Florida is a Southern US state with a population of 20,598,139 people and a land area of 53,625 square miles. It is the third-largest state by population and the 25th-smallest state by area.
Race and ethnicity
According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates, 54.40% of state residents identify as white, 15.40% as Black or African American, 0.20% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.70% as Asian, 0.10% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 25.20% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.20% as another race or combination of races.
Nationally, 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as another race or combination of races.
Census respondents are asked to report their ancestry. German, Irish, American, English, and Italian are among the most widely claimed ancestries in Florida. According to the location quotient, which compares the state share to the national share, Bahamian, Haitian, and U.S. Virgin Islander ancestries are among the most concentrated in Florida.
Native and foreign-born populations
An estimated 79.50% of Floridians are native-born, which means they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad to a US citizen.
Of the 20.50% of the population that is foreign-born, 55.10% have become naturalized US citizens. 86.5% of Americans are native-born. Of the 13.5% of Americans who are foreign-born, 48.8% have become naturalized US citizens.
Age
Florida’s population is older than the United States as a whole. The median age in the state is 41.9 years old, 4.0 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 19.70% of the population is 65 years or older, compared to 15.2% of the US population.
Family and household composition
Family and household composition vary greatly across the United States. In Florida, married-couple families occupy 46.70% of homes, while the national ratio is 48.3%. 4.90% of households are occupied by single male householders, 13.00% by single female householders, and 35.50% by non-family occupants. 4.9% of households are occupied by single male homeowners, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. Heads of households own their homes at a percentage of approximately 65.00%, compared to 63.8% nationally.
Language spoken
In Florida, as in the rest of the United States, English is the most commonly spoken language. Of the 19,480,700 persons in Florida aged 5 and up, 88.1% speak English solely or, if multilingual, extremely well. English usage is about as common in the state as it is nationwide, with an average of 91.5% of the population aged 5 and up speaking English exclusively or very well.
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the US. In Florida, 21.6% of the population aged 5 and up speaks Spanish, the fourth highest percentage among all states. Nationally, 13.3% of all Americans of the same age speak Spanish.
Marital status:
Residents of Florida are less likely to marry than the average American. 46.3% of Florida’s 17.2 million citizens aged 15 and above are currently married, compared to 48.1% nationally. Meanwhile, the state has a higher divorce rate than the national average. In Florida, 13% of the population aged 15 and up is divorced, compared to 10.8% in the United States as a whole.
An estimated 31.5% of Floridians aged 15 and above have never married, compared to one-third of Americans of the same age.
Educational attainment
Adults in Florida are roughly as likely to have a high school education as the average American adult, but less likely to have a four-year college education. Among Florida people aged 25 and up, 88% have a high school diploma or equivalent, while 29.2% have a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% nationally, respectively.
Income of Floridians
Though not always the case, earnings tend to rise with educational attainment rates across large populations, and Florida is no exception. The state has a lower-than-normal bachelor’s degree attainment rate and a lower-than-average median income. The typical Florida household makes $53,267 per year, which is almost $7,000 less than the national median household income of $60,293.
Furthermore, Florida has a lower-than-average concentration of wealthy individuals. Approximately 5.4% of households in the state earn $200,000 or more each year, compared to 7.0% overall.
NOTE: The data for this article is taken from 2020 statistics.