Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state ofĀ Florida, 30 miles (48Ā km) north ofĀ MiamiĀ along theĀ Atlantic Ocean. It is theĀ county seatĀ of and most populous city inĀ Broward CountyĀ with a population of 182,760 at theĀ 2020 census,[7]Ā making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami andĀ Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in theĀ Miami metropolitan area, which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019