Dade County Population

This Table illustrates the tri-ethnic population of Miami-Dade County.

TRI-ETHNIC POPULATION OF DADE COUNTY: 1960-1995

Non-Hispanic White Black Hispanic Total

Year Number % Number % Number % Number %

1960 748,000 79.8 140,000 14.9 50,000 5.3 938,000 100.0

1970 786,000 61.6 190,000 14.9 299,000 23.5 1,275,000 100.0

1980 776,000 47.3 282,000 17.2 581,000 35.5 1,639,000 100.0

1990 614,000 31.2 398,000 20.3 953,000 48.5 1,965,000 100.0

1995 516,000 24.7 440,000 21.1 1,134,000 54.2 2,090,000 100.0

Source: Thomas D. Boswell. 1994. The Cubanization and Hispanicization of Metropolitan Miami. Cuban American Policy Center, Cuban American National Council; Metro-Dade Planning Department, 1995, "Dade County Facts."

Note: The non-Hispanic white category includes a small proportion of "other" races.

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Last Updated January 29, 1998 by Dario Moreno