South Miami Heights is a

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(CDP), originally known as Eureka, in

Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County () is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populous coun ...

. It is part of the

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. The population was 36,770 as of the 2020 census.

Geography

South Miami Heights is located southwest of

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at (25.588784, -80.385209). It is bordered to the east by Cutler Bay, to the south by Goulds, to the northwest by Richmond West, and to the northeast by West Perrine. It is bordered to the north by Thompson Memorial Park and

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. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.52%, are water.

Demographics

2010 and 2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 36,770 people, 10,769 households, and 8,265 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 35,696 people, 10,558 households, and 8,485 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 33,522 people, 9,931 households, and 7,994 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 6,800.4 people per square mile (2,625.3/km²). There were 10,364 housing units at an average density of 2,102.5/sq mi (811.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 55.47%

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(11.2%

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), 30.32%

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, 0.28% Native American, 1.83% Asian, 0.02%

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, 6.85% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 56.17% of the population. As of 2000, there were 9,931 households out of which 43.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were

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living together, 22.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.68. In 2000, in the CDP the population was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $34,899, and the median income for a family was $37,457. Males had a median income of $25,768 versus $22,080 for females. The

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for the CDP was $12,315. About 14.8% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the

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, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 24.3% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a

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accounted for 58.06% of residents, while English made up 40.16%, French was at 0.94%, and French Creole was the mother tongue of 0.81% of the population.

References

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