Sunrise is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 96,306 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Sunrise is the 28th largest community in Florida.Sunrise is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sunrise is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sunrise who work in office and administrative support (14.13%), sales jobs (13.51%), and management occupations (9.31%). Also of interest is that Sunrise has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.01% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Sunrise citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.09% of adults in Sunrise have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Sunrise in 2022 was $33,649, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,596 for a family of four. However, Sunrise contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sunrise is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sunrise home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Sunrise, accounting for 34.20% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sunrise residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Sunrise include Jamaican, Haitian, Italian, German, and Irish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Sunrise's cultural character, accounting for 42.28% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Sunrise is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
