People QuickFacts Aventura Florida Population, 2006 estimate 30,027 18,089,888 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 18.8% 13.2% Population, 2000 25,267 15,982,378 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 3.3% 5.9% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 10.1% 22.8% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 35.2% 17.6% Female persons, percent, 2000 55.5% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 93.8% 78.0% Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.7% 14.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.2% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.8% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 20.7% 16.8%  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 47.5% 48.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 36.8% 16.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 41.3% 23.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 89.4% 79.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 38.7% 22.3% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 28.3 26.2  Housing units, 2000 20,020 7,302,947 Homeownership rate, 2000 71.7% 70.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $225,900 $105,500  Households, 2000 14,000 6,337,929 Persons per household, 2000 1.79 2.46 Median household income, 1999 $44,526 $38,819 Per capita money income, 1999 $41,092 $21,557 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 9.1% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Aventura Florida Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 261,511 219,490,896 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 513,907 191,805,685 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $19,472 $11,501 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 156,172 29,366,940 Total number of firms, 2002 4,439 1,539,207 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.4% 2.7% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 23.7% 17.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.5% 28.4%      Geography QuickFacts Aventura Florida Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2 53,926 Persons per square mile, 2000 9,358.1 296.4 FIPS Code 02681 12 Counties Miami-Dade County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts