Florida · Census place 1245060
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Gardens is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida with an estimated 116,173 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 116,173
- #21 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +4,728 people
- Land area
- 18.5 sq mi
- + 0.77 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,286 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Miami Gardens population, 2020 to 2024
Miami Gardens added 4,728 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,648. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 128th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Miami Gardens is 5.3 times that size.
Miami Gardens covers 18.48 square miles of land and 0.77 of water, for 6,286 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Miami Gardens is denser than the typical town.
What county Miami Gardens is in
All of Miami Gardens's residents live in Miami-Dade County, which had 2,838,461 residents in 2024. Miami Gardens holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Miami Gardens
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Miami Gardens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33014, 33054, 33055, 33056, 33169. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Miami Gardens is
The Census internal point of Miami Gardens is at 25.948900, -80.243600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 395.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Miramar, FL (143,242 people), 6.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 25.948900, -80.243600
- DMS
- 25°56'56.04"N 80°14'36.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 575732.8E 2870243.6N
- Geohash
- dhwgw5b7k
- Plus code
- 76QXWQX4+HH
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Miami Gardens
At 25.95° N, Miami Gardens gets about 13 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Miami Gardens daylight page.
Places near Miami Gardens
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Opa-locka, 3.5 miles away, with 16,507 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Miami Gardens, FL?
116,173 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,728 (4.2%) from 111,445 in July 2020.
What county is Miami Gardens in?
Miami-Dade County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Miami Gardens?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33014, 33054, 33055, 33056, 33169.
How far is Miami Gardens from Tallahassee?
395.7 miles (636.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Miami Gardens.
What is the nearest larger city to Miami Gardens?
Miramar, FL, with 143,242 residents, 6.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.