Miami-Dade County, FL Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Miami-Dade County, Florida

People QuickFactsMiami-Dade CountyFlorida
Population, 2005 estimate 2,376,01417,789,864
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.4%11.3%
Population, 2000 2,253,36215,982,378
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.1%6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 24.8%22.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 13.8%16.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.6%51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)76.5%80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)20.5%15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.5%2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.1%1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)60.6%19.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 18.6%62.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 50.2%48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 50.9%16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 67.9%23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 67.9%79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.7%22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 473,9923,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 30.126.2
Housing units, 2005 928,7158,256,847
Homeownership rate, 2000 57.8%70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 45.5%29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $124,000$105,500
Households, 2000 776,7746,337,929
Persons per household, 2000 2.842.46
Median household income, 2003 $33,035$38,985
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,497$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 18.9%13.0%
Business QuickFactsMiami-Dade CountyFlorida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 72,749484,9382
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 852,2966,864,9872
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -0.2%10.4%2
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 273,0161,369,0021
Total number of firms, 2002 297,4581,539,207
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 9.5%6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.6%0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.3%2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 54.9%17.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.6%28.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 8,442,44078,474,770
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 39,021,392219,490,896
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 24,568,286191,805,685
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,616$11,498
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 4,162,16929,366,940
Building permits, 2005 26,120287,250
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 15,597,387121,933,5022
Geography QuickFactsMiami-Dade CountyFlorida
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,94653,926
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,157.9296.4
FIPS Code 08612
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Metro Area

1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:00 EST
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