† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOpa-lockaFloridaUnited States
Cuban27.4%7.3%0.7%
Colombian4.1%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan3.9%1.6%—
Nicaraguan3.3%0.6%—
Puerto Rican2.4%5.6%1.8%
Dominican1.9%1.3%0.7%
Honduran1.8%0.6%0.3%
Mexican1.7%3.3%11.3%
African American†23.2%9.5%9.9%
Haitian11.9%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican4.3%1.5%0.4%
African1.2%0.5%0.5%
Bahamian0.9%——
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.6%0.2%—
American4.6%7.7%5.3%
Italian2.4%5.6%4.8%
German1.7%8.9%12.5%
Irish1.3%8.2%9.4%
English1.2%8.2%9.5%
French0.8%1.7%1.6%
Polish0.7%2.1%2.2%
Russian0.6%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Opa-locka
Florida
United States
Median age
34.8
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Opa-locka
Florida
United States
Median household income
$37,532
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
29.7%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
7.9%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Opa-locka
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
58.1%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
52.1%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.2%
2.7%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Opa-locka
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Opa-locka, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+77.1%
2008
+80.8%
2012
+86.2%
2016
+76.1%
2020
+55.1%
2024
+33.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
66.2%Harris2,878
32.8%Trump1,428
1.0%
D+33.3
R+21.8
D+34.8
4,349
D
77.3%Biden4,131
22.1%Trump1,183
0.6%
D+55.1
R+20.9
D+50.7
5,346
D
87.2%Clinton4,316
11.1%Trump551
1.7%
D+76.1
R+10.1
D+74.0
4,949
D
92.9%Obama4,509
6.7%Romney325
0.5%
D+86.2
D+5.4
D+82.3
4,856
D
90.1%Obama4,228
9.3%McCain435
0.7%
D+80.8
D+3.7
D+73.5
4,695
D
88.2%Kerry3,474
11.0%Bush435
0.8%
D+77.1
—
D+79.6
3,941
Opa-Locka is a majority-Black municipality of roughly 16,000 residents in northern Miami-Dade County, where local races frequently turn on mobilization margins rather than partisan affiliation shifts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 21.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.3 points.
A population of 16,282, a 3% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $37,532 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brownsville and Richmond Heights.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Opa-locka, Florida voted Democratic by 33.3 points (D+33.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,349 votes cast, 2,878 went Democratic and 1,428 went Republican.
How many people live in Opa-locka, Florida?
Opa-locka, Florida has a population of 16,282 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Opa-locka, Florida?
Median household income in Opa-locka, Florida is $37,532 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Opa-locka, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Opa-locka, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
