Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 2,600 |
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| 1940 | 3,958 | 52.2% | |
| 1950 | 19,676 | 397.1% | |
| 1960 | 66,972 | 240.4% | |
| 1970 | 102,452 | 53.0% | |
| 1980 | 145,254 | 41.8% | |
| 1990 | 188,004 | 29.4% | |
| 2000 | 226,419 | 20.4% | |
| 2010 | 224,669 | −0.8% | |
| Hialeah Demographics | |||
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| 2010 Census | Hialeah | Miami-Dade County | Florida |
| Total population | 224,669 | 2,496,435 | 18,801,310 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | -0.8% | +10.8% | +17.6% |
| Population density | 10,474.2/sq mi | 1,315.5/sq mi | 350.6/sq mi |
| White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) | 92.6% | 73.8% | 75.0% |
| (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) | 4.2% | 15.4% | 57.9% |
| Black or African-American | 2.7% | 18.9% | 16.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 94.7% | 65.0% | 22.5% |
| Asian | 0.4% | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Two or more races (Multiracial) | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Some Other Race | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
As of 2010, there were 74,067 households, with 3.9% being vacant. As of 2000, 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.39.
In 2000, the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $29,492, and the median income for a family was $31,621. Males had a median income of $23,133 versus $17,886 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,402. About 16.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 22.4% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2010, Hialeah had the highest percentage of Cuban and Cuban American residents in the United States, with 73.37% of the populace. It had the forty-third highest percentage of Colombian and Colombian American residents in the US, at 3.16% of the city's population, and the eighty-fifth highest percentage of Dominican and Dominican American residents in the US, at 1.81% of the its population. It also had the thirty-eighth highest percentage of Hondurans and Honduran American in the US, at 1.15%, while it had the eighth highest percentage of Nicaraguans and Nicaraguan American, at 4.07% of all residents.
Hialeah ranks #2 (nearby Hialeah Gardens ranks as #1) in the list of cities in the United States where Spanish is most spoken. As of 2000, 92.14% of the population spoke Spanish at home, while those who spoke only English made up 7.37% of the population. All other languages spoken were below 1% of the population.
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