The city of West Miami, which is only three-quarters of a square mile, is nestled between Tamiami Trail and Coral Way. Among early suggested names for the city were West Haven and West Gate. Incorporated as a town with 700 residents, West Miami now stands as a city with 5,965 residents, a 1.7% increase since a 2010 census. Like the Little Havana neighborhood, the majority of West Miami, 90.2% according to a U.S. census, consists of Hispanics and Latinos. West Miami is surrounded by its larger neighbors, Coral Gables and Miami.
Demographics
As of 2010, there were 2,180 households, out of which 4.4% were vacant. In 2000, 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couplesliving together, 17.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.14. In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $34,910, and the median income for a family was $39,000. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $26,013 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,850. About 7.6% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, Spanish as a first language was at 87.39% of residents, while English spoken as the mother tongue was 12.61% of the population. As of 2000, West Miami had the fourth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 61.61% of the populace. It had the tenth highest percentage of Nicaraguan residents in the US, at 2.98% of the city's population, and the eighty-first highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 1.91% of its population It also had the thirty-first most Hondurans in the US, at 1.25%, while it had the fifty-eighth highest percentage of Peruvians, at 1.04% of all residents.
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Crime
The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 22, with no homicides. The violent crime rate was 3.6 per 1,000 people.
