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Weston is a city situated in Broward County, Florida, USA. Established as a city in 1996, much of the community was developed by Arvida/JMB Realty 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 classified as the city with largest job increase in Florida and 18th largest in the nation. BusinessWeek classified 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.”

In 2008, “Money Magazine” classified Weston as the 73rd best place to live in America, making it the best place to live in the state of Florida.

There are 16,576 households out of which 51.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female homeowner with no husband present and 17.6% are non-families. 13.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.97 and the average family size is 3.29.

In the city the population is disperse out with 32.4% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 6.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over there are 90.2 males.

According to the 2008 CNNMoney.com estimate, the average income for a household in the city is $91,148 and the median income for a family is $113,970. Males have a median income of $63,135 versus $38,119 for females. The per capita income for the city is $42,258. 2.3% of the population and is below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 0.8% of those under the age of 18 and 8.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

As of 2000, English was spoken as a first language by 62.54% of the residents and Spanish speakers comprised 31.40% of the population, Portuguese speakers comprised 1.29% of the population. Other languages spoken included French at 0.82%, Korean at 0.49%, and Chinese as a mother tongue of 0.47% of all residents.

As of 2000, Weston had the highest number and second highest percentage of Venezuelans, at 4.1% of the city’s residents and the fourteenth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 6.19% of the city’s population.^[18] 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.)