Naranja is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Many orangegroves were once located in this area, so the community name came from the Spanish word for orange, "naranja", but the actual pronunciation is among the local residents, which is the Portuguese pronunciation. Naranja was also a stop for the Florida East Coast Railroad that once ran through this area. The population was 8,303 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Naranja is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,034 people, 1,196 households, and 875 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,654.6 people per square mile. There were 1,630 housing units at an average density of 1,072.7/sq mi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 32.99% White 57.54% African American, 0.42% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 3.89% from other races, and 3.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.97% of the population. There were 1,196 households out of which 48.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.4% were married couplesliving together, 36.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.73. In the CDP, the population was spread out with 39.5% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,825, and the median income for a family was $19,443. Males had a median income of $22,614 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $7,346. About 42.3% of families and 50.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 62.7% of those under age 18 and 19.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 66.25% of residents, while Spanish made up 28.14%, French Creole was at 4.64%, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0.95% of the population. As of 2000, Naranja had the highest percentage of Trinidadian and Tobagonian residents in the US, with 2.70% of the populace It had the sixty-first highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 5.90% of the population, and the forty-second highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, at 4.30% of its population. It also had the thirty-fifth most Jamaicans in the US, at 3.80% while it had the thirty-third highest percentage of Nicaraguans, at 1.26% of all residents
