family is $108,441.[13] Males have a median income of $63,135 versus $38,119 for females. The per capita income for the city is $35,490. 5.0% of the population and 3.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 5.0% of those under the age of 18 and 5.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The city is generally considered to be an upper middle class to affluent/wealthy living area.
As of 2000, Weston had the second highest percentage of Venezuelans, at 4.1% of the city's residents (Doral having the highest Venezuelan population in the US, with 8.22%,) and the fourteenth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 6.19% of the city's population. It also had the seventy-seventh highest Cuban concentration, at 4.05% of all residents, and had the forty-seventh highest percentage of Peruvians in the US, with 1.19% of the population (tied with Orange, New Jersey.
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