Hialeah, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Hialeah had a population of 226,419 people^<1>. This represents 1.41% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
2	Miami	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	413,201	14% increase
3	Tampa	NW	197 mi [317 km]	340,882	12.34% increase
4	Saint Petersburg	NW	194 mi [312.2 km]	245,314	1.18% decrease
-5-	Hialeah			210,542	7.01% decrease
6	Orlando	N	186 mi [299.3 km]	230,519	23.97% increase
7	Fort Lauderdale	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	183,126	20.16% increase
8	Tallahassee	NW	397 mi [638 km]	171,922	14.14% increase

Hialeah had 72,142 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Hialeah has an area^<4> of 19.24 square miles [49.83 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Hialeah had a 2000 population density of 11,767 people per square mile [4,543 people/km²], making it the state's 6th most densely populated area.

Miami-Dade County

The city of Hialeah is located in Miami-Dade County.

The county had a population of 2,259,111 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 226,419 people, Hialeah contained 10.02% of the Miami-Dade County total.

In addition, where the community of Hialeah has a population density of 11,767 people per square mile [4,543 people/km²], Miami-Dade County averages 1,160 people per square mile [448.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Miami-Dade County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Hialeah and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Hialeah. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Hialeah. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Hialeah, it also contains a comparison between Hialeah and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Hialeah QuickFact (QF-1230000).

The following communities are nearby Hialeah and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Miramar	QF-1245975	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	108,484	49.14% increase
	Miami	QF-1245000	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	413,201	14% increase
	North Miami	QF-1249450	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	55,908	6.63% decrease
	North Miami Beach	QF-1249475	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	37,997	6.84% decrease
	Pembroke Pines	QF-1255775	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	145,661	5.99% increase
	Miami Beach	QF-1245025	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	84,633	3.75% decrease
	Hallandale	QF-1228450	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Coral Gables	QF-1214250	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	42,781	1.26% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Hialeah.

A Census Quickfact is available for Miami-Dade County (QF-12086).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Miami-Dade County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Broward	QF-12011	N	1,751,234	7.31% increase
	Collier	QF-12021	W	315,258	24.1% increase
	Monroe	QF-12087	SW	72,243	9.06% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Hialeah:

Hialeah is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Hialeah.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Hialeah. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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