6 5 ▁or ▁over . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Spanish ▁was ▁spoken ▁as ▁a ▁first ▁language ▁by ▁ 4 9 . 4 1 % ▁of ▁residents , ▁while ▁English ▁was ▁spoken ▁by ▁ 4 2 . 1 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁Other ▁languages ▁spoken ▁included ▁Portuguese ▁ 2 . 3 6 %, ▁Russian ▁ 2 . 0 4 %, ▁German ▁and ▁Y idd ish ▁were ▁both ▁tied ▁at ▁ 1 . 4 0 %, ▁and ▁French ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁tongue ▁for ▁ 1 . 2 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁popul ace . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Sur f side ▁had ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Brazil ian ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁with ▁ 1 . 6 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁US ▁popul ace ▁( t ied ▁with ▁five ▁other ▁places ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁including ▁O jus , ▁F L .) ▁It ▁had ▁the ▁twenty - third ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Colomb ian ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁at ▁ 4 . 6 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁town ' s ▁population , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁twenty - third ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Cub an ▁residents ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁at ▁ 2 0 . 1 5 % ▁of ▁its ▁population . ▁It ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁thirty - four th ▁most ▁Peru vi ans ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁at ▁ 1 . 4 7 %, ▁while ▁it ▁had ▁the ▁ele vent h ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Tr in idad ians ▁and