Demographics of Florida

Its residents include people from a wide variety of ethnic, racial, national and religious backgrounds.

[8] Florida's majority ethnic group are European Americans, with approximately 65% of the population identifying as White.

National ethnic communities in the state include Cubans, who migrated en masse following the revolution in the mid 20th century.

They have been joined by other immigrants from Latin America, and Spanish is spoken by more than 20% of the state's population, with high usage especially in the Miami-Dade County area.

[17] The White population continues to remain the largest racial category as a high percentage of Hispanics in Florida identify as White (18.4%) with others identifying as Some Other Race (21.9%), Multiracial (57.0%), Black (1.7%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (0.2%), Asian (0.1%), and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (0.1%).

[17] Note: Births in the table exceed 100% because some Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.

[32] Florida's public education system identified more than 200 first languages other than English spoken in the homes of students.

A Miami accent has developed among persons born and/or raised in and around Miami-Dade County and a few other parts of South Florida.