Miami Dade County, FL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Miami dade county florida dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school643,727100.0
Nursery school, preschool39,4406.1
Kindergarten34,0345.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)261,91940.7
High school (grades 9-12)147,89923.0
College or graduate school160,43524.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over1,491,789100.0
Less than 9th grade219,06614.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma260,28717.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)332,99722.3
Some college, no degree262,15717.6
Associate degree93,8836.3
Bachelor's degree183,97812.3
Graduate or professional degree139,4219.3
Percent high school graduate or higher67.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher21.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over1,789,515100.0
Never married513,79628.7
Now married, except separated880,82049.2
Separated64,4083.6
Widowed124,1036.9
Female
102,7965.7
Divorced206,38811.5
Female
124,8397.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years82,318100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren27,00232.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over1,694,458100.0
Civilian veterans91,5555.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years500,532100.0
With a disability41,5358.3
Population 21 to 64 years1,286,009100.0
With a disability300,04823.3
Percent employed
53.7(X)
No disability985,96176.7
Percent employed
67.9(X)
Population 65 years and over291,165100.0
With a disability132,40945.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over2,108,512100.0
Same house in 19951,059,05750.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995842,76640.0
Same county
693,88832.9
Different county
148,8787.1
Same state
45,9632.2
Different state
102,9154.9
Elsewhere in 1995206,6899.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population2,253,362100.0
Native1,105,59749.1
Born in United States
1,036,46346.0
State of residence
666,19029.6
Different state
370,27316.4
Born outside United States
69,1343.1
Foreign born1,147,76550.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
416,05918.5
Naturalized citizen
535,08023.7
Not a citizen
612,68527.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,147,756100.0
Europe44,0673.8
Asia28,6382.5
Africa4,8510.4
Oceania3730.0
Latin America1,064,43692.7
Northern America5,3910.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over2,108,512100.0
English only676,34732.1
Language other than English1,432,16567.9
Speak English less than 'very well
731,81434.7
Spanish
1,248,61659.2
Speak English less than "very well"
658,72131.2
Other Indo-European languages
155,3697.4
Speak English less than "very well"
62,0592.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages
16,3950.8
Speak English less than "very well"
7,7890.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population2,253,362100.0

Total ancestries reported

2,182,59596.9
Arab14,6700.7
Czech13,1630.1
Danish1,7580.1
Dutch6,9010.3
English44,5872.0
French (except Basque)121,7151.0
French Canadian13,3580.1
German57,4782.6
Greek4,8350.2
Hungarian6,4510.3
Irish151,0942.3
Italian52,5452.3
Lithuanian2,3900.1
Norwegian3,9600.2
Polish22,0281.0
Portuguese5,0550.2
Russian25,8111.1
Scotch-Irish6,9500.3
Scottish9,6040.4
Slovak6900.0
Subsaharan African14,0010.6
Swedish5,4210.2
Swiss1,9080.1
Ukrainian2,8640.1
United States or American89,2394.0
Welsh2,8500.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)160,2827.1
Other ancestries1,560,98769.3
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19


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