Hollywood is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 139,261 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Hollywood is the 9th largest community in Florida.

Hollywood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hollywood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hollywood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.54%), sales jobs (13.16%), and management occupations (9.04%).

One of the nice things about Hollywood is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Hollywood Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Hollywood is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 21.87% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hollywood in 2000 was $22,097, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,388 for a family of four.

Hollywood is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hollywood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hollywood is White, followed by African-American. Hollywood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.53% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hollywood include Italian, Irish, German, English, Russian, Polish, and Jamaican.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Hollywood's cultural character, accounting for 26.25% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Hollywood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.