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- Vero Beach is 0% more densely populated than Santa Monica.
- People are 21.5% more likely to be married in Vero Beach.
- The Median Age is 11.6 years older in Vero Beach.
 Santa Monica, CAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Population  Unlock16,254329,725,481
 Female Population50.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock5338.4
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 Population - 201089,788  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock17,705285,036,114
 Population - 199086,905  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock0.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now3.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,420.193.4
 Land Area8.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.9264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Santa Monica, CAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 143.7%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock1.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 201.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3419.1%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.1%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5413.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 646.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock15.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 845.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock4.9%1.9%
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 Race
 Santa Monica, CAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 White62.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock5.5%12.2%
 Asian9.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races6.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock7.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Santa Monica, CAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Married Population40.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock46.8%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock50.9%50.2%
 Never Married43.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed4.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.122.60
 Households46,664  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,72980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children28.1%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock59.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households27,282  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock9.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children12.6%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 14 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 14 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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