<Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> Eastern: UTC − 5 / − 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.broward.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Broward County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida . As of 2017, the population was 1,935,878, making it the second-most populous county in Florida and the 17th-most populous in the United States . Its county seat is Fort Lauderdale . </P> <P> Broward County is one of the three counties in South Florida that make up the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2010 census . </P>

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