West Miami, Florida

Miami -Dade County

12-76525

West Miami is a city in Miami -Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida with 5,965 inhabitants ( 2010).

Geography

West Miami adjacent to Miami and Coral Gables.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 5,965 inhabitants distributed to 2,180 households. The population density was 3313.9 inh. / Km ². 95.0 % of the population were white, 1.3% African American, 0.2% Native American and 0.2 % Asian Americans. 1.9% were members of other ethnic groups and 1.3% in different ethnic groups. 90.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 45.8 % of all households lived in 32.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 73.8 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.86 and the average family size is 3.18 people.

19.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.0% were 20-39 years old, 27.9% were 40-59 years old and 29.2% were at least 60 years old. The median age was 45 years. 46.9 % of the population were male and 53.1 % female.

The average annual income was $ 34,754, while 15.3 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 12.61 % of the population spoke Spanish and 87.38 %.

Traffic

West Miami is affected by the U.S. Highway 41 and the Florida State Roads 90 and 959. The Miami International Airport is located 6 km north of the city.

Crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 217 points ( U.S. average: 266 points ) within the average range. There was a robbery, ten injuries, 67 burglaries, 103 thefts and eleven car thefts.