MiamiDade County, Florida Demographics

MiamiDade County is 2nd out of 3,143 other counties in Foreign born residents

MiamiDade County is 3rd out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

MiamiDade County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

MiamiDade County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

MiamiDade County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

MiamiDade County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

MiamiDade County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

MiamiDade County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

MiamiDade County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

MiamiDade County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Households

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

MiamiDade County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

MiamiDade County is 2nd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	2,591,035	1st	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,897.7	3rd	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,315.5	4th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	20th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	29th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	49th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.6%	52nd	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.2%	17th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	77.6%	51st	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.2%	16th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	63rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	25th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	60th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	1st	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	67th	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.4%	16th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	51.2%	1st	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	990,558	1st	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	46.8%	3rd	29.9%	25.9%
Households	825,337	1st	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.6%	65th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$246,800	4th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.9	10th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5,069	3rd	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$23,348	32nd	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$43,957	37th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.9%	22nd	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	MiamiDade County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	74,585	1st	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	823,116	1st	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	403,672	1st	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$34,530,470	1st	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,074	16th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,005,856	2nd	$41,922,059	$613,795,732