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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1960 - 2000

Planning Research Section
Department of Planning and Zoning
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NW 1st Street, Suite 1210
Miami, FL 33128
September 2003

Alex Penelas
Mayor

Board of County Commissioners
Dr. Barbara M. Carey-Shuler
Chairperson

Betty T. Ferguson

Katy Sorenson

District 1

District 8

Dorrin D. Rolle

Dennis C. Moss

District 2

District 9

Dr. Barbara M. Carey - Shuler

Senator Javier D. Souto

District 3

District 10

Sally A. Heyman

Joe A. Martinez

District 4

District 11

Bruno A. Barreiro

Jose “Pepe” Diaz

District 5

District 12

Rebeca Sosa

Natacha Seijas

District 6

District 13

Jimmy L. Morales
District 7

Harvey Ruvin
Clerk of Courts
George M. Burgess
County Manager
Robert A. Ginsburg
County Attorney

Diane O’Quinn Williams
Director
Subrata Basu
Assistant Director for Planning

Miami-Dade County provides equal access and equal opportunity in employment and services
and does not discriminate on the basis of disability. “It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to
comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.

Summary.....................................................................................................................

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II.

Introduction.................................................................................................................

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III.

Components Of Population Change..............................................................................

2

IV.

Mobility Of The Population..........................................................................................

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VI.

Racial And Ethnic Changes...........................................................................................

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VII.

Age Structure...............................................................................................................

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VIII.

Educational Attainment.................................................................................................

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VIX.

Marital Status And Living Arrangements.......................................................................

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1:

Components of Population Change, Miami-Dade County,
Florida: 1960 to 2000 ......................................................................................

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Table 2:

Residency of Movers, Miami-Dade County, 1970-2000 ..................................

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Table 3:

State of Origin of Immigrants to Miami-Dade County,
1965-1970, 1975-1980, 1985-1990, 1995-2000: The Top Fifteen.................

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Table 4:

Continent/Country of Birth of Foreign Born, Miami-Dade County, 2000 ...........

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Table 5:

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin, Miami MSA, 1960-2000...................

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Table 6:

Persons of Foreign Ancestry, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1980-2000 ...........

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Table 7:

Population by Age, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1960-2000 ..........................

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Table 8:

Educational Attainment: Miami-Dade County, Persons 25+ Years Old,
1960-2000 ......................................................................................................

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Marital Status of Persons by Sex, Miami-Dade County,
Florida, 1960-2000 .........................................................................................

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Table 10:

Family Composition, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1960-2000........................

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Table 11:

Household Status and Relationships of Persons in Households,
Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1960-2000 ........................................................

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Table 9:

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1:

100 Years of Population Growth, Miami-Dade County, 1900-2000 .................

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Figure 2:

Components of Population Change,
Miami-Dade County, 1961 to 2000 .................................................................

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SUMMARY
The metropolitan Miami area (Miami-Dade County, Florida) is a large and rapidly growing
urban place. The Miami area since 1960 has been the destination for large numbers of foreigners,
mostly Cubans, other Hispanics and Haitians. Two-thirds of the population growth in MiamiDade is still attributed to migration. Natural increase has become more important in the past ten
years as the volume of net migration has declined somewhat. Births declined by about 7 percent
over the decade while deaths increased by about 5 percent. This resulted in a lower rate of
natural increase but the level of natural increase for the past decade was much higher than in the
previous decades.
The residents of the Miami area can be characterized as highly mobile as most of them moved
here from somewhere else. They also continue to move at high rates within the County. Over
the years, the area has been a favorite location for people moving from New York, New Jersey,
California and Pennsylvania, but many other states have contributed as well. In 2000, 16 percent
of those living in Miami-Dade County were originally from another state while 51 percent were
foreign born. The latter constituted 43 percent of the foreign born population of the State. But
even in 1960, the Miami area had a significant number of foreigners (about 12 percent of the
population).
In 1980, the Miami MSA was the only one in the top 50 which had no majority group. Instead,
there were three large minorities: non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics and Blacks. This situation
has changed in 2000 as evidenced by the most recent census. Hispanics constitute the largest of
the three groups. Miami-Dade County was the first and only county in Florida with a Hispanic
majority in 2000. In 1960, only about 5 percent of the population was Hispanic; by 2000, they
constituted over 57 percent. In that year, non-Hispanic Whites dropped to 24 percent. From
1960 to 2000, Hispanics accounted for 90 percent of the population growth in Miami-Dade
County. The Black share of the population also inched up in this period.
In 2000, the median age in Miami-Dade was up slightly over the past four decades. MiamiDade’s elderly share had grown but between 1990 and 2000 declined. The young adult group,
18-34 years of age, had grown substantially between 1970 and 1990. However, this proportion
declined from 27.1 percent in 1990 to 24.1 in 2000.
Miami-Dade Countians have made significant advances in educational attainment. Many more
people have completed high school and more have attended and graduated from college than was
true in 1960. The relative improvement of Blacks surpassed other groups, although their
educational levels still lag somewhat. For the first time, the proportion of Blacks with at least a
high school diploma (63 percent) was higher than that of Hispanics (61 percent). However, the
proportion of Blacks graduating from college (11 percent) remained lower than the Hispanic rate
(18 percent) and lower than the total population (22 percent). Hispanics as a group upgraded
their educational attainment in the 1970-1990 period, but showed a loss in 1990-2000 in the
proportion of Hispanics with at least a high school diploma.

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In line with national trends, Miami-Dade County’s population displays some significant changes
in marital status and living arrangements. There are more female-headed families and more
children living with only one parent. These trends are evident among all major groups, although
for Blacks they are more pronounced.
A demographer, viewing Miami-Dade County in 1960 would have been unable to predict the
changes which occurred over the subsequent forty years. This was because the changes resulted
from external phenomena, which are often unknown, and, if known, are unpredictable. It is
difficult to foresee what the Miami area population will be like in the year 2025 and beyond as
the area is still open to all of these external factors. Nevertheless, for many types of planning
some picture of the future must be formed. Hopefully, this historical overview will help in that
process.

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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1960 - 2000
I.

INTRODUCTION

Miami-Dade County is Florida’s largest county
Census 2000 reported that there were 2,253,352 persons living in Miami-Dade County on April
1, 2000. The County continued to rank as Florida’s most populous, a position that it has retained
since 1910. It was the eighth largest county in the United States.1 Its population exceeded that
of seventeen states and the District of Columbia.2
The County continues to grow rapidly
Historically, over its 166 years, the County has grown rapidly with only occasional pauses.
From 1910 to 1960, it just about doubled in size every ten years. In the decade of the sixties, the
County grew by 35.6 percent (333,000 new residents) to reach a population of 1,268,000 by
1970. Thirty years later, by 2000, the population had just about doubled again. Since 1960, the
annual average population growth has exceeded 32,000 persons. This is the equivalent of the
entire population of the City of Homestead (31,909 in 2000) moving in each year.
Figure 1
100 Years of Population Growth
Miami-Dade County, 1900-2000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census Reports.
Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning,
Research Section, 2002

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The largest counties were as follows: Los Angeles, CA; Cook, IL; Harris, TX; Maricopa, AZ; Orange, CA; San
Diego, CA; and Kings, NY.
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Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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Why such rapid growth?
Was it the availability of air-conditioning? The advent of railroads and expressways? The
growth of frequent and affordable flights? The expansion of the economy? All of these had a
role to play. In the early years, the growth of Greater Miami and all of South Florida was a result
of sustained migration from other parts of the United States. Since 1960, immigration from other
countries has played a dominant role in Miami-Dade. Over the past 40 years, net migration into
Miami-Dade County has accounted for more than 70 percent of its population growth. The
balance was accounted for by natural increase, the excess of births over deaths, in the resident
population.

II.

COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE

Table 1 shows the components of population change in Miami-Dade County since 1960, the first
census year following the Cuban revolution of 1959. Figure 2 displays this information in a bar
chart where the contrasting patterns of net migration and natural increase are highlighted. It is
clear that net migration follows no regular pattern and shows a loss of population in 1982 and
1983, and again in 1993. The loss in the early 1980s was the result of a severe economic
recession in 1981-1982 coupled with widespread civic unrest following the racial riots of 1980
and the massive inflow of Cuban refugees from Mariel in the same year. The Mariel inflow
shows up as a spike in 1982. The population loss in 1993 was the result of the impact of
Hurricane Andrew.

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Table 1
Components of Population Change
Miami-Dade County, Florida: 1960 to 2000
Year Ending
31-Mar
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Source:

Resident
Population
935,047
976,000
1,032,000
1,065,000
1,080,000
1,097,000
1,124,000
1,156,000
1,190,000
1,226,000
1,268,000
1,311,000
1,364,000
1,420,000
1,449,000
1,462,000
1,485,000
1,519,000
1,545,000
1,591,000
1,626,000
1,732,000
1,739,000
1,737,000
1,753,000
1,775,000
1,803,000
1,835,000
1,869,000
1,904,000
1,967,000
2,001,032
2,022,862
1,995,292
2,037,315
2,084,205
2,124,885
2,157,208
2,189,719
2,221,630
2,253,485

Population
Change
40,953
56,000
33,000
15,000
17,000
27,000
32,000
34,000
36,000
42,000
43,000
53,000
56,000
29,000
13,000
23,000
34,000
26,000
46,000
35,000
106,000
7,000
-2,000
16,000
22,000
28,000
32,000
34,000
35,000
29,310
34,032
21,830
-27,570
42,023
46,889
40,680
32,323
32,511
31,911
31,855

Net
Migration
29,724
45,322
23,054
5,930
8,861
20,174
25,859
28,832
30,553
36,803
36,120
47,519
52,957
25,387
10,180
21,032
30,828
23,170
42,455
30,598
100,443
-1,003
-10,985
6,065
12,267
16,729
19,882
22,070
21,502
14,660
17,844
6,462
-41,971
27,677
32,712
27,663
19,074
19,523
19,038
19,099

Natural
Increase
11,229
10,678
9,946
9,070
8,139
6,826
6,141
5,168
5,447
5,197
6,880
5,481
3,043
3,613
2,820
1,968
3,172
2,830
3,545
4,402
5,557
8,003
8,985
9,935
9,733
11,271
12,118
11,930
13,498
14,650
16,188
15,368
14,401
14,346
14,177
13,017
13,249
12,988
12,873
12,756

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census Reports. MiamiDade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section,
2002.

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Figure 2
Components of Population Change
Miami-Dade County, 1961 to 2000

110,000
90,000
Annual Gain/Loss

70,000
50,000
30,000
10,000
(10,000)

Net Migration

(30,000)

Natural Increase

(50,000)
1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census Reports. Miami-Dade County Department
of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2002.

Natural increase has become more important in the past ten years as the volume of net migration
has declined. Despite a slight decline in births (7 percent over the decade) and an increase in
deaths (about 5 percent), the level of natural increase for the decade was much higher than in the
previous decades.
However, two-thirds of the population growth in Miami-Dade is still attributed to migration.
Any discussion of migration into Miami-Dade County has to take account of the influence of the
foreign immigrants as opposed to movers within the United States. Expanding metropolitan
areas in the United States (and elsewhere) typically attribute most of their growth to population
shifts from rural areas, smaller urban places and perhaps declining metropolitan areas. But, the
Miami area since 1960 has been the destination for large numbers of foreigners, mostly Cubans,
other Hispanics and Haitians.

III.

MOBILITY OF THE POPULATION

In the Census, mobility is measured by capturing information on movement between residences.
Table 2 shows the four possibilities for such movement by Miami residents in 2000, 1990, 1980
and 1970.

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2000
1990
1980
1970

Total
Movers
1,049,455
974,199
808,600
688,288

Table 2
Residency of Movers
Miami-Dade County, 1970 - 2000
Percent
Different County
Same
Same
Different
Percent
County
State
State
100.0
66.1
4.4
9.8
100.0
61.8
4.2
16.6
100.0
56.9
5.3
23.9
100.0
43.6
4.4
36.8

Abroad
19.7
17.4
13.9
15.2

Note: Movers are persons age five years and over in the census year who reported living
in a different house five years prior.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Demographic Profile, Miami-Dade County
Department of Planning and Zoning, 2002. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of
Population and Housing, Selected Social Characteristics, CPH-L-80 Washington D.C.:
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990. 1980 Census of Population "State of Residence
in 1975 by State of Residence in 1980," PC80-S1-9 Washington D.C.: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1983, and Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning
tabulation of Summary Tape 3 for Florida. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of
Population: Census Tracts, Final Report PHC (1)-129 Miami, Florida, Washington: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1973. Compiled by Miami-Dade County Department of
Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

It can be seen that the largest proportion of total movers continues to be those moving within
Miami-Dade County from one housing unit to another, and this proportion increased by 22.5
percentage points over the thirty years. The next largest is the portion that moved from abroad;
this is a major component of Miami’s growth. As a proportion of all movers, those coming from
abroad have increased steadily. These in-migrants are not all foreign-born, but it can be assumed
that the vast majority are. Movement to Miami-Dade County from within the State of Florida
has been insignificant.
Next to the foreign-born, people from other states are the most numerous among movers to
Miami-Dade, however there was a major decline from 1970 to 2000 in this component. The data
displayed in Table 3 describes the top 15 states of origin for movers to Miami-Dade County in
2000 and compares their current ranking with 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990 rankings.
Aside from Florida, the top two states in 1970, 1980 and 1990 were New York and New Jersey.
California passed New Jersey in the 2000 rankings, making it the second largest contributing
state. New Jersey and Illinois followed, becoming the third and fourth largest contributing states
in 2000.
For the 1995-2000 period, 50 percent of the Miami-Dade County residents who moved from
within Florida came from neighboring Broward County, higher than the 31 percent reported in
1990 and 1980. Palm Beach and Hillsborough counties contributed about 8 percent and 6
percent respectively.

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Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

State
New York
California
New Jersey
Illinois
Michigan
Massachusetts
Texas
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
South Carolina
Connecticut
Alabama

2000
27,584
12,988
11,059
5,769
4,824
4,471
4,143
4,032
3,709
2,674
2,627
2,559
1,944
1,773
1,484

Table 3
State of Origin of Immigrants to Miami-Dade County
1965-1970, 1975-1980, 1985-1990, 1995-2000: The Top Fifteen
Number of Migrants
Percent of
Rank in
Top Fifteen
1990
1990
1980
1970
43,300
71,700
53,200
28.4
1
16,000
8,500
7,500
13.4
3
20,300
26,000
13,500
11.4
2
7,500
10,300
9,600
7.3
5
3,000
4,500
4,900
5.9
13
5,000
6,600
5,500
5.0
7
11,800
5,000
4,200
4.6
4
6,200
7,600
8,500
4.3
6
3,800
10,900
8,100
4.1
10
4,100
4,400
4,400
3.8
8
2,800
3,900
4,200
2.7
14
2,700
5,900
3,600
2.7
15
*
*
*
2.6
*
*
*
*
2.0
*
3,400
*
*
1.8
11

Rank in
1980
1
5
2
4
12
8
11
6
3
13
14
9
*
*
*

Rank in
1970
1
6
2
3
9
8
11
4
5
10
12
14
*
*
*

Rank in
1960
1
10
3
6
8
7
15
4
2
11
9
18
*
*
*

*State was not top 15 in 1990.
Note: Does not include State of Florida, which contributed 30,300 in 1970, 42,900 in 1980, 39,000 in 1990 and 46,100 in 2000. Figures for
1980 include Miami-Dade and Monroe counties combined. All figures rounded to the nearest 100.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Use Microdata 1 Percent Sample, 2000, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning,
Research Section, 2003. Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning tabulation of 1980 census sample data from the
Public Use Microdata Sample A, Florida/prepared by the Bureau of the Census, Washington D.C.: 1983. Data for 1970 from 1970
Census 4th Count Tape as compiled by Clyde B. McCoy, University of Miami, School of Medicine. Compiled by Miami-Dade
County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

The people of the United States have long been noted as being highly mobile with one household
out of each five moving every year. The Miami MSA is a prime destination for this mobile
population. One measure of mobility over the long term is the place of birth of the population.
In 2000, 70 percent of the residents of Miami-Dade County were born outside of Florida. About
16 percent were from another state, and a high 51 percent were foreign born, up from 45 percent
foreign born in 1990. According to the recently released 2002 Census Bureau American
Community Survey, the Miami-Dade percentage has now climbed to just over 51 percent.
Statewide, a much smaller proportion, approximately 17 percent of the population was born
abroad. Nationwide, 11 percent of the population was foreign born.
A further measure of the international character of Miami’s population is the County’s share of
the State’s foreign-born total. Forty-three percent of the foreign born population of the State of
Florida (1,147,765 out of 2,670,828) resided in the Miami area in 2000, three times Miami’s
share of the State population total.

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Table 4
Continent/Country of Birth of Foreign Born
Miami-Dade County, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Continent/Country
Population Continent
Total
Caribbean
688,760
100.0
30.6
Cuba
525,841
76.3
23.3
Haiti
71,054
10.3
3.2
Dominican Republic
36,870
5.4
1.6
Jamaica
34,450
5.0
1.5
Trinidad and Tobago
6,487
0.9
0.3
Central and South America
375,676
100.0
16.7
Nicaragua
86,108
22.9
3.8
Colombia
81,377
21.7
3.6
Honduras
34,689
9.2
1.5
Peru
27,823
7.4
1.2
Venezuela
25,376
6.8
1.1
Mexico
20,916
5.6
0.9
Argentina
16,596
4.4
0.7
Ecuador
13,447
3.6
0.6
Brazil
13,078
3.5
0.6
Guatemala
11,744
3.1
0.5
El Salvador
10,966
2.9
0.5
Chile
9,470
2.5
0.4
Panama
7,860
2.1
0.3
Costa Rica
5,718
1.5
0.3
Bolivia
2,981
0.8
0.1
Guyana
2,791
0.7
0.1
Europe
44,067
100.0
2.0
Spain
8,546
19.4
0.4
United Kingdom
4,958
11.3
0.2
Germany
4,299
9.8
0.2
Italy
3,555
8.1
0.2
Poland
3,459
7.8
0.2
Russia
3,053
6.9
0.1
France
3,037
6.9
0.1
Hungary
1,246
2.8
0.1
Romania
1,190
2.7
0.1
Ukraine
1,131
2.6
0.1
Portugal
1,081
2.5
0.0
Austria
919
2.1
0.0

(Cont.)

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Asia

28,638 100.0
4,712 16.5
4,290 15.0
3,838 13.4
3,053 10.7
2,361
8.2
1,908
6.7
1,635
5.7
1,172
4.1
1,113
3.9

China
Philippines
India
Russia
Israel
Pakistan
Vietnam
Iran
Lebanon
Puerto Rico
Canada
Other (including not specified)
Total Foreign Born:

49,557
5,386
182,687
1,147,765

1.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0

--- 2.2
--- 0.2
--- 8.1
--- 50.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3, Miami-Dade
County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

In 2000, the major component of the foreign-born population in the Miami area (and the reason
why this group was so big) was the 526,000 Cuban refugees who settled in Miami, primarily in
the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. In 2000, the Cuban-born population was the largest single
Hispanic group, accounting for 46 percent of the foreign born population in Miami-Dade
County. Additionally, there were substantial numbers from other countries, such as Nicaragua
(86,108), Colombia (81,377), and Haiti (71,054).
This “internationalization” of Miami-Dade County was well underway in 1970 as evidenced by
the 307,391 foreign born counted by the census in that year (24.2 percent of the total population).
And, as in 1980, the bulk of these were Cubans, a total of 185,411 or 60.3 percent of the foreign
born. Nevertheless, there were sizeable contingents from several other countries including about
10,000 from Poland, 20,000 Russians, 8,000 from Canada, about 7,000 from the United
Kingdom, and an equal number from Germany, plus 18,000 from “Other America.” This latter
category comprised peoples from the Caribbean basin and South and Central America.
In 1980, in the six months after the April 1 census count, Miami-Dade County experienced the
Mariel Cuban refugee influx which contributed to a 100,000+ increase in population. Adding to
Miami-Dade’s cultural diversity in the 1980’s were waves of immigrants from Central America,
largely Nicaraguans. Haitians also added to the diversity of the population with an estimated
25,000 (mostly undocumented) arriving during 1980 alone.
They continued to trickle in
throughout the decade and Haitians are estimated to total about 95,000.
In 1981-82 on the heels of the huge increase in 1980, there appeared to be a net out-migration
from the County, and in 1982-83 the total population actually declined slightly. Since then,
normal growth resumed and during the second half of the decade, averaged about 32,000 persons
per year. Long-term projections show Miami-Dade County continuing to grow, reaching 2.4
million by 2005, and 2.5 million in the year 2010.

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This sudden flood of refugees in 1980 was large and unexpected, but it was not inconsistent with
the pattern of population growth in Miami-Dade County over the past 30 years. Immigration
(the principal component of population growth) has often fluctuated widely from year to year,
and will probably continue to do so.
Even in 1960, there was a sizeable foreign contingent in the Miami area with some 112,600
enumerated as foreign born (12 percent versus 5.5 percent for the State). Then, as now, those
born in Cuba constituted the largest segment of the foreign born (20.5 percent). Nevertheless,
there were almost twice as many foreign born from Europe and the USSR as there were from
Cuba.

IV.

RACIAL AND ETHNIC CHANGES

Miami-Dade County was the first and only county in Florida with a Hispanic majority (57
percent) in 2000. The County’s 1.3 million Hispanics increased by 44 percent, from 0.9 million
in 1990 and accounted for almost half of the Hispanic population of Florida. The proportion of
Hispanics within Miami-Dade County exceeded the national level (12.5 percent) in every
municipality except Islandia, Florida City and Indian Creek Village, and the first is a paper city
without any residents.
In 1960, only about 5 percent of the population was Hispanic and 80 percent was non-Hispanic
White. By 1970, Hispanics were still less than a quarter of the population, but in 1980 they were
more than a third. At that time, non-Hispanic Whites had declined to under 50 percent. The
1990 Census reinforced this well-established growth trend for Hispanics by disclosing a 64
percent increase since the previous decennial census, bringing the total to just over 49 percent.
Non-Hispanic Whites continued to decline to 32 percent of the total. Non-Hispanic Blacks did
not show this kind of dramatic growth but their share inched up to just above 19 percent in 1990.
Census 2000 revealed a slowing in the three-decade rate of growth of Hispanics in Miami-Dade.
While Hispanics constitute a majority of the population (57.3 percent), their growth rate declined
from 64 percent between 1980 and 1990 to 36 percent between 1990 and 2000. The nonHispanic White component of Miami-Dade’s population continued to decline to 24 percent of
the total. Non-Hispanic Blacks essentially maintained their share at about 19.0 percent.
The large change in the Hispanic population has been overwhelmingly the result of immigration.
But, as the base gets larger, more of the natural increase will also be attributable to Hispanics.
Regardless of the source, between the censuses of 1960 and 2000, Hispanics accounted for 94
percent of the total population growth. Over the forty-year period, Blacks contributed 22 percent
to total County growth (the two groups together becomes more than 100 percent of the total
growth since non-Hispanic Whites actually declined and there is some Black/Hispanic overlap).
For Blacks, natural increase has been a more significant component of growth than it has for
Hispanics. In recent years, however, the Haitian influx has been a major contributing factor.
Given that immigration is so important to the growth of the Hispanic population, developing
projections becomes an uncertain exercise. The actions of the Cuban government, the political
situation in Central and South America or the immigration policies of the United States are not
easily quantifiable factors in any projection model. Yet, these are vital considerations with
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respect to the future growth of the Hispanic population. That this population will grow appears
to be certain. Even without immigration, the large existing base is now generating a substantial
natural increase.
The Black population also could expand greatly due to immigration. Many thousands of
Haitians, both in Haiti itself and living in the Bahamas are potential migrants to South Florida.
Again, only a very speculative approach can be taken in assessing the ultimate influence this
might have on Miami-Dade’s population. The projections show continued increases in the
proportion that is Hispanic, little change in the Black proportion and a declining relative and
absolute number of non-Hispanic Whites.

Year
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Note:

Table 5
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Miami MSA, 1960-2000
Total Hispanic
Black White & Other
Population
Origin Non-Hispanic
Non-Hispanic
935,047
50,000
137,299
747,748
1,267,792
299,065
186,369
782,358
1,625,781
580,994
271,749
773,038
1,937,094
953,407
369,621
614,066
2,253,362 1,291,737
427,140
534,485
Percent
100.0
5.3
14.7
80.0
100.0
23.6
14.7
61.7
100.0
35.7
16.7
47.6
100.0
49.2
19.1
31.7
100.0
57.3
19.0
23.7
Persons of Hispanic heritage were not separately designated by the
U.S. Census in 1960. The number provided is an estimate by the
Research Section, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning
and Zoning. In the 1970 census, the identifying characteristics for
Hispanics was the Spanish language while in the 1980 and
subsequent censuses a self-identification method was used. Thus,
the Hispanic figures are not strictly comparable over the three
censuses.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Miami-Dade
County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section,
2003. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960,
Vol. I Characteristics of the Population, Part II, Florida; Census of
Population: 1970, General Social and Economic Characteristics,
Final Report PC(1)-11and Economic Characteristics, Final Report
PC(1)-C11 Florida; Census of Population:
1980, Vol. I
Characteristics of the Population, PC 80-1-B11, Florida,
Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Census of
Population and Housing; 1990, Public Law 94-171, Florida.
Compiled by Miami-Dade County Department of Planning &
Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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While the Miami area is known for the predominance of its Hispanic component in the ethnic
mix, it is still very much a cosmopolitan area. This is evidenced by the large numbers of people
in Miami-Dade County who claim non-Hispanic foreign ancestry (not necessarily foreign born).
As can be seen from Table 6, Hispanics as a category, and especially Cubans, constitute the
largest block of those claiming foreign ancestry but very substantial numbers of people list their
ancestry as being European or Russian. As expected, all of the Hispanic groups demonstrated
large increases while virtually all of the European groups declined, especially the Germans,
English, Irish and Russian.

Cuban
Other Hispanic
Puerto Rican
Colombian
Nicaraguan
Mexican

Table 6
Persons of Foreign Ancestry
Miami-Dade County
1980-2000
2000
1990
650,601
561,868
203,009
168,179
80,327
68,634
70,066
53,582
69,257
74,244
38,095
23,193

1980
407,253
115,847
44,656
19,000
7,000
13,238

German
57,478
114,502
131,040
Italian
52,545
55,754
57,123
Irish
51,094
86,910
124,689
English
44,587
89,020
170,804
Russian
25,811
48,890
44,909
Polish
22,028
41,110
48,516
French
21,715
35,743
47,024
Scottish
9,604
15,736
4,936
Dutch
6,901
11,036
3,786
Hungarian
6,451
12,060
10,866
Swedish
5,421
8,205
4,038
Portuguese
5,055
3,856
1,795
Greek
4,835
6,636
4,685
Norwegian
3,960
4,609
1,866
Ukrainian
2,864
3,176
2,916
Other Ancestries
1,560,987
1,224,448
385,745
Note: Foreign ancestry was a self-classified question in the sample portion of the
census. It represents the ethnic background with which a person identifies
and has no necessary relationship to nativity, parentage, or language. More
than one ancestry may be listed.
Note:

The 1980 Nicaraguan and Colombian populations are estimates by the
Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Miami-Dade County
Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003. U.S. Bureau
of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Selected Social
Characteristics: 1990, Miami-Dade County, Florida CHP-L-80 Census of
Population: 1980, Vol. I, Characteristics of Population, PC 80-1-C11,
Florida; Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. Compiled by
Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section,
2003.

V.

AGE STRUCTURE
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Table 7 shows the age distribution of Miami-Dade’s population for the five census years 1960,
1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. The median age in Miami-Dade has been consistently higher than
the United States, but the figure has edged up for the nation over the past decade, from 32.9 to
35.3, narrowing the gap with Miami-Dade where there was an increase from 34.2 to 35.6. The
slightly lower national median is due to the United States having proportionately more young
people and fewer older people, but this pattern has changed somewhat in the last decade.
Whereas Miami-Dade’s 2000 population under 18 years of age was increased from 24.2 to 24.8
percent, the over 65 population decreased from 14.0 to 13.3 percent of the total. This is a drop of
almost 1.0 percentage point for the 65 and over group and an increase almost 1.0 percentage
point for the under 18 group since 1990. Comparable figures for the nation were 25.7 percent for
the under 18 years, and 12.4 percent for the 65 years and over group. Miami-Dade and the
nation depict an unchanging proportion of under 18 years of age.
Given the decrease in the elderly (65+ years) share and the increase in the youth (<18 years)
share, the rise in the median age comes as a surprise. This was due to a large shift in the
population aged 18 to 64 years. The proportion of those aged 18 to 34 years declined by 3
percentage points (from 27.1 to 24.1) and the proportion aged 35 to 64 years increased by 3
percentage points (from 34.7 to 37.8). Despite the decline in the proportion of those aged 18 to
34 years, their number increased by about 17,000 persons. In contrast, the number of those aged
35 to 64 increased by 179,000 persons.

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Table 7
Population By Age
Miami-Dade County, 1960-2000
1970
1980
1990
107,240
113,554
167,314
86,957
82,598
103,826
90,834
87,286
96,755
86,588
106,569
100,115
38,833
54,285
54,680
89,329
133,480
139,196
146,844
240,793
331,676
156,572
192,847
278,043
158,402
187,495
212,098
134,439
171,595
182,585
172,717
255,286
270,806

Age
0-5
6-9
10-13
14-17
18-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+

1960
111,675
67,723
64,017
49,110
19,730
51,851
124,921
140,829
118,352
93,849
91,628

18+
18-34
35-64
Total

642,522
196,502
353,030
935,047

897,136
275,006
449,413
1,267,792

33.3

34.1

Median Age

2000
145,752
127,826
129,112
126,478
60,153
144,721
337,433
361,966
282,766
206,558
300,552

1,235,774
428,561
551,937
1,625,781

1,469,084
525,552
672,726
1,937,094

1,694,149
542,307
851,290
2,253,362

34.7

34.2

35.6

Percent
0-5
6-9
10-13
14-17
18-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+

11.9
7.2
6.8
5.5
2.1
5.5
13.4
15.1
12.7
10.0
9.8

8.4
6.9
7.2
5.9
3.1
7.0
11.6
12.3
12.5
10.6
13.6

7.0
5.1
5.4
6.6
3.3
8.2
14.8
11.9
11.5
10.6
15.7

8.6
5.4
5.0
5.2
2.8
7.2
17.1
14.4
10.9
9.4
14.0

6.5
5.7
5.7
5.6
2.7
6.4
15.0
16.1
12.5
9.2
13.3

18+
18-34
35-64

68.7
21.4
37.8

70.8
21.7
35.4

76.0
26.4
33.9

75.8
27.1
34.7

75.2
24.1
37.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Miami-Dade
County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003. U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960, Vol. I Characteristics of the
Population, Part II, Florida; Census of Population: 1970, General Social and
Economic Characteristics, Final Report (PC (1)-C11 Florida; Census of
Population: 1980, Vol. I Characteristics of the Population, PC 80-1-B11, Florida;
Census of Population: 1990, General Population Characteristics, Sec I, CP-1-11,
Florida Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office. Census of Population
and Housing: 1990, Summary Tape File 1-A, Florida, 1992. Compiled by
Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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VI. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Over the forty years from 1960 to 2000, Miami-Dade Countians made significant advancements
in educational attainment, as Table 8 verifies. In 1960, more than half the adult population (25
years of age or more) had less than a high school education. Only a little more than 5 percent
had four years of college. By 2000, this situation had changed dramatically with a drop to 32
percent having less than high school. The proportion with a college degree more than
quadrupled to 21.0 percent. There was also a substantial change in the percentage of those
having some college. In 1960, this figure was 11.5 percent while in 2000 it reached 23.9 percent.
Relative to the total, Blacks greatly improved their educational status. In 1960, almost 62
percent had attended elementary school only. By 2000, this proportion was reduced to 18
percent. Black high school graduates comprised only 13 percent in 1960, but 27 percent in 2000.
In college attainment, very significant gains were made both in the overall numbers and the
shares in these categories. There were a mere 1,157 college graduates among Blacks in 1960,
while this number had reached over 29,092 in 2000.
Hispanics also registered some improvement in educational attainment. Data for 1960 are not
available as the number of Hispanics was small. Between 1970 and 1990, there was general
upgrading of educational attainment, but the changes were not as great as those for Blacks. The
pattern of educational attainment displayed by Hispanics more closely paralleled the community
average. Over the three decades, the Hispanic educational profile was reshaped somewhat to
more closely resemble the overall pattern of educational attainment. Even though the proportion
of Hispanics with only an elementary education was halved and the proportion of high school
graduates increased by 16 percent, Hispanics still had a relatively greater number with only
elementary school and lower proportion of college graduates.

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Elementary School
High School: 1-3 yrs.
High School Graduate
College: 1-3 yrs.
College Graduates
Totals:

1960
Number
Percent
180,029
33.2
114,346
21.1
155,534
28.7
62,055
11.5
29,773
5.5
541,737
100.0

Elementary School
High School: 1-3 yrs.
High School Graduate
College: 1-3 yrs.
College Graduates
Totals:

1960
Number
Percent
38,757
61.7
12,608
20.1
8,364
13.3
1,954
3.1
1,157
1.8
62,840
100.0
1960
Number
Percent

Elementary School
High School: 1-3 yrs.
High School Graduate
College: 1-3 yrs.
College Graduates
Totals:

Table 8
Educational Attainment: Miami-Dade County
Persons 25+ Years Old
1960-2000
Total Persons
1970
1980
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
217,742
29.0
244,258
23.3
133,541
17.8
133,239
12.7
226,859
30.2
319,136
30.4
89,693
11.9
176,133
16.8
83,025
11.1
175,795
16.8
750,860
100.0
1,048,561
100.0
Blacks
1970
1980
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
36,522
44.8
40,704
29.4
21,042
25.8
29,391
21.2
16,680
20.5
37,765
27.3
3,804
4.7
19,026
13.7
3,459
4.2
11,519
8.3
81,507
100.0
138,405
100.0
Hispanics
1970
1980
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
73,930
43.1
141,853
38.3
19,901
11.6
37,162
10.0
43,514
25.3
95,303
25.7
17,146
10.0
46,072
12.4
17,211
10.0
50,407
13.6
171,702
100.0
370,797
100.0

1990
Number
228,426
219,856
296,444
296,109
240,460
1,281,295

Percent
17.8
17.2
23.1
23.1
18.8
100.0

2000
Number
Percent
219,066
14.7
260,287
17.4
332,997
22.3
356,040
23.9
323,399
21.7
1,491,789
100.0

Percent
18.0
26.0
25.0
21.0
9.0
100.0

2000
Number
Percent
31,283
12.4
61,273
24.3
68,799
27.3
61,717
24.5
29,092
11.5
252,164
100.0

Percent
21.1
14.6
36.6
16.5
11.2
100.0

2000
Number
Percent
176,576
19.6
172,734
19.2
190,481
21.2
197,643
21.9
163,132
18.1
900,566
100.0

1990
Number
39,036
56,355
54,160
45,598
21,409
216,558
1990
Number
171,156
118,069
296,444
133,747
91,081
810,497

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000, Summary File 3, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003. U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Census of Population: 1960, Vol. I Characteristics of the Population, Part II, Florida; Census of Population: 1970, General Social and
Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C11 Florida; Census of Population: 1980, General Social and Economic Characteristics, Part II, Florida,
PC80-1-C11. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3. Compiled by MiamiDade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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VII. MARITAL STATUS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Table 9 displays the marital status of persons in Miami-Dade County for five census years from
1960 to 2000. The proportion of both males and females who are married has fallen steadily.
The change was more pronounced for males (-17 percentage points) than for females (-16
percentage points) as the former dropped. In parallel with the decline in married couples, a
marked increase in the numbers and proportions that were divorced or remained single. In 1960,
only 5 percent of females 14 and above were divorced; by 2000 13 percent had that status. The
male proportion tripled from 3 percent in 1960 to 10 percent in 2000.
These marital trends are also reflected in Table 10, which displays data on family composition.
There, a steady decline in the proportion of married-couple families can be seen. Both Blacks
and Hispanics demonstrated this social change, but the percent of married couple Black families
was much lower than for the population at large. Corresponding to this phenomenon, there was a
doubling in the percent of female-headed families. This was true for all groups, but again, the
change for Blacks has been dramatic. More than a fifth of Black families were female headed in
1960 and this jumped more than 23 percentage points to 44 percent by 2000. In previous
censuses, Hispanics showed a smaller proportion of families headed by a female. However, this
proportion increased to 21 percent in 2000.
The majority of female-headed families for all groups include children. In 1960, 52.3 percent of
all female-headed families included children under 18; the figure was about 61 percent for nonWhites. Both these percentages rose over the years, but much more so for Blacks. Among all
families with children under 18, the female-headed share increased from 10.4 to 26.8 percent
(figures not shown in table). By 2000, about 47 percent of all Black families with children under
18 were female headed. Comparable figures for total families and Hispanic families were 27
percent and 22 percent respectively.
Families headed by males alone also increased in both absolute and relative terms, but the
percentages were low.
The final set of data in the series dealing with marital status and living arrangements is presented
in Table 11. This has to do with households and their members. Essentially, a household unit is
one or more persons occupying a housing unit. They may contain one or more families, a family
and one or more unrelated individuals, a single individual or a small group of individuals.

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All Ages
15 Years and Over*
Single
Married
Widowed
Divorced

Male
456,815
332,764
73,064
236,906
11,730
11,064

1960
Female
478,232
358,941
55,228
239,383
46,129
18,201

All Ages
54 Years and Over*
Single
Married
Widowed
Divorced

49.0
100.0
22.0
71.0
4.0
3.0

51.0
100.0
15.0
67.0
13.0
5.0

Table 9
Marital Status of Persons By Sex
Miami-Dade County, Florida
1960-2000
1970
1980
Male
Female
Male
Female
602,084
665,708
767,882
857,899
457,680
526,044
609,828
708,408
117,112
104,636
170,960
154,896
306,379
312,784
376,763
381,428
15,327
74,220
18,990
101,838
18,862
34,404
43,125
70,246
Percent
47.0
53.0
47.0
53.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
26.0
20.0
28.0
22.0
67.0
60.0
62.0
54.0
3.0
14.0
3.0
14.0
4.0
7.0
7.0
10.0

1990
Male
Female
928,411
1,008,683
727,705
817,759
233,048
198,967
388,043
382,345
20,343
104,902
64,612
101,339
48.0
100.0
32.0
53.0
3.0
9.0

52.0
100.0
24.0
46.0
13.0
12.0

2000
Male
Female
1,088,895
1,164,467
865,771
955,069
275,699
238,097
471,322
473,906
21,307
102,796
81,549
124,839
48.3
100.0
32.0
55.0
3.0
10.0

51.7
100.0
25.0
50.0
11.0
13.0

Note: Figures for 1960 and 1970 are for persons 14 years and older.
Source:

U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003. U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Census of Population: 1960 Detailed Population Characteristics, Florida; Final Report PC (1)-11D. Census of Population: 1970, General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC (1)-C11; Florida and Census Tracts, Miami, Florida PHC (1)-129. Census of Population: 1980, Detailed
Population Characteristics, Florida, Vol. 1 PC80-1-1D11; Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Census of Population and Housing: 1990,
Summary Tape File 1-A, Florida, 1991. Compiled by Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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Table 10
Family Composition
Miami-Dade County, Florida
1960-2000

All Families
1960
Total
Non-White
1970
Total
Black
Hispanic
1980
Total
Black
Hispanic
1990
Total
Black
Hispanic
2000
Total
Black
Hispanic
1960
Total
Non-White
1970
Total
Black
Hispanic
1980
Total
Black
Hispanic
1990
Total
Black
Hispanic
2000
Total
Black
Hispanic
Source:

With Own
Children
Under 18

MarriedCouple
Families

Families Male Householder

Female Householder
With Own
Children Under
Families
18

249,042
29,572

127,704
17,316

217,262
22,177

6,500
1,196

25,330
6,199

13,249
3,776

328,519
39,677
74,833

158,441
25,792
44,698

277,198
26,720
64,369

10,651
1,836
2,474

41,270
11,121
7,990

22,134
N/A
3,951

422,762
63,161
155,202

188,643
39,691
77,690

330,472
34,887
124,439

19,208
5,049
6,499

73,082
23,225
24,264

39,613
15,953
12,293

481,263
88,445
247,536

246,244
52,073
130,309

342,515
42,043
181,536

35,377
9,380
18,891

103,371
37,022
47,109

64,848
23,282
27,291

548,493
102,527
333,724

262,752
58,441
159,786

370,898
46,871
235,342
Percent

43,924
10,233
27,166

133,671
45,423
71,216

70,316
27,656
34,879

100.0
100.0

51.3
58.6

87.2
58.6

2.6
4.0

10.2
21.0

52.3
60.9

100.0
100.0
100.0

48.2
65.0
59.7

84.4
67.3
86.0

3.1
4.6
3.3

12.6
28.0
10.7

53.6
N/A
49.4

100.0
100.0
100.0

44.6
62.8
50.1

78.2
62.8
81.1

4.5
8.0
4.1

17.2
36.8
15.5

54.2
68.7
50.7

100.0
100.0
100.0

51.2
58.9
52.6

71.2
47.5
73.3

7.4
10.6
7.6

21.5
41.9
19.0

62.7
62.9
57.9

100.0
100.0
100.0

47.9
57.0
47.9

67.6
45.7
70.5

8.0
10.0
8.1

24.4
44.3
21.3

52.6
60.9
49.0

U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section,
2003. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 Detailed Population Characteristics, Florida; Final Report (PC (1)11D. Census of Population: 1970, General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C11; Florida and Census
Tracts, Miami, Florida PHC (1)-129. Census of Population: 1980, Detailed Population Characteristics, Florida, Vol. 1 PC80-11D11; Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Census of Population and Housing: 1990, Summary Tape File 1-A,
Florida, 1991. Compiled by Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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Aside from the completely homeless and a small number in unusual accommodations, people
live in either housing units or group quarters. About 98 percent of all persons reside in housing
units, and this has remained constant over time. The average number of occupants per housing
unit in Miami-Dade County declined from 1960 to 1980 but turned up in 1990, still being below
the 1960 and 1970 level (see Table 11). This has been the result of two phenomena: smaller
families and the occurrence of more single person households. This latter group comprised
about 7 percent of all persons in households in 1960, and climbed to more than 11 percent in
1990. The share of households made up by families has dropped over the four censuses.

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Table 11
Household Status and Relationships of Persons in Households
Miami-Dade County, Florida
1960-2000
1960
Total

1970

Non-White

Total

Black

917,448
245,695

135,035
28,915

1,244,337
328,519

185,192
39,546

Nonfamily Householder

62,630

7,054

99,507

Single Person HH

60,633

6,907

86,286

Spouse

214,255

21,732

Other Relatives

365,679

1980

1990

2000

Total

Black

Hispanic

Total

Black

Hispanic

Total

Black

297,341
74,833

1,602,690
422,762

277,022
63,161

577,563
155,202

1,904,375
481,263

388,453
88,445

945,121
247,536

2,207,391
548,493

439,847
102,527

1,275,029
333,724

9,922

7,511

187,068

21,390

37,264

211,092

31,876

72,267

228,281

36,281

103,787

7,866

6,187

157,466

17,118

30,565

172,164

25,340

57,237

180,980

29,192

79,927

277,198

26,439

63,928

330,472

34,579

126,443

342,515

41,501

183,802

370,898

46,632

238,816

69,800

506,839

102,709

145,656

599,990

143,822

241,335

761,869

201,415

385,944

243,522

17,695

62,996

29,189

7,534

32,274

6,586

5,413

62,398

14,070

17,319

107,636

25,216

55,572

139,817

17,332

52,910

17,599

3,958

23,455

4,474

1,876

23,091

3,412

3,431

32,719

9,540

8,286

45,971

15,634

16,708

Persons Per Household

2.98

3.75

2.91

3.74

3.61

2.62

3.26

3.00

2.75

3.23

3.04

2.84

3.19

3.03

Persons in Households

98.1

97.2

98.2

97.7

99.4

98.6

98.8

99.4

98.3

97.6

99.1

98.0

96.2

98.7

26.8

21.4

26.4

21.4

25.2

26.4

22.8

26.9

25.3

22.8

26.2

34.5

23.3

26.2

Nonfamily Householder

6.8

5.2

8.0

5.4

2.5

11.7

7.7

6.5

11.1

8.2

7.7

29.4

8.2

8.1

Single Person HH

6.6

5.1

6.9

4.3

2.1

9.8

6.2

5.3

9.0

6.5

6.1

23.3

6.6

6.3

Spouse

23.4

16.1

22.3

14.3

21.5

20.6

12.5

21.9

18.0

10.7

19.5

16.5

10.6

18.7

Other Relatives

39.9

51.7

40.7

55.5

49.0

37.4

51.9

41.8

40.0

51.9

40.8

10.8

4.0

4.9

3.2

5.6

2.6

3.6

1.8

3.9

5.1

3.0

5.7

6.5

5.9

6.2

3.9

4.1

1.9

2.9

1.9

2.4

0.6

1.4

1.2

0.6

1.7

2.4

0.9

2.0

3.6

1.3

Persons in Households
Family Householder

Nonrelatives
Persons in Group Quarters

Hispanic

Hispanic

Percent
Family Householder

Nonrelatives
Persons in Group Quarters

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3, Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning, Research Section, 2003. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 Characteristics of the
Population, Vol 1, Part II, Florida; Census of Population: 1970, General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC (1)-C11; Florida and Census Tracts, Miami, Florida PHC (1)-129. Census of
Population: 1980, Detailed Population Characteristics, Florida, Vol. 1 PC80-1-1D11; 1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics, Florida, Sec. 1, CP -1-10, Washington, U.S. Government Printing
Office. Compiled by Miami-Dade County Department of Planning & Zoning, Research Section, 2003.

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