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Name: Dentists density by ZIP code in Miami-Dade County, FL
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How many dentists exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 118 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: General & family dentists · Orthodontists · Oral surgeons · Other dental specialists. Counted together because official statistics use one 621210 code.

Measured density: Above average — 1.40× the U.S. rate (between 1.40× and 1.42× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 50 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 10 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Above the U.S. rate Miami-Dade County dentists — 140–142% of the U.S. rate

1,533 dentists are counted in Miami-Dade County — 4.7 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 140% of the U.S. rate of 3.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 20% between 2015 and 2023 (1,250 → 1,506). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 33144 (Miami), 33134 (Miami), 33180 (Miami) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 33142 (Miami), 33033 (Homestead), 33032 (Homestead).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 1,618 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Miami-Dade County sits at 140% of the U.S. rate for dentists. 10 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 140% and 142% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 33144 and 33134; the lowest measured density is in 33142 and 33033.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing dentists and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Dentists

1,533–1,633

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (50 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

4.7

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

3.4

per 10,000 present

County index

1.40×

vs. U.S.

Latest quarter (QCEW)

1,618

2026 Q1 — county total

Residents

2,738,360

78 ZIPs with data

Workers

1,041,424

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

2,838,461

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+5.3%

+142,732 people

Net migration 2024

+56,417

international +123,835, domestic −67,418

Jobs located here

1,193,024

LODES 2022, +1.4% since 2019

Miami-Dade County had an estimated 2,838,461 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.3% more than in 2020 (+142,732). In the latest year it gained 64,211 people: births minus deaths +7,969, international migration +123,835, domestic migration −67,418. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

1,193,024 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+1.4% since 2019), and 1,124,047 employed residents lived there (+0.4% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits → · Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

33132 Miami

+46.2%

33032 Homestead

+29.9%

33178 Miami

+29.8%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

33182 Miami

−24.7%

33139 Miami Beach

−14.4%

33165 Miami

−12.5%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses

1,922

no paid employees (2024)

Receipts

$152.3M

published gross receipts

Receipts per business

$79K

gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:

Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more dentists in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 20% since 2015

Number of dentists in Miami-Dade County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

1,250

2015

1,322

2018

1,375

2020

1,417

2021

1,474

2022

1,506

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

33144 Miami

468%

33134 Miami

461%

33180 Miami

413%

33156 Miami

357%

33155 Miami

354%

33173 Miami

341%

33165 Miami

334%

33143 Miami

334%

33140 Miami Beach

306%

33174 Miami

260%

33176 Miami

253%

33016 Hialeah

249%

33185 Miami

247%

33014 Hialeah

245%

33175 Miami

243%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

33142 Miami

22%

33033 Homestead

24%

33032 Homestead

26%

33150 Miami

27%

33136 Miami

28%

33168 Miami

36%

33056 Miami Gardens

36%

33127 Miami

37%

33034 Homestead

45%

33167 Miami

45%

33125 Miami

48%

33169 Miami

50%

33013 Hialeah

52%

33177 Miami

53%

33055 Opa Locka

53%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few dentists may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Dentists	Index
33131	Miami	Employment hub	23,095	49,970	32	199%
33122	Miami	Destination	1,687	27,063	5	98%

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = dentists per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Dentists	Per 10k	Index	Status
33144	Miami	25,909	8,108	47	15.7	468%	Very high density
33134	Miami	38,174	38,796	89	15.5	461%	Very high density
33180	Miami	34,147	24,138	64	13.8	413%	Very high density
33156	Miami	33,628	22,947	54	12.0	357%	Very high density
33155	Miami	43,983	19,822	64	11.9	354%	Very high density
33173	Miami	31,778	8,266	41	11.4	341%	Very high density
33165	Miami	48,817	9,491	60	11.2	334%	Very high density
33143	Miami	33,711	21,953	50	11.2	334%	Very high density
33140	Miami Beach	20,342	14,007	28	10.2	306%	Very high density
33174	Miami	35,177	7,628	34	8.7	260%	Very high density
33176	Miami	51,804	26,172	55	8.5	253%	Very high density
33016	Hialeah	45,551	19,324	46	8.3	249%	High density
33185	Miami	28,555	3,381	25	8.3	247%	High density
33014	Hialeah	41,598	21,454	43	8.2	245%	High density
33175	Miami	48,237	9,004	43	8.2	243%	High density
33184	Miami	19,859	3,154	17	7.9	237%	High density
33012	Hialeah	71,017	17,012	60	7.5	225%	High density
33131	Miami	23,095	49,970	32	6.7	199%	High density
33181	Miami	20,848	9,559	16	6.2	186%	High density
33160	North Miami Beach	43,718	13,373	31	6.2	184%	High density
33145	Miami	29,761	7,677	20	6.0	178%	High density
33154	Miami Beach	14,572	6,687	10	5.6	167%	High density
33146	Miami	19,052	12,693	14	5.5	164%	High density
33183	Miami	33,527	6,016	20	5.5	163%	High density
33186	Miami	69,757	29,185	44	5.2	156%	High density
33129	Miami	14,702	2,522	8	5.0	150%	Above average
33178	Miami	67,789	39,163	43	4.9	147%	Above average
33166	Miami	28,265	49,313	25	4.7	141%	Above average
33132	Miami	20,253	23,086	14	4.4	131%	Above average
33130	Miami	34,964	14,388	18	4.3	127%	Above average
33187	Miami	18,174	2,113	8	4.2	124%	Above average
33139	Miami Beach	33,753	33,652	21	4.2	124%	Above average
33137	Miami	29,414	17,735	15	3.9	117%	Above average
33126	Miami	47,307	56,081	29	3.8	115%	Above average
33133	Miami	36,789	17,679	17	3.7	111%	Above average
33193	Miami	47,494	2,115	18	3.7	111%	Above average
33157	Miami	70,596	19,603	29	3.6	108%	Above average
33162	Miami	46,606	8,634	18	3.5	105%	Above average
33182	Miami	12,512	9,992	6	3.4	102%	Above average
33196	Miami	54,668	8,775	20	3.4	101%	Above average
33122	Miami	1,687	27,063	5	3.3	98%	Below average
33015	Hialeah	68,891	7,838	23	3.2	94%	Below average
33030	Homestead	37,678	7,558	13	3.1	94%	Below average
33172	Miami	39,101	34,942	17	3.0	90%	Below average
33149	Key Biscayne	14,791	3,725	5	3.0	90%	Below average
33018	Hialeah	57,921	11,903	19	3.0	89%	Below average
33135	Miami	36,143	7,822	11	2.7	82%	Below average
33179	Miami	51,591	7,732	15	2.7	81%	Below average
33138	Miami	28,980	8,052	8	2.4	72%	Below average
33141	Miami Beach	36,438	5,728	9	2.3	68%	Below average
33189	Miami	26,128	4,301	6	2.1	63%	Below average
33010	Hialeah	41,701	10,060	9	1.9	57%	Below average
33161	Miami	54,814	9,347	11	1.8	55%	Below average
33055	Opa Locka	37,659	2,982	7	1.8	53%	Below average
33177	Miami	59,056	5,560	11	1.8	53%	Below average
33013	Hialeah	30,695	7,746	6	1.7	52%	Below average
33169	Miami	43,702	20,651	9	1.7	50%	Far below average
33125	Miami	56,897	10,193	10	1.6	48%	Far below average
33167	Miami	23,768	5,111	4	1.5	45%	Far below average
33034	Homestead	23,823	5,401	4	1.5	45%	Far below average
33127	Miami	26,786	10,784	4	1.2	37%	Far below average
33056	Miami Gardens	37,890	6,275	5	1.2	36%	Far below average
33168	Miami	23,775	2,776	3	1.2	36%	Far below average
33136	Miami	16,545	30,401	3	0.9	28%	Far below average
33150	Miami	30,974	4,850	3	0.9	27%	Far below average
33032	Homestead	65,132	5,005	6	0.9	26%	Far below average
33033	Homestead	71,458	7,545	6	0.8	24%	Far below average
33142	Miami	58,908	19,586	5	0.7	22%	Far below average
33002	Hialeah	—	365	0–2	—	—	Not published
33011	Hialeah	—	100	0–2	—	—	Not published
33017	Hialeah	—	43	0–2	—	—	Not published
33031	Homestead	7,323	1,487	0–2	—	—	Not published
33035	Homestead	17,202	1,393	0–2	—	—	Not published
33039	Homestead	0	181	0–2	—	—	Not published
33054	Opa Locka	31,055	14,193	0–2	—	—	Not published
33090	Homestead	—	66	0–2	—	—	Not published
33092	Homestead	—	11	0–2	—	—	Not published
33101	Miami	0	790	0–2	—	—	Not published
33102	Miami	—	5	0–2	—	—	Not published
33109	Miami Beach	1,083	817	0–2	—	—	Not published
33111	Miami	—	250	0–2	—	—	Not published
33114	Coral Gables	—	101	0–2	—	—	Not published
33116	Miami	—	122	0–2	—	—	Not published
33119	Miami Beach	—	30	0–2	—	—	Not published
33124	Miami	—	8,627	0–2	—	—	Not published
33128	Miami	9,475	2,966	0–2	—	—	Not published
33147	Miami	50,419	9,246	0–2	—	—	Not published
33152	Miami	—	773	0–2	—	—	Not published
33153	Miami	—	30	0–2	—	—	Not published
33158	Miami	5,960	558	0–2	—	—	Not published
33163	Miami	—	39	0–2	—	—	Not published
33164	Miami	—	66	0–2	—	—	Not published
33170	Miami	16,652	3,535	0–2	—	—	Not published
33190	Miami	18,287	690	0–2	—	—	Not published
33191	Miami	—	5	0–2	—	—	Not published
33192	Miami	—	40	0–2	—	—	Not published
33194	Miami	8,069	934	0–2	—	—	Not published
33195	Miami	—	204	0–2	—	—	Not published
33197	Miami	—	27	0–2	—	—	Not published
33198	Miami	—	18	0–2	—	—	Not published
33199	Miami	—	753	0–2	—	—	Not published
33222	Miami	—	33	0–2	—	—	Not published
33231	Miami	—	61	0–2	—	—	Not published
33233	Miami	—	18	0–2	—	—	Not published
33238	Miami	—	21	0–2	—	—	Not published
33239	Miami Beach	—	93	0–2	—	—	Not published
33243	Miami	—	8	0–2	—	—	Not published
33245	Miami	—	50	0–2	—	—	Not published
33255	Miami	—	57	0–2	—	—	Not published
33256	Miami	—	221	0–2	—	—	Not published
33261	Miami	—	6	0–2	—	—	Not published
33265	Miami	—	9	0–2	—	—	Not published
33266	Miami	—	15	0–2	—	—	Not published
33269	Miami	—	13	0–2	—	—	Not published
33280	Miami	—	11	0–2	—	—	Not published
33283	Miami	—	7	0–2	—	—	Not published
33296	Miami	—	16	0–2	—	—	Not published
33299	Miami	—	431	0–2	—	—	Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621210 — offices of dentists. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 1,618 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (3.35 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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