females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. The median household income was $29,091 and the median family income was $29,277. Males had a median income of $22,320 and females $18,619. The per capita income was $9,966. About 22.4% of families and 25.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over. In 2000, speakers of Spanish as a first language accounted for 64.83% of residents, while English made up 31.02%, French Creole was at 4.01%, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0.12% of the population. In 2000, Leisure City had the twenty-ninth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 17.15% of the population. It had the 100th highest percentage of Puerto Rican residents in the US, at 8.85%, and the forty-fifth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, at 3.60% (tied with West Park's Miami Gardens [Broward] neighborhood.) It also had the thirty-first most Nicaraguans in the US, at 1.37%, while it had the 103rd highest percentage of Guatemalans, at 1.07%. Education Leisure City is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system and has three schools: Leisure City K-8, Homestead High School and South Dade High School. Climate The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for this climate is "Aw" (Tropical Savanna Climate). References Census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida