The Tequesta Indians fished, hunted, and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food, but did not practice any form of agriculture.

[14] Broward County began a huge development boom after its incorporation, with the first "tourist hotel", in Fort Lauderdale, opening in 1919.

[14] By 1925, the boom was considered to have reached its peak, but the 1926 Miami hurricane caused economic depression in the county.

[14] The county saw another population and development boom post-World War II when the transformation from agricultural to urbanized residential area began.

[21] On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida leaving the entire area damaged and causing almost universal power outages.

[22] On February 14, 2018, the city of Parkland became the scene of a deadly mass shooting perpetrated by a 19-year-old former student of Stoneman Douglas High School.

The trial of the perpetrator of the shooting, Nikolas Cruz, was held at the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Broward County in 2022 with Judge Elizabeth Scherer presiding.

[23] In June 2020, following the George Floyd protests, some residents called for the county to be renamed due to Governor Broward's support for segregation and the Back-to-Africa movement.

It is rather new geologically and at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform, a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago.

The mayor's functions are primarily ceremonial; serving as presiding officer and as the county's official representative.

Over 507,000 cable subscribers in Broward County have access to Government-access television (GATV) coverage of Commission meetings, which are broadcast live beginning at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday, and rebroadcast at 5:30 p.m. the following Friday.

It is now considered one of the most reliably Democratic counties in the state,[75][76] giving greater than 60% support to the party nominee in every election since 1996 until 2024.

According to the Secretary of State's office, Democrats maintain a plurality among registered voters in Broward County.

Broward's code of ordinances consists of resolutions, administrative rules and regulations passed in order to secure a responsive and efficient form of local government.

There are nine apps available for download: Broward County Library (BCL WoW), Freegal Music, Hoopla, Overdrive, Libby, Axis 360, RBdigital Magazines, Rosetta Stone, and Brainfuse.

[94] Additionally, with 23 miles of beach, Broward County is a popular destination for scuba diving, snorkeling, and droves of young Spring break tourists from around the world.

The airport is near cruise line terminals at Port Everglades and is popular among tourists bound for the Caribbean.

Since the late 1990s, FLL has become an intercontinental gateway, although Miami International Airport still handles most long-haul flights.

FLL is classified by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a "major hub" facility serving commercial air traffic.

Most of this grid is loosely based on three primary eastern municipalities, (from South to North) Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach.

Construction is underway on a network of recreational trails to connect cities and points of interest in the county.

[111] Other areas in the developed part of the county that are not in municipalities include the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, several landfills and resource recovery facilities, and other scattered small parcels with few or no residents.