2024 population: 6,457,988 ( 3,021,382 from 2020)
Land area: 5066.9 square miles
Population density: 1274.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,820,245	28.19%	0.4%
Black:	1,263,959	19.57%	0.8%
Indian:	9,036	0.14%	7.1%
Asian:	181,193	2.81%	13.5%
2+ races:	81,583	1.26%	12.3%
Hispanic:	3,101,972	48.03%	10.2%

Total non-White:	4,637,743	71.81%	7.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	150,350	10.9
Deaths:	145,296	10.6
Net Migration:	-54,127	-3.9
Net Immigration:	232,604	16.9

Change in White population:	-7,468	-0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	327,099	5.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
6,138,357
1,827,713	29.78%
1,254,547	20.44%
8,436	0.14%
159,688	2.60%
72,634	1.18%
2,815,339	45.86%
4,310,644	70.22%

2010
5,564,635
1,937,939	34.83%
1,096,536	19.71%
7,579	0.14%
123,823	2.23%
67,645	1.22%
2,312,929	41.56%
3,626,696	65.17%

2000
5,007,564
2,205,930	44.05%
904,878	18.07%
6,541	0.13%
85,241	1.70%
88,253	1.76%
1,704,064	34.03%
2,801,634	55.95%

1990
4,056,100
2,215,537	54.62%
662,346	16.33%
6,097	0.15%
51,724	1.28%
n/a
1,120,396	27.62%
1,840,563	45.38%

1980
3,220,844
2,082,378	64.65%
460,132	14.29%
2,027	0.06%
21,897	0.68%
n/a
648,425	20.13%
1,138,466	35.35%

1970
2,236,645
1,619,514	72.41%
279,904	12.51%
1,718	0.08%
3,806	0.17%
n/a
328,421	14.68%
617,131	27.59%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
626,897	11.3
448,802	8.1
-192,580	-3.5
615,283	11.1

-110,226	-2.0
683,948	12.3

Number	Rate
2000's
649,535	13.0
438,106	8.7
-287,135	-5.7
522,009	10.4

-267,991	-5.4
825,062	16.5

Number	Rate
1990's
648,441	16.0
462,528	11.4
27,677	0.7
546,413	13.5

-9,607	-0.2
961,071	23.7

Number	Rate
1980's
523,355	16.2
391,136	12.1
732,866	22.8
n/a

133,159	4.1
702,097	21.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
915,673	40.9
n/a

462,864	20.7
521,335	23.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
42.0
1,247,532	19.3%
5,210,456	80.7%
1,199,296	18.6%

2,334,797
2.64

1,525,213	65.3%
1,020,633	66.9%
153,722	10.1%
809,584	34.7%

2010
Number	Percent
62.7
-1,202,006	-21.6%
6,766,641	121.6%
1,421,171	25.5%

3,327,900
2.56

2,153,305	64.7%
1,471,213	68.3%
254,919	11.8%
1,174,595	35.3%

2000
Number	Percent
37.9
1,178,167	23.5%
3,829,397	76.5%
823,200	16.4%

1,906,460
2.58

1,272,444	66.7%
928,713	73.0%
141,688	11.1%
634,016	33.3%

1990
Number	Percent
36.6
893,543	22.0%
3,162,557	78.0%
741,350	18.3%

1,586,228
2.52

1,067,130	67.3%
823,015	77.1%
95,485	8.9%
519,098	32.7%

1980
Number	Percent
37.1
728,205	22.6%
2,492,639	77.4%
612,298	19.0%

1,264,031
2.52

886,900	70.2%
728,678	82.2%
68,220	7.7%
377,131	29.8%

2024 Housing Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	124,220	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	88,981	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	73,174	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	84,452	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	81,953	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	84,226	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	83,332	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	83,918	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	79,052	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	150,845	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	214,470	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	293,213	12.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	229,761	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	159,660	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	202,774	8.7%
$200,000 or more	300,766	12.9%

Median Household Income	76,718
Per Capita Income	43,968

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	104

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	121,498	5.2%
Public Assistance	67,236	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	405,169	17.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,406,650	70.7%
Unemployed	90,321	4.5%
In Armed Forces	3,189	0.2%

Total Labor Force	1,500,160	75.4%
Not in Labor Force	489,684	24.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,151,563	985,751	53.9%
Non-Profit	64,498	111,039	36.7%
Self-Employed	294,107	187,575	61.1%

Local Government	85,350	114,591	42.7%
State Government	23,215	36,362	39.0%
Federal Government	27,348	23,478	53.8%

Total Private + Self	1,445,670	1,173,326	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	200,411	285,470	41.2%
Total	1,646,081	1,458,796	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	10.0%
Pct. Private + Self	84.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	572,057	18.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	690,658	22.2%
Professional, Technical	645,397	20.7%
Service Occupations	595,709	19.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	11,382	0.4%
All others	608,054	19.5%

White Collar		61.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	426,769	13.7%
Retail trade	349,505	11.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	269,910	8.7%
Construction	255,464	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	236,627	7.6%
Educational services	215,955	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	212,838	6.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	197,368	6.3%
Other services	170,568	5.5%
Finance and insurance	156,000	5.0%
Manufacturing	147,048	4.7%
Public administration	111,662	3.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	97,830	3.1%
Wholesale trade	86,546	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	79,893	2.6%
Information	54,064	1.7%
Utilities	21,856	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	17,654	0.6%
Management	3,432	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	886	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	151,906	2.43%
Puerto Rican	224,306	3.59%
Cuban	1,155,991	18.50%
Dominican	126,525	2.02%

Total Central American	398,148	6.37%
Costa Rican	11,651	0.19%
Guatemalan	86,266	1.38%
Honduran	96,577	1.55%
Nicaraguan	137,684	2.20%
Panamanian	14,340	0.23%
Salvadoran	50,346	0.81%
Other Central American	1,284	0.02%

Total South American	741,867	11.87%
Argentinean	57,317	0.92%
Bolivian	8,196	0.13%
Chilean	20,618	0.33%
Colombian	282,180	4.52%
Ecuadorian	48,840	0.78%
Paraguayan	2,512	0.04%
Peruvian	91,231	1.46%
Uruguayan	13,081	0.21%
Venezuelan	215,393	3.45%
Other South American	2,499	0.04%

Other Hispanic	122,293	1.96%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	55,343	0.89%
Chinese	34,381	0.55%
Filipino	19,206	0.31%
Vietnamese	16,374	0.26%
Korean	5,486	0.09%
Bangladeshi	5,101	0.08%
Thai	3,681	0.06%
Japanese	3,053	0.05%
Taiwanese	1,293	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,650,488	44.8%
Spanish	2,553,487	43.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	349,074	5.9%
Other Indo-European	155,950	2.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	51,369	0.9%
Other	40,686	0.7%
Chinese	24,765	0.4%
Other Asian	24,012	0.4%
Arabic	19,323	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	338,434	5.4%
Haitian	334,019	5.3%
Italian	300,110	4.8%
German	257,024	4.1%
Irish	252,116	4.0%
English	200,171	3.2%
Jamaican	190,505	3.0%
Polish	104,522	1.7%
Russian	82,099	1.3%
French	70,358	1.1%
Brazilian	56,258	0.9%
European	54,331	0.9%
Scottish	34,882	0.6%
African	34,172	0.5%
Eastern European	31,120	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,174,411	82.8%
Not a citizen	1,074,880	17.2%

Native	3,601,963	57.6%
Foreign-born	2,647,328	42.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
276,564	6.1%	296,722	6.6%	1,159,928	25.7%	1,126,241	24.9%	1,012,613	22.4%	642,269	14.2%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	276,564	6.1%
9-12 Years	296,722	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,159,928	25.7%
Some College	1,126,241	24.9%
Bach. Degree	1,012,613	22.4%
Grad Degree	642,269	14.2%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,212,482	2,068,780	143,702	6.5%
1991	2,231,080	2,036,366	194,714	8.7%
1992	2,277,638	2,056,850	220,788	9.7%
1993	2,339,658	2,149,964	189,694	8.1%
1994	2,401,994	2,225,994	176,000	7.3%
1995	2,429,400	2,274,788	154,612	6.4%
1996	2,488,026	2,339,004	149,022	6.0%
1997	2,561,796	2,414,608	147,188	5.7%
1998	2,620,956	2,482,112	138,844	5.3%
1999	2,664,332	2,538,002	126,330	4.7%

2000	2,818,794	2,708,832	109,962	3.9%
2001	2,925,726	2,788,870	136,856	4.7%
2002	2,945,254	2,785,864	159,390	5.4%
2003	2,951,832	2,807,650	144,182	4.9%
2004	3,015,924	2,893,486	122,438	4.1%
2005	3,099,436	3,004,928	94,508	3.0%
2006	3,179,450	3,098,414	81,036	2.5%
2007	3,236,138	3,132,656	103,482	3.2%
2008	3,250,126	3,073,060	177,066	5.4%
2009	3,158,038	2,873,234	284,804	9.0%

2010	3,138,246	2,819,146	319,100	10.2%
2011	3,190,224	2,881,288	308,936	9.7%
2012	3,227,362	2,954,818	272,544	8.4%
2013	3,284,636	3,047,388	237,248	7.2%
2014	3,338,722	3,135,800	202,922	6.1%
2015	3,371,230	3,196,878	174,352	5.2%
2016	3,437,736	3,278,678	159,058	4.6%
2017	3,484,928	3,342,130	142,798	4.1%
2018	3,516,094	3,392,022	124,072	3.5%
2019	3,552,890	3,435,956	116,934	3.3%

2020	3,475,930	3,186,484	289,446	8.3%
2021	3,535,876	3,370,010	165,866	4.7%
2022	3,656,024	3,550,756	105,268	2.9%
2023	3,729,052	3,619,640	109,412	2.9%
2024	3,728,680	3,607,984	120,696	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,680,465
Median Value	$443,149

Occupied	2,334,797	87.1%
Vacant	345,668	12.9%

Owned	1,413,047	60.5%
Rented	921,750	39.5%
Median Rent	$1,878

Single-Family Units	1,365,244	50.9%
Detached	1,099,142	41.0%
Attached	266,102	9.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,074,165	40.1%
Mobile Homes	57,265	2.1%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area