† 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
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupMiami-Fort LauderdaleFloridaUnited States
Cuban22.9%7.3%0.7%
Colombian5.1%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan4.2%1.6%—
Puerto Rican3.6%5.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan2.4%0.6%—
Dominican2.3%1.3%0.7%
Mexican2.1%3.3%11.3%
Honduran1.7%0.6%0.3%
American5.2%7.7%5.3%
Italian3.8%5.6%4.8%
German3.1%8.9%12.5%
Irish2.9%8.2%9.4%
English2.4%8.2%9.5%
Polish1.2%2.1%2.2%
French1.0%1.7%1.6%
Russian0.9%——
African American†9.4%9.5%9.9%
Haitian5.1%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican3.2%1.5%0.4%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%0.2%—
Bahamian0.4%——
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
West Indian0.2%——
Asian Indian0.9%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
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
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Median age
41.1
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Median household income
$74,449
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.6%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.4%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
61.4%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
50.1%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.6%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Catholic
25.4%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.5%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.6%
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.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+91.5%
1896
+5.1%
1900
+36.6%
1904
+40.8%
1908
+39.6%
1912
+46.5%
1916
+32.7%
1920
+15.3%
1924
+10.2%
1928
−18.5%
1932
+35.9%
1936
+47.4%
1940
+35.6%
1944
+31.6%
1948
+13.8%
1952
−16.0%
1956
−16.9%
1960
+7.1%
1964
+15.9%
1968
−1.3%
1972
−28.8%
1976
+12.4%
1980
−14.8%
1984
−16.6%
1988
−6.5%
1992
+11.9%
1996
+26.5%
2000
+20.2%
2004
+17.0%
2008
+24.2%
2012
+28.2%
2016
+31.3%
2020
+17.0%
2024
+0.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.0%Harris1,005,616
49.2%Trump990,606
0.4%Stein8,459 +5
D+0.7
R+16.2
D+2.2
2,012,972
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic50.0%1,005,616
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.2%990,606
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%8,459
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%4,027
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%2,378
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%969
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%891
OtherAll other candidates0.0%26
D
58.2%Biden1,258,497
41.2%Trump891,935
0.6%
D+17.0
R+14.3
D+12.5
2,162,517
D
64.5%Clinton1,196,437
33.3%Trump616,854
2.2%
D+31.3
D+3.0
D+29.2
1,854,633
D
63.9%Obama1,069,156
35.6%Romney596,316
0.5%
D+28.2
D+4.1
D+24.4
1,673,793
D
61.9%Obama1,013,378
37.7%McCain617,213
0.4%
D+24.2
D+7.2
D+16.9
1,637,657
D
58.1%Kerry883,259
41.1%Bush625,236
0.8%
D+17.0
R+3.2
D+19.4
1,521,133
D
59.4%Gore733,114
39.2%Bush483,576
1.5%
D+20.2
R+6.3
D+19.7
1,234,686
D
59.9%Clinton653,585
33.4%Dole364,686
6.7%
D+26.5
D+14.6
D+17.9
1,091,424
D
48.9%Clinton541,420
37.1%Bush410,043
14.0%
D+11.9
D+18.3
D+6.3
1,106,682
R
46.5%Dukakis445,401
53.0%Bush507,181
0.5%
R+6.5
D+10.1
D+1.3
957,275
R
41.7%Mondale426,221
58.3%Reagan595,354
0.0%
R+16.6
R+1.7
D+1.7
1,021,653
R
38.1%Carter365,111
53.0%Reagan507,225
8.9%
R+14.8
R+27.3
R+5.1
957,272
D
55.5%Carter490,617
43.1%Ford380,791
1.4%
D+12.4
D+41.2
D+10.4
884,042
R
35.4%McGovern256,289
64.2%Nixon464,745
0.3%
R+28.8
R+27.5
R+5.7
723,365
R
41.5%Humphrey238,836
42.9%Nixon246,438
15.6%
R+1.3
R+17.3
R+0.6
574,928
D
58.0%Johnson286,283
42.0%Goldwater207,586
0.0%
D+15.9
D+8.8
R+6.6
493,869
D
53.6%Kennedy237,897
46.4%Nixon206,216
0.0%
D+7.1
D+24.0
D+7.0
444,113
R
41.6%Stevenson126,447
58.4%Eisenhower177,827
0.0%
R+16.9
R+0.9
R+1.5
304,274
R
42.0%Stevenson109,817
58.0%Eisenhower151,623
0.0%
R+16.0
R+29.8
R+5.2
261,440
D
52.0%Truman70,536
38.2%Dewey51,782
9.8%
D+13.8
R+17.7
D+9.4
135,536
D
65.8%Roosevelt70,165
34.2%Dewey36,506
0.0%
D+31.6
R+4.0
D+24.1
106,671
D
67.8%Roosevelt62,445
32.2%Willkie29,675
0.0%
D+35.6
R+11.8
D+25.6
92,120
D
73.7%Roosevelt34,997
26.3%Landon12,483
0.0%
D+47.4
D+11.5
D+23.2
47,480
D
67.9%Roosevelt23,951
32.1%Hoover11,297
0.0%
D+35.9
D+54.4
D+18.1
35,248
R
40.0%Smith13,599
58.5%Hoover19,891
1.5%
R+18.5
R+28.7
R+1.0
34,000
D
37.0%Davis4,730
26.7%Coolidge3,422
36.3%
D+10.2
R+5.1
D+35.4
12,797
D
52.5%Cox5,682
37.2%Harding4,029
10.3%
D+15.3
R+17.4
D+41.5
10,824
D
55.3%Wilson2,766
22.6%Hughes1,132
22.0%
D+32.7
R+13.8
D+29.5
4,998
D
60.6%Wilson2,194
14.2%Taft513
25.2%
D+46.5
D+6.9
D+26.9
3,618
D
57.8%Bryan1,591
18.2%Taft502
23.9%
D+39.6
R+1.2
D+49.1
2,752
D
65.7%Parker1,567
24.9%Roosevelt594
9.4%
D+40.8
D+4.2
D+60.4
2,386
D
62.3%Bryan1,553
25.7%McKinley641
12.0%
D+36.6
D+31.5
D+44.1
2,492
D
48.5%Bryan824
43.4%McKinley737
8.1%
D+5.1
R+86.4
D+11.2
1,698
D
91.5%Cleveland876
0.0%Harrison0
8.5%
D+91.5
—
D+89.9
957
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+9.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+0.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 8.9 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
2,615,570
1,192,100
643,305
771,686
8,479
2018
2,681,544
1,217,433
652,772
793,936
17,403
2019
2,680,691
1,206,208
649,092
803,039
22,352
2020
2,916,536
1,293,024
731,806
852,930
38,776
2021
2,861,012
1,244,585
720,019
853,348
43,060
2023
2,772,893
1,126,173
731,744
864,279
50,697
2024
2,779,892
1,064,478
797,207
854,870
63,337
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−103,702 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −655,035 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale in Miami-Fort Lauderdale: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,477
2012
−7,815
2013
−13,467
2014
−25,665
2015
−31,555
2016
−33,755
2017
−53,037
2018
−63,054
2019
−58,077
2021
−56,584
2022
−47,159
2023
−67,328
2024
−96,314
2025
−103,702
Spanish-language media commands unusual influence here, and shifting preferences among Cuban-American and Venezuelan-American voters have moved the market's suburban precincts by double digits across consecutive cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.5 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 28.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 16.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.7 points.
A population of 4,797,345, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,449 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New York and West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce.
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How did Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida voted Democratic by 0.7 points (D+0.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,012,972 votes cast, 1,005,616 went Democratic and 990,606 went Republican.
When did Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida has a population of 4,797,345 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida is $74,449 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
