Surfside, Florida


Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,744.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of. of it is land and of it is water.

Surrounding areas

Demographics

As of 2010, Of the 3,890 households 32.9% were vacant. In 2000, 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 32.9% of households were one person and 15.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.75.
In 2000, the town's population was spread out with 16.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% 65 or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.
In 2000, the median household income was $50,927, and the median family income was $56,327. Males had a median income of $47,147 versus $39,181 for females. The per capita income for the town was $38,375. About 6.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, Spanish was spoken as a first language by 49.41% of residents, while English was spoken by 42.11% of the population. Other languages spoken included Portuguese 2.36%, Russian 2.04%, German and Yiddish were both tied at 1.40%, and French was the mother tongue for 1.29% of the populace.
As of 2000, Surfside had the twentieth highest percentage of Brazilian residents in the US, with 1.60% of the US populace It had the twenty-third highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 4.66% of the town's population, as well as the twenty-third highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 20.15% of its population. It also had the thirty-fourth most Peruvians in the US, at 1.47%, while it had the eleventh highest percentage of Trinidadians and Tobagonians, at 1.30% of all residents Surfside's Venezuelan community had the eleventh highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.41% of all residents.