Editing Pembroke Pines, Florida (section)

===2000 census===
As of 2000, 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were not families. About 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.13.

In 2000, the city the population was distributed as 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $52,629, and for a family was $61,480. Males had a median income of $45,129 versus $32,531 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $23,843. About 3.9% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]] were at 63.06%, while [[Spanish language|Spanish]] accounted for 27.91%, [[French language|French]] made up 1.24%, [[Haitian Creole|French Creole]] was 0.99%, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] was 0.94%, [[Italian language|Italian]] was at 0.92%, [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] at 0.74%, and [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] was the [[mother tongue]] of 0.52% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=place&zip=&place_id=55775&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r|title=MLA's Data Center Results for Pembroke Pines, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=2007-10-25}}</ref>

As of 2000, Pembroke Pines had the 45th-highest percentage of [[Colombian people|Colombian]] residents in the US, at 3% of the city's population,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Colombian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2007-10-25}}</ref> and the 50th-highest percentage of [[Cuban people|Cuban]] residents in the US, at 8.66% of the city's population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |title=Ancestry Map of Cuban Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2007-10-25}}</ref> It also had the 24th-highest percentage of [[Jamaican people|Jamaican]]s in the US (tied with [[Wheatley Heights, New York]]), at 5.1% of all residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |title=Ancestry Map of Jamaican Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2007-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153154/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Jamaican.html |archive-date=2007-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>