Florida has the third-largest Latino electorate. According to a Pew Research Center analysis of Florida state government data, nearly 2.5 million Latinos are registered to vote in Florida in 2020, making up 17% of the state's total. Roughly 476,000 additional Hispanics are registered to vote in Florida in 2020 compared with 2016, accounting for 30% of the state's overall growth in registered voters during that period.
Top Counties
Hispanics account for 58% of all registered voters in Miami-Dade County, the largest share in Florida. Roughly half (48%) of registered voters in Osceola County are Hispanic, the second-largest share in the state.
There are 915,000 Hispanic registered voters in Miami-Dade County or 37% of the state's Hispanic total. Broward County follows with 11%, while Orange (9%), Hillsborough (7%), and Palm Beach (5%) sum up the top counties.
Growth
The number of Latinos registered to vote in Polk County grew by 54% from 2016 to 2020, the fastest growth among counties with at least 20,000 Latino registered voters in 2020 – and much faster than the statewide increase (+24%).
Fourteen other counties also exceeded the statewide growth rate in Latino voter registrations from 2016 to 2020. They include Lake (+49%), Pasco (+47%), Manatee (+43%), Marion (+41%) and Lee (+40%) counties. According to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, many of these counties are in Central Florida, where Puerto Ricans make up the largest Latino origin population.
Origin
As eligible voters, Cuban Americans (29%) and Puerto Ricans (27%) are Florida's two largest Hispanic origin groups.
The number of Venezuelan eligible voters in Florida grew by 184% from 2008 to 2018 – the fastest growth of any Latino origin group. Other groups that grew considerably faster than the statewide average include Peruvians (+109%), Ecuadorians (+106%), and Colombians (+102%). Each of these groups makes up 8% or less of the state's Latino electorate.
Compared with Latino eligible voters in the United States, those in Florida are more likely to be immigrants, younger and college graduates.
Source: pewresearch.org
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