Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,315 people, 8,169 households, and 3,994 families residing in the city. The population density was 15,231.1 inhabitants per square mile (5,854.6/km²). There were 12,946 housing units at an average density of 12,875.1 per square mile (4,949.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.85% White (58.8% were Non-Hispanic White,) 2.03% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.36% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.34% from other races, and 2.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 36.61% of the population.
There were 8,169 households out of which 12.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.1% were non-families. 43.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.87 and the average family size was 2.55.
The city's population was spread out with 11.3% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 32.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,627, and the median income for a family was $40,309. Males had a median income of $36,893 versus $28,207 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,576. About 11.2% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, Spanish was the mother tongue for 40.07%, while English was spoken by 36.86% of all residents. Living up to its nickname of "Little Moscow," 7.36% of the population had Russian as their first language. Other languages included French (4.08%), Yiddish (2.62%), Hebrew (2.42%), Portuguese (2.00%), Polish (1.37%), Hungarian (0.93%), Italian (0.69%), Arabic (0.65%), German (0.55%), and French Creole (0.34%).
As of 2000, Sunny Isles Beach had the twenty-first highest percentage of Brazilian residents in the US, with 1.5% of the US populace (tied with several other places in the US, including Key Biscayne.) It had the fifteenth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 6.07% of the city's population, and the forty-fifth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 9.75% of the city's population. It also had the seventeenth most Israelis in the US, at 1.7% (tied with Ojus,) while it had the twenty-ninth highest percentage of Peruvians, at 1.77% of all residents. Sunny Isles Beach's Romanian community had the sixteenth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.5% (tying with several other US places, such as Dover, Florida.) It's also home to the sixth highest percentage of Venezuelan residents in the US, at 1.96% of the population. Also, as of 2000, the six main ancestries of the population were 18.2% Russian, 13.6% American, 12.5% Italian, 5.5% Polish, 4.5% English, and 2.3% German.
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