Editing Key West (section)

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of [[2000]], there were 25,478 people, 11,016 households, and 5,463 families residing in the city.  The [[population density]] is 1,653.3/km<sup>2</sup> (4,285.0/mi<sup>2</sup>). There are 13,306 housing units at an average density of 863.4/km<sup>2</sup> (2,237.9/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 84.94% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.28% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]], 0.39% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.86% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. 16.54% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

In 2000, there were 10,501 households, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.7% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.4% were classified as non-families. Of all households, 31.4% were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.84.

In 2000, 16.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.4% was from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 122.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.0 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household was $43,021, and the median income for those classified as families was $50,895. Males had a median income of $30,967 versus $25,407 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,316. About 5.8% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over. The ancestries most reported in 2000 were English (12.4%), German (12.2%), Irish (11.3%), Italian (6.8%), American (6.0%) and French (3.6%).

The number of families (as defined by the US census bureau) declined dramatically in the last four decades of the 20th century. In 1960, there were 13,340 families in Key West, with 42.1% of households having children living in them. By 2000, the population had dwindled to 5,463 families, with only 19.9% of households having children living in them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/11085788v1p11ch3.pdf|title=Census 2000: Households of Key West, Florida|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

As of 2000, 76.66% spoke only [[English language|English]] at home, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was spoken by 17.32%, 1.06% spoke [[Italian language|Italian]], 1.02% spoke [[French language|French]], and [[German language|German]] was spoken as a by 0.94% of the population. In total, speakers of other languages spoken besides English made up 25.33% of residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=36550&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r|title=Data Center Results|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>