Miami-Dade County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+11%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,738,3562024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,7532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 26.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 69.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Imperial County, CA · similarity 0.94
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Miami-Dade CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Miami-Dade County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | +19.4% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +95.6% |
| 1896 | +0.5% |
| 1900 | +30.5% |
| 1904 | +45.5% |
| 1908 | +43.3% |
| 1912 | +60.2% |
| 1916 | +35.8% |
| 1920 | +15.0% |
| 1924 | +6.8% |
| 1928 | −21.7% |
| 1932 | +31.7% |
| 1936 | +46.2% |
| 1940 | +34.6% |
| 1944 | +32.9% |
| 1948 | +16.5% |
| 1952 | −13.5% |
| 1956 | −10.7% |
| 1960 | +15.3% |
| 1964 | +28.0% |
| 1968 | +11.4% |
| 1972 | −18.1% |
| 1976 | +17.6% |
| 1980 | −10.5% |
| 1984 | −18.3% |
| 1988 | −11.0% |
| 1992 | +3.5% |
| 1996 | +19.5% |
| 2000 | +6.3% |
| 2004 | +6.3% |
| 2008 | +16.1% |
| 2012 | +23.7% |
| 2016 | +29.6% |
| 2020 | +7.4% |
| 2024 | −11.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 480,156 | 605,497 | 1,093,811 | ||
| D | 617,864 | 532,833 | 1,156,816 | ||
| D | 624,146 | 333,999 | 980,204 | ||
| D | 541,440 | 332,981 | 878,314 | ||
| D | 499,831 | 360,551 | 863,486 | ||
| D | 409,732 | 361,095 | 774,726 | ||
| D | 328,867 | 289,574 | 625,552 | ||
| D | 317,555 | 209,740 | 553,782 | ||
| D | 254,609 | 235,313 | 544,843 | ||
| R | 216,970 | 270,937 | 490,265 | ||
| R | 223,863 | 324,414 | 548,312 | ||
| R | 210,868 | 265,888 | 524,905 | ||
| D | 303,047 | 211,148 | 521,942 | ||
| R | 177,693 | 256,529 | 435,763 | ||
| D | 176,689 | 135,222 | 365,302 | ||
| D | 208,941 | 117,480 | 326,421 | ||
| D | 183,114 | 134,506 | 317,620 | ||
| R | 105,559 | 130,938 | 236,497 | ||
| R | 93,022 | 122,174 | 215,196 | ||
| D | 59,681 | 41,301 | 111,512 | ||
| D | 60,100 | 30,357 | 90,457 | ||
| D | 51,921 | 25,224 | 77,145 | ||
| D | 28,007 | 10,295 | 38,302 | ||
| D | 17,820 | 9,244 | 27,064 | ||
| R | 10,136 | 15,860 | 26,368 | ||
| O | 3,474 | 2,753 | 10,583 | ||
| D | 4,288 | 3,077 | 8,078 | ||
| D | 1,654 | 629 | 2,867 | ||
| D | 1,171 | 99 | 1,782 | ||
| D | 961 | 275 | 1,586 | ||
| D | 887 | 307 | 1,275 | ||
| D | 806 | 389 | 1,365 | ||
| D | 372 | 368 | 792 | ||
| D | 109 | 0 | 114 | ||
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| D | 40 | 27 | 67 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
4.6%
Italian
2.4%
German
1.7%
Irish
1.3%
English
1.2%
French
0.8%
Polish
0.7%
African American
11.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,753
Miami-Dade County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Miami-Dade County$71,753
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Miami-Dade County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.2%
Working age (18–64)12.8%
Seniors (65+)23.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
24.7%
speak English only
Spanish66.7%
Other Indo-European7.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Miami-Dade's Cuban-American and broader Latino electorate has shifted sharply rightward over two election cycles, turning a county that delivered double-digit Democratic margins as recently as 2016 into a reliably Republican one by 2024.
Miami-Dade County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-six points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nineteen points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,753, and a population of 2,738,356. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Imperial County and Passaic County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Miami-Dade County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miami-Dade County, Florida voted Republican by 11.5 points (R+11), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,093,811 votes cast, 480,156 went Democratic and 605,497 went Republican.
What is Miami-Dade County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Miami-Dade County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 26 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Miami-Dade County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Miami-Dade County, Florida voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Miami-Dade County, Florida?
Miami-Dade County, Florida has a population of 2,738,356 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miami-Dade County, Florida?
Median household income in Miami-Dade County, Florida is $71,753 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Miami-Dade County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.