8 1 ▁and ▁the ▁average ▁family ▁size ▁was ▁ 2 . 3 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁English ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁language ▁of ▁ 8 7 . 8 1 % ▁of ▁all ▁residents , ▁while ▁French ▁compr ised ▁ 4 . 4 8 %, ▁Spanish ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 3 . 6 5 %, ▁German ▁made ▁up ▁ 2 . 1 6 %, ▁Italian ▁speak ers ▁made ▁up ▁ 0 . 4 5 %, ▁Y idd ish ▁made ▁up ▁ 0 . 3 6 %, ▁Russian ▁was ▁at ▁ 0 . 3 0 %, ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁Swedish ▁at ▁ 0 . 2 5 %, ▁and ▁Polish ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁tongue ▁of ▁ 0 . 2 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁had ▁the ▁ 4 0 th ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Russian ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁with ▁ 1 0 . 3 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁popul ace ▁( t ied ▁with ▁Pom ona , ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁the ▁town ship ▁of ▁Lower ▁Mer ion , ▁Pennsylvania ). ▁It ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁ 2 6 th ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Aust rian ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁at ▁ 2 . 1 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁town ' s ▁population ▁( which ▁tied ▁with ▁ 1 9 ▁other ▁US ▁areas ). ▁ ▁Econom y ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁had ▁an ▁estimated ▁labor ▁force ▁of ▁