Demographics of Miami

The demographics of the City of Miami are monitored by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2021, the population was estimated at 439,890 for the City of Miami itself and at 2,662,777 for Miami-Dade County.

Demographics of Miami
Population pyramid of the City of Miami in 2021
Population
439,890 (City of Miami, 2021 estimate)
2,662,777 (Miami-Dade County, 2021 estimate)

Population

The population of Miami in 2021 was 439,890,[1] within the county of Miami-Dade for 2021, the population was 2,662,777.[2]

The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida. Miami is the 44th most populous city in the United States. The Miami metropolitan area, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, has a population of 6.1 million people, ranking eighth largest in the United States.[3]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19001,681—
19105,471225.5%
192029,571440.5%
1930110,637274.1%
1940172,17255.6%
1950249,27644.8%
1960291,68817.0%
1970334,85914.8%
1980346,6813.5%
1990358,5483.4%
2000362,4701.1%
2010399,45710.2%
2020442,24110.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Growth rate

The City of Miami's population slightly declined from 2020 to 2021. The population was estimated by the Census Bureau to have declined by −0.5% percent.[1]

Life expectancy

The life expectancy of the county of Miami-Dade is 82.4 years of age in total in 2019.[5] This differs by ethnic group: non-Hispanic whites have a life expectancy of 80.1, Hispanics 84.2; blacks 77.0 and Asians 91.1.[5]

Fertility

The highest percentage of births in Miami-Dade County come from women in the age brackets of 30–35.[6]

Age structure

The median age of Miami-Dade County is 40.2 years.[6]

Age structure of the City of Miami[1] Year
2020
Persons under 5 years, percent 5.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent 17.2%
Persons from 18 to 65, percent 66.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent 16.6%

Gender
Gender Balance[1] Year
2020
Males (%) 49.9%
Females (%) 50.1%

Race and ethnicity
Map of racial/ethnic distribution in Miami, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other

Miami has a minority-majority population, as non-Hispanic whites comprise less than half of the population, 11.5%, down from 41.7% in 1970. Hispanic or Latino (of any race) make up 72.5% of Miami's population. As of the 2020 census, the racial makeup of the population of Miami was 65.4% white American (including white Hispanics), 16.0% black or African-American (including black Hispanics), 1.3% Asian-American, and the remainder belonged to other groups or was of mixed racial ancestry.

In 1960, Hispanics made up about 5% of the population of Miami-Dade County. Between 1960 and 2000, 90% of the population growth in the county was made up of Hispanics, raising the Hispanic portion of the population to more than 57% by 2000.[7]

Racial demographics of the City of Miami
Demographic profile[8] 2020[9] 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910
White (Includes White Hispanics) 65.4% 72.6% 66.6% 65.6% 66.6% 76.6% 77.4% 83.7% 78.5% 77.3% 68.5% 58.7%
Hispanics 72.5% 70.0% 65.8% 62.5% 55.9% 44.6% 17.6% – – – – –
Black or African American (includes black Hispanics) 16.0% 19.2% 22.3% 27.4% 25.1% 22.7% 22.4% 16.2% 21.4% 22.7% 31.3% 41.3%
Non-Hispanic White 11.5% 11.9% 11.8% 12.2% 19.4% 41.7% – – – – – –
Other — 4.2% 5.6% 6.4% 7.8% 0.4% 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Asian 1.3% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% – – – – – –
Racial demographics of Miami-Dade County
Demographic profile[10] 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020[11]
Non-Hispanic White alone 100% – 92.3% 83.2% 57.4% 68.4% 77.9% 80.4% 84.1% – 62.4% 46.1% 30.8% 20.7% 15.4% 13.4%
Non-Hispanic Asian, Native American and Pacific Islander alone – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1.5% 1.5% 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, any race(s) 0.0% – 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 1.3% 1.5% 3.1% – 22.6% 36.6% 48.7% 57.3% 65.0% 68.7%
Non-Hispanic Black alone 0.0% – 7.7% 13.7% 42.6% 31.4% 20.8% 17.9% 12.7% – 14.7% 16.4% 19.0% 19.0% 17.1% 14.0%
Non-Hispanic Other – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.2% 0.2% 0.5%
Non-Hispanic Two or more races – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1.4% 0.8% 1.7%

Country of birth

The majority of Miami's population is foreign-born. As of 2020, foreign-born residents made up 58.1% of Miami's population.[1] This was slightly more than in Miami-Dade County as a whole, where only 53.6% of the population was foreign-born. 92% of the foreign-born residents of Miami-Dade County were born in Latin America.[6]

Language

The language demographics of Miami have shifted due to Hispanic migration to the city.

In 2010, 70.2% of Miami's population age five and over spoke only Spanish at home while 22.7% of the population spoke English at home. About 6.3% spoke other Indo-European languages at home. About 0.4% spoke Asian languages or Pacific Islander languages/Oceanic languages at home. The remaining 0.3% of the population spoke other languages at home. In total, 77.3% spoke another language other than English.[12]

In 2016, a total of 73% of Miami's population age five and over spoke a language other than English at home. Of this 73%, 64.5% of the population only spoke Spanish at home while 21.1% of the population spoke English at home. About 7% spoke other Indo-European languages at home, while about 0.9% spoke Asian languages or Pacific Islander languages/Oceanic languages at home. The remaining 0.7% of the population spoke other languages at home.

Religion

Religion in the Miami metropolitan area (2014)[13]

  Protestantism (39%)
  Roman Catholicism (27%)
  Mormonism (0.5%)
  Eastern Orthodoxy (0.5%)
  Jehovah's Witnesses (1%)
  Other Christian (1%)
  No religion (21%)
  Judaism (9%)
  Other religion (1%)

According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, Christianity is the most prevalently practiced religion in the Miami metropolitan area (68%), with 39% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 27% professing Roman Catholic beliefs.[14][15] Followed by Judaism (9%); Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and a variety of other religions have smaller followings; atheism or no self-identifying organized religious affiliation was practiced by 21%.

A 2011 survey of American Judaism found that Miami-Dade County was less Jewish than the Miami metropolitan area as a whole; only 4.3% of Miami-Dade County residents were Jewish, compared to 15.8% of Palm Beach County residents and 9.8% of Broward County residents.[16]

There has been a Norwegian Seamen's church in Miami since the early 1980s. In November 2011, Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened a new building for the church. The church was built as a center for the 10,000 Scandinavians that live in Florida. Around 4,000 of them are Norwegian. The church is also an important place for the 150 Norwegians that work at Walt Disney World in Central Florida.

Social issues

Marital status

In 2020, 45% of Miami-Dade County was married with 55% of the county being classified as 'Single'.[6]

References
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  2. "QuickFacts: Miami-Dade County, Florida". United States Census Bureau.
  3. "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 19, 2010. Archived from the original (XLS) on October 16, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. "County Health Rankings & Roadmaps". County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  6. "Miami-Dade County, FL – Profile". Census Reporter.
  7. "Demographic Profile: Miami–Dade County, Florida 1960–2000" (PDF). Miami, Florida: Miami–Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning. September 2003. p. iii (p. 5 of PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
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  11. Bureau, US Census. "Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census". Census.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  12. "Miami, Florida Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 – 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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  14. Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles, Pew Research Center
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