City profile · Mid-size City
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Fort Lauderdale, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Dean Trantalis
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 183,965
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcefortlauderdale.gov/Government/City-Commission/Office-of-the-Mayor-City-Commission ↗
- Official leadership pagefortlauderdale.gov/Government/City-Commission/Office-of-the-Mayor-City-Commission ↗
- City websitefortlauderdale.gov ↗
“Last checked” is when we last looked at the source. “Last verified” is when the record was last confirmed. A page we couldn't read never counts as a verification.
Record history
Published records only. Possible changes still under review are not shown here.
Leaders on record
- Dean Trantalis CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 183,965
- Median household income
- $75,376
- Median age
- 43.2
- Land area
- 34.58 sq mi
- Population density
- 5,320 per sq mi
- County
- Broward County
- Metro area
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$644M
- City hall phone
- (954) 828-5004
- Official website
- fortlauderdale.gov ↗
Use this record in your app
The same leadership and verification fields are available from the API.
curl https://api.civicgrid.org/cities/127 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer cg_live_..."