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Miami-Dade County, Florida

October 13, 2023

Miami-Dade County (/maɪˈæmi ˈdeɪd/) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census,[4] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States.[7] It is Florida's third largest county in terms of land area with 1,946 square miles (5,040 km2). The county seat is Miami, the core of the nation's ninth-largest and world's 65th-largest metropolitan area with a 2020 population of 6.138 million people, exceeding the population of 31 of the nation's 50 states as of 2022.[8]

Miami-Dade County
County
Left to right from top down: Downtown Miami; a lifeguard station on South Beach; Miami Design District's Palm Court; Wynwood Walls in Wynwood Art District; Ocean Drive in Miami Beach; Venetian Pool; Anhinga Trail boardwalk in Everglades National Park; Kaseya Center; and Biscayne National Park
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Seal
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Nickname(s): 
"Dade County", "Dade", "Metro-Dade", "Greater Miami"
Motto: 
Delivering Excellence Every Day
Miami-Dade County
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 25°36′38″N 80°29′50″W / 25.61058°N 80.497099°W / 25.61058; -80.497099[1]
Country United States
State Florida
RegionSouth Florida
Metro areaMiami
FoundedJanuary 18, 1836
Named forFrancis L. Dade and Miami, derived from the Miami River, and ultimately derived from Mayaimi
County seat
and largest city		 Miami
Incorporated municipalities34
Government
 • TypeTwo-tier federation
 • BodyMiami-Dade Board of County Commissioners
 • Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners[2]
Commissioners
  • Oliver Gilbert (Chair)
  • Marleine Bastien
  • Keon Hardemon
  • Micky Steinberg
  • Eileen Higgins
  • Kevin M. Cabrera
  • Raquel Regalado
  • Danielle Cohen Higgins
  • Kionne McGhee
  • Anthony Rodriguez (Vice Chair)
  • Roberto Gonzalez (appointed)
  • Juan Carlos Bermudez
  • René García
 • Mayor of Miami-Dade CountyDaniella Levine Cava (D)[a]
Area
 • Total2,431.178 sq mi (6,296.72 km2)
 • Land1,898.753 sq mi (4,917.75 km2)
 • Water532.425 sq mi (1,378.97 km2)  21.9%
Highest elevation
[3] (Miami Rock Ridge)
20−25 ft (6–8 m)
Lowest elevation
(Atlantic Ocean)
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Total2,701,767
 • Estimate 
(2022)[5]
2,673,837
 • Rank7th in the United States
1st in Florida
 • Density1,408.21/sq mi (543.71/km2)
DemonymMiami-Dadian[citation needed]
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
ZIP Codes
33002, 33010–33018, 33030–33035, 33039, 33054, 33056, 33090, 33092, 33101–33102, 33106, 33109, 33111–33112, 33114, 33116, 33119, 33122, 33124–33147, 33149–33158, 33160–33170, 33172–33199, 33206, 33222, 33231, 33233–33234, 33238–33239, 33242–33243, 33245, 33247, 33255–33257, 33261, 33265–33266, 33269, 33280, 33283, 33296, 33299
Area codes305, 786, 645
FIPS code12086
GNIS feature ID295755
GDP$155 billion[6]
Primary AirportMiami International Airport (MIA)
Secondary Airport
Interstates
U.S. Routes
State Routes
Rapid TransitMetrorail
Commuter RailAmtrak, Brightline, Tri-Rail
Websitewww.miamidade.gov

As of 2021, Miami-Dade County has a gross domestic product of $154.9 billion, making it the 14th-largest of the nation's 3,033 counties. The county is home to the Port of Miami on Biscayne Bay, the world's largest passenger port with a world record 5.5 million passengers in 2018, and Miami International Airport, the third largest U.S. airport for international passengers and largest U.S. airport for international cargo. The county's land area of nearly 2,000 square miles exceeds that of two U.S. states, Delaware and Rhode Island.[9] The county is home to several universities and colleges, including the University of Miami in Coral Gables, a private research university that is routinely ranked as one of the nation's top universities and is the county's second-largest employer with nearly 17,000 employees as of 2021.[10][11]

Miami-Dade County is heavily Hispanic and was the most populous majority-Hispanic county in the nation as of 2020. It is home to 34 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas.[12] The northern, central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high-rise buildings along the coastline, including Miami's Central Business District in Downtown Miami. Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas, which make up the agricultural economy of the county. Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's inhabited land area, and is sparsely populated, a stark contrast to the densely populated, urban portions of the county northern sections.

The county includes portions of two national parks. To the west, the county extends into the Everglades National Park and is populated only by a Miccosukee tribal village. Biscayne National Park and the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves are located east of the mainland in Biscayne Bay.[13][14]

History Edit

Further information: History of Miami
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Native people Edit

The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region is from approximately 12,000 years ago.[15] The first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River, with the main villages on the northern banks.

The inhabitants at the time of first European contact were the Tequesta people, who controlled much of southeastern Florida, including present-day Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and the southern part of Palm Beach County. The Tequesta Indians fished, hunted, and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food, but did engage in agriculture. They buried the small bones of the deceased with the rest of the body, and put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see. The Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle.[16]

European explorers and settlers Edit

Juan Ponce de León was the first European to visit the area in 1513 by sailing into Biscayne Bay. His journal records he reached Chequescha, a variant of Tequesta, which was Miami's first recorded name.[17] It is unknown whether he came ashore or made contact with the natives. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and his men made the first recorded landing when they visited the Tequesta settlement in 1566 while looking for Avilés' missing son, shipwrecked a year earlier.[18] Spanish soldiers led by Father Francisco Villarreal built a Jesuit mission at the mouth of the Miami River a year later but it was short-lived. After the Spaniards left, the Tequesta Indians were left to fend themselves from European-introduced diseases like smallpox. By 1711, the Tequesta sent a couple of local chiefs to Havana, Cuba, to ask if they could migrate there. The Cubans sent two ships to help them, but Spanish illnesses struck and most of the Tequesta died.[19]

The first permanent European settlers arrived in the early 19th century. People came from the Bahamas to South Florida and the Keys to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida Reef. Some accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River. At about the same time, the Seminole Indians arrived, along with a group of runaway slaves. The area was affected by the Second Seminole War, during which Major William S. Harney led several raids against the Indians. Most non-Indian residents were soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas. It was the most devastating Indian war in American history, causing almost a total loss of population in Miami.

After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842, William English re-established a plantation started by his uncle on the Miami River. He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land. In 1844, Miami became the county seat, and six years later a census reported there were ninety-six residents in the area.[20] The Third Seminole War was not as destructive as the second, but it slowed the settlement of southeast Florida. At the end of the war, a few of the soldiers stayed.

Establishment Edit

 
Julia Tuttle is credited as Miami's founder.

Dade County was created on January 18, 1836, under the Territorial Act of the United States. The county was named after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War, at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield.[21] At the time of its creation, Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward counties, together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present-day Miami-Dade County. The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys; then in 1844, the County seat was moved to Miami. The Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866. In 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno, near present-day Juno Beach, Florida, returning to Miami in 1899. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was Dade County, and then in 1915, Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County. There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915.[22][23][24]

Hurricane Andrew Edit

The third-costliest natural disaster to occur in the United States was Hurricane Andrew, which hit Miami in the early morning of Monday, August 24, 1992. It struck the southern part of the county from due east, south of Miami and very near Homestead, Kendall, and Cutler Ridge, which was later renamed Cutler Bay. Damages exceeded US$25 billion in the county, and recovery took years in these areas where the destruction was greatest. Hurricane Andrew was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf region in 2005.

Name change Edit

On November 13, 1997, voters changed the name of the county from Dade County to Miami-Dade County to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami.[25] Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County, including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature.[26] With the name change, Miami-Dade became the only county in the United States whose name was hyphenated.

Geography Edit

 
The Miami River in Downtown Miami in May 2008
Miami, Florida[27]
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 2,431 square miles (6,300 km2), of which 1,898 square miles (4,920 km2) is land and 533 square miles (1,380 km2) (21.9%) is water.[28] It is the third-largest county in Florida by land area and second-largest by total area. Most of the water is in the Biscayne Bay, with another significant portion in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.

Miami-Dade County is only about 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level. It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform, a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago. Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa.[29] Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora, mostly in the Pleistocene.

The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by many barrier islands along the coast. The city of Miami Beach, home to the South Beach neighborhood and its Art Deco district, is built on these barrier islands. The archipelago of the Florida Keys, which extends in an arc to the south-southwest, is only accessible through Miami-Dade County, although most of the Keys are part of neighboring Monroe County. Miami is 68 miles from West Palm Beach, and 30 miles from Fort Lauderdale.

Communities Edit

Main article: List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Miami-Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas, 38 census-designated places, and 16 unincorporated regions.

Adjacent counties Edit

National protected areas Edit

Demographics Edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1840446—
1850159−64.3%
186083−47.8%
1870852.4%
1880257202.4%
1890861235.0%
19004,955475.5%
191011,933140.8%
192042,753258.3%
1930142,955234.4%
1940267,73987.3%
1950495,08484.9%
1960935,04788.9%
19701,267,79235.6%
19801,625,78128.2%
19901,937,09419.1%
20002,253,36216.3%
20102,496,43510.8%
20202,701,7678.2%
2022 (est.)2,673,837−1.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1840–1970[30] 1980[31] 1990[32]
2000[33] 2010[34] 2020[4] 2022[5]
Historical racial composition 2020[4] 2010[34] 2000[33] 1990[32] 1980[31]
White (non-Hispanic) 13.4% 15.4% 20.7% 30.2% 46.4%
Hispanic or Latino 68.7% 65.0% 57.3% 49.2% 35.7%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14.0% 17.1% 19.0% 19.1% 16.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2%
Native American (non-Hispanic) 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1.7% 0.8% 1.4% N/A N/A
Population 2,701,767 2,496,435 2,253,362 1,937,094 1,625,781
Demographic characteristics 2020[35][36][37] 2010[38][39][40] 2000[41][42][43] 1990[32] 1980[31][44]
Households 1,074,685 989,435 852,278 692,355 609,830
Persons per household 2.51 2.52 2.64 2.80 2.67
Sex Ratio 92.6 93.8 93.5 92.0 89.5
Ages 0–17 19.4% 21.9% 24.8% 24.2% 24.0%
Ages 18–64 63.4% 64.0% 61.9% 61.8% 60.3%
Ages 65 + 17.2% 14.1% 13.3% 14.0% 15.7%
Median age 41.0 38.2 35.6 34.2 34.7
Population 2,701,767 2,496,435 2,253,362 1,937,094 1,625,781
Economic indicators
2017–21 American Community Survey Miami-Dade County Florida
Median income[45] $32,513 $34,367
Median household income[46] $57,815 $61,777
Poverty Rate[47] 15.7% 13.1%
High school diploma[48] 82.5% 89.0%
Bachelor's degree[48] 31.7% 31.5%
Advanced degree[48] 11.9% 11.7%
 
Ethnic origins in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties
Language spoken at home[b] 2015[c] 2010[d] 2000[51] 1990[52] 1980[53]
English 26.2% 27.7% 32.1% 42.6% 57.2%
Spanish or Spanish Creole 65.3% 63.9% 59.2% 50.1% 36.3%
French or Haitian Creole 5.0% 5.0% 5.1% 3.8% 1.3%
Other Languages 3.5% 3.4% 3.6% 3.5% 1.3%
Nativity 2015[e] 2010[f] 2000[58][59] 1990[52] 1980[53]
% population native-born 47.1% 48.8% 49.1% 54.9% 64.4%
... born in the United States 44.1% 45.7% 46.0% 51.5% 61.9%
... born in Puerto Rico or Island Areas 1.9% 2.0% 2.3% 2.3% 2.5%
... born to American parents abroad 1.1% 1.1% 0.7% 1.0%
% population foreign-born[g] 52.9% 51.2% 50.9% 45.3% 35.6%
... born in Cuba 25.7% 24.0% 23.3% 22.1% 20.0%
... born in Colombia 3.5% 3.5% 3.6% 2.2% N/A[h]
... born in Haiti 3.1% 3.0% 3.2% 2.3% N/A[h]
... born in Nicaragua 2.9% 3.3% 3.8% 3.5% N/A[h]
... born in Venezuela 2.3% 1.6% 1.1% 0.5% N/A[h]
... born in Honduras 1.7% 1.9% 1.5% 0.8% N/A[h]
... born in the Dominican Republic 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% 0.8% 0.4%
... born in Peru 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 0.8% N/A[h]
... born in Mexico 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.3%
... born in Jamaica 1.0% 1.1% 1.5% 1.6% 0.9%
... born in Argentina 1.0% 0.9% 0.7% 0.4% N/A[h]
... born in Guatemala 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% N/A[h]
... born in Ecuador 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% N/A[h]
... born in Brazil 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.2% N/A[h]
... born in El Salvador 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% N/A[h]
... born in Spain 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% N/A[h]
... born in Chile 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% N/A[h]
... born in Panama 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% N/A[h]
... born in the Bahamas 0.2% 0.2% N/A[h] 0.4% N/A[h]
... born in Canada 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
... born in Italy 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
... born in the United Kingdom 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
... born in Russia 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1.0%[i] 1.0%[i]
... born in Germany 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
... born in Poland 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7%
... born in other countries 5.0% 5.2% 5.6% 6.9% 12.3%

2010 U.S. Census Edit

 
Downtown Miami in April 2008
 
Miami's Brickell neighborhood in November 2008
 
The beach at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne in February 2008

U.S. Census Bureau 2010 ethnic/race demographics:[60][61]

In 2010, the largest ancestry groups were:[60]

In 2010, Cubans made up the largest population of immigrants (with more than half of the population) with Colombians coming in second, Haitians in third, followed by Nicaraguans in fourth place, then Dominicans, Venezuelans, Peruvians, Jamaicans, Mexicans, and Argentinians among the highest group of immigrants.[64]

Miami-Dade has small communities of Brazilians, Portuguese, Spaniards, Ukrainians and Poles along with Canadians (including Francophone from the province of Quebec), French, Germans, other Europeans, British expatriates and Israelis.

There were 867,352 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 18.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% (2.5% male and 5.9% female) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.33.[61][65]

The age distribution is 21.9% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.[65]

The median income for a household in the county was $43,605, and the median income for a family was $50,065. Males had a median income of $35,096 versus $29,980 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,957. About 13.8% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those aged 65 or over.[66]

In 2010, 51.1% of the county's population was foreign born, with 48.7% being naturalized American citizens. Of foreign-born residents, 93.0% were born in Latin America, 3.2% were born in Europe, 2.7% born in Asia, 0.5% born in Africa, 0.5% in North America, and 0.1% were born in Oceania.[60]

Population Miami-Dade
2020 Census 2,701,767
2010 Census 2,496,435
2000 Census 2,253,362
1990 Census 1,937,094

[67][68]

Languages Edit

As of 2010, 28.1% of the population spoke only English at home, while 63.8% of the population spoke Spanish, 4.2% spoke French Creole (mainly Haitian Creole), 0.6% French, and 0.6% Portuguese.[69] About 52% of the county residents were born outside the United States, while 71.9% of the population spoke a language other than English at home.[69]

Religious statistics Edit

In 2010 statistics, the largest religious group in Miami-Dade County was the Archdiocese of Miami with 544,449 Catholics in 65 parishes, followed by 96,749 non-denominational adherents with 197 congregations, 80,123 SBC Baptists with 313 congregations, 47,921 NBC Baptists with 44 congregations, 27,901 Seventh-day Adventists in 62 congregations, 25,244 AoG Pentecostals with 45 congregations, 14,628 LDS Mormons with 18 congregations, 12,569 TEC Episcopalians with 30 congregations, and 11,880 UMC Methodists with 32 congregations. There is an estimated 23,064 Muslims with 15 congregations, 3,069 Hindus with 7 congregations, and 1,342 Buddhist with 17 congregations.[70]

In 2005 the Jewish population of the county has decreased but stabilized at about 121,000 with a high percentage of retired and elderly persons (but less than in Broward and Palm Beach counties). There are more than 60 congregations, 34 Jewish educational institutions, and three Jewish community centers. The highest percentage and increase in Jewish population is in North Dade, especially in Aventura. Miami-Dade County hosts Florida's third largest Jewish population and the nation's tenth largest.[70]

Altogether, 39.8% of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations, although members of historically African-American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information.[71] In 2014, Miami-Dade County had 731 religious organizations, the 14th most out of all US counties.[72]

Law, government, and politics Edit

Main article: Government of Miami-Dade County
 
The Stephen P. Clark Government Center, June 2018[73]

Miami-Dade County has operated under a metropolitan system of government, a "two-tier federation", since 1957. This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter. Prior to this year, home rule did not exist in Florida, and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law.

Unlike a consolidated city-county, where the city and county governments merge into a single entity, these two entities are separate. Instead there are two "tiers", or levels, of government: city and county. There are 34 municipalities in the county, the City of Miami being the largest.

Cities are the "lower tier" of local government, providing police and fire protection, zoning and code enforcement, and other typical city services within their jurisdiction. These services are paid for by city taxes. The County is the "upper tier", and it provides services of a metropolitan nature, such as emergency management, airport and seaport operations, public housing and health care services, transportation, environmental services, solid waste disposal etc. These are funded by county taxes, which are assessed on all incorporated and unincorporated areas.

Of the county's 2.6 million total residents (as of 2013), approximately 52% live in unincorporated areas, the majority of which are heavily suburbanized. These residents are part of the Unincorporated Municipal Services Area (UMSA). For these residents, the County fills the role of both lower- and upper-tier government, the County Commission acting as their lower-tier municipal representative body. Residents within UMSA pay a UMSA tax, equivalent to a city tax, which is used to provide County residents with equivalent city services (police, fire, zoning, water and sewer, etc.). Residents of incorporated areas do not pay UMSA tax.

Structure of county government Edit

See also: List of mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida

The Mayor of Miami-Dade County is elected countywide to serve a four-year term and is considered a "strong mayor". The mayor is not a member of the County Commission, appoints all 25 directors who oversee the operations of the County Departments and has veto power over the Commission. A mayoral appointment and veto can only be overridden by a two-thirds majority of the County Commission. The post is occupied by Daniella Levine Cava, the county's first female mayor.

The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body, consisting of 13 members elected from single-member districts. Members are elected to serve four-year terms, and elections of members are staggered. The board chooses a chairperson, who presides over the commission, as well as appoints the members of its legislative committees. The board has a wide array of powers to enact legislation, create departments, and regulate businesses operating within the county. It also has the power to override the mayor's veto with a two-thirds vote.

Florida's Constitution provides for five elected officials to oversee executive and administrative functions for each county (called "Constitutional Officers"): Sheriff, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections, Tax Collector, and Clerk of the Circuit Court (also functions as Comptroller).[74] However, the Constitution allows voters in home-rule counties (including Miami-Dade) to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments;[75] Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections, and Tax Collector.[76] The offices of Clerk of the Circuit Court, State Attorney, and Public Defender are still branches of State government and are, therefore, independently elected and not part of County government.[77]

Miami-Dade is the only county in Florida that does not have an elected sheriff or a "Sheriff's Office".[78] Instead, the county's law enforcement agency is known as the Miami-Dade Police Department, and its leader is known as the Metropolitan Sheriff and Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department; Nonetheless, Miami-Dade Police badges bear the inscription, "Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff's Office, Dade County, Fla."

Politics Edit

Overview Edit

Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992. However, it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984) and once for George H. W. Bush (1988). From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections. The Democrats had expanded their winning margin in each of the three elections from 2008 to 2016; in 2008 and 2012, Democrat Barack Obama averaged 59.69% of the vote. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote. However, in 2020, Democrat Joe Biden only won 53.31% of the vote, winning the county by just over seven percent over Republican Donald Trump. This was attributed to a large swing of Cuban Americans, Venezuelan Americans, and other Hispanic Americans to the Republican Party,[79] resulting in the best Republican performance since 2004. In the 2022 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections, Republicans Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio respectively won the county. DeSantis became the first Republican Governor to win Miami-Dade since Jeb Bush in 2002. Rubio won the county for the second time, following his victory in 2010.

Miami-Dade County is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republicans Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart of the 27th, 28th and 26th districts, and Democrats Frederica Wilson and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of the 24th and 25th districts.

Further information: Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation
United States presidential election results for Miami-Dade County, Florida[80]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 532,833 45.98% 617,864 53.31% 8,221 0.71%
2016 333,999 33.83% 624,146 63.22% 29,046 2.94%
2012 332,981 37.87% 541,440 61.58% 4,758 0.54%
2008 360,551 41.70% 499,831 57.81% 4,254 0.49%
2004 361,095 46.61% 409,732 52.89% 3,899 0.50%
2000 289,574 46.29% 328,867 52.57% 7,111 1.14%
1996 209,740 37.87% 317,555 57.34% 26,487 4.78%
1992 235,313 43.19% 254,609 46.73% 54,921 10.08%
1988 270,937 55.26% 216,970 44.26% 2,358 0.48%
1984 324,414 59.17% 223,863 40.83% 35 0.01%
1980 265,888 50.65% 210,868 40.17% 48,149 9.17%
1976 211,148 40.45% 303,047 58.06% 7,747 1.48%
1972 256,529 58.87% 177,693 40.78% 1,541 0.35%
1968 135,222 37.02% 176,689 48.37% 53,391 14.62%
1964 117,480 35.99% 208,941 64.01% 0 0.00%
1960 134,506 42.35% 183,114 57.65% 0 0.00%
1956 130,938 55.37% 105,559 44.63% 0 0.00%
1952 122,174 56.77% 93,022 43.23% 0 0.00%
1948 41,301 37.04% 59,681 53.52% 10,530 9.44%
1944 30,357 33.56% 60,100 66.44% 0 0.00%
1940 25,224 32.70% 51,921 67.30% 0 0.00%
1936 10,295 26.88% 28,007 73.12% 0 0.00%
1932 9,244 34.16% 17,820 65.84% 0 0.00%
1928 15,860 60.15% 10,136 38.44% 372 1.41%
1924 2,753 26.01% 3,474 32.83% 4,356 41.16%
1920 3,077 38.09% 4,288 53.08% 713 8.83%
1916 629 21.94% 1,654 57.69% 584 20.37%
1912 99 5.56% 1,171 65.71% 512 28.73%
1908 275 17.34% 961 60.59% 350 22.07%
1904 307 24.08% 887 69.57% 81 6.35%
1900 389 28.50% 806 59.05% 170 12.45%
1896 368 46.46% 372 46.97% 52 6.57%
1892 0 0.00% 109 95.61% 5 4.39%

Voter registration Edit

Registered voters as of November 30, 2022[81]
Total population[82] 2,701,767 (2020 census)
  Registered voters[83] 1,539,063 ~57%
    Democratic 574,948 37.80%
    Republican 445,224 28.64%
    Democratic–Republican spread +129,724 +9.16%
    Minor parties 23,699 1.52%
    No party preference 495,192 32.04%
Previous gubernatorial elections results
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2022 55.3% 393,532 44.0% 312,972 0.7% 5,347
2018 39.0% 311,581 59.8% 478,958 1.1% 8,483
2014 39.3% 205,017 58.4% 304,721 2.2% 11,684
2010 42.0% 204,918 56.2% 274,638 1.8% 8,332
2006 45.3% 183,457 53.3% 215,930 1.4% 5,558

Economy Edit

See also: List of companies based in Miami
 
With 16,479 employees as of 2021, the University of Miami in Coral Gables is the county's second-largest employer after Baptist Health South Florida.[84]
 
The headquarters of Burger King in January 2008
 
The headquarters of Norwegian Cruise Line in January 2008
 
Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the primary teaching hospital of the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the largest hospital in the United States with 1,547 beds[85]

Brightstar Corporation,[86] Burger King,[87] Intradeco Holdings,[88] Latin Flavors,[89] Norwegian Cruise Line,[90] and Ryder have their headquarters in unincorporated areas in the county.[91] Centurion Air Cargo, Florida West International Airways, IBC Airways, and World Atlantic Airlines have their headquarters on the grounds of Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area in the county.[92][93][94][95][96]

Hewlett Packard's main Latin America offices are on the ninth floor of the Waterford Building in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.[97]

Other companies with offices in an unincorporated area not in any CDP:

Several defunct airlines, including Airlift International, Arrow Air, National Airlines, and Rich International Airways, were headquartered on or near the airport property.[102][103][104][105]

After Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975, he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City to an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County[106][107] Around 1991 the Miami-Dade County lost a few corporations, including Eastern Airlines, which folded in 1991.[108]

At one time the cruise line ResidenSea had its headquarters in an unincorporated area in the county.[109]

Top private employers Edit

According to Miami's Beacon Council, the top private employers in 2014 in Miami-Dade were:[110]

Top government employers Edit

According to Miami's Beacon Council, the top government employers in 2014 in the county were:[110]

Agriculture Edit

Most of the state's summer okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is grown here,[111] totalling 1,000 to 1,500 acres (400 to 610 ha) over the whole year.[112] It is grown as a "scavenger crop", one grown to scavenge the benefits of residual fumigant and fertilizer.[111] The most problematic pest is the Melon Thrips (Thrips palmi) but aphids are also significant.[112] Although the Silverleaf Whitefly (Sweet Potato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci) reproduces in large numbers on this crop, the plant is not seriously harmed and the feeding damage is quickly repaired.[112] This does still leave okra as a problematic refuge from which SLW will migrate, to nearby tomato, bean, and ornamentals.[112] The University of Florida provides a production handbook[113]: 235  which recommends disease management and weed management practices.

Methyl bromide (MB) has been phased out and Telone products – fumigants – are heavily regulated here.[113]: 46  M-D much more heavily regulates Telone than the rest of the state does.[113]: 46  Therefore the best MB alternatives here are either metam sodium or metam potassium, both combined with chloropicrin.[113]: 46 

M-D has some of the lowest Cry 1F resistance in the country.[114] Despite its high volume of cargo traffic with Puerto Rico and earlier speculation, none of PR's extreme Cry1F-r genetics seems to have spread to this area.[114] Southern Florida in general has the lowest in the country (including PR).[114]

The state's first invasion of the Peach Fruit Fly (Bactrocera zonata) began here.[115] An adult male PFF was found on November 10th, 2010 on a guava tree (Psidium guajava).[115] The state responded by trapping an 81 square miles (210 km2) are around the site.[115]

The Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) is an invasive agricultural pest here.[116] In fact the first recorded invasion of the state was in 1924 in Coconut Grove (which was then near Miami and has since been incorporated into the city).[116][117]

M-D has the largest greenhousing/nursery industry in the state, but on the other hand produces very little of its own livestock.[118]

Public services Edit

Fire rescue Edit

Further information: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
 
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department

The Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Miami-Dade County, Florida. The department serves 29 municipalities and all unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County from 60 fire stations.[119] The Department also provides fire protection services for Miami International Airport, Miami Executive Airport and Opa-locka Airport.[120]

The communities served are Aventura, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Biscayne Park, Cutler Bay, Doral, El Portal, Florida City, Golden Beach, Hialeah Gardens, Homestead, Indian Creek, Medley, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Miami Shores, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, South Miami, Surfside, Sweetwater, Sunny Isles Beach, Virginia Gardens, and West Miami.[121]

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is also the home to Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 1 as well as EMS operations consisting of 57 Advanced Life Support units staffed by 760 state-certified paramedics and 640 state-certified emergency medical technicians.

Police department Edit

Further information: Miami-Dade Police Department
 
A Miami-Dade Police Department vehicle

The Miami-Dade Police Department is a full-service metropolitan police department serving Miami-Dade County's unincorporated areas, although it has lenient mutual aid agreements with other municipalities, most often the City of Miami Police Department. With 4,700 employees, it is Florida's largest police department. The Department is often referred to by its former name, the Metro-Dade Police or simply Metro.

The Miami-Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus. The director of the department is Juan Perez, who succeeded J.D. Patterson, Jr.[122] The Department's headquarters are in Doral, Florida.

Water and sewer department Edit

Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) is one of the largest public utilities in the United States, employing approximately 2,700 employees as of 2007. It provides service to over 2.4 million customers, operating with an annual budget of almost $400 million. Approximately 330 million gallons of water are drawn every day from the Biscayne Aquifer for consumer use. MDWASD has over 7,100 miles (11,400 km) of water lines, a service area of 396 square miles (1,026 km2) and 14 pump stations. MDWASD has over 3,600 miles (5,800 km) of sewage pipes, a service area of 341 square miles (883 km2) and 954 pump stations.[123] Miami-Dade County is also in the jurisdiction of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District.

Corrections department Edit

Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is the correction agency.

Aviation department Edit

The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) operates Miami International Airport, Miami Executive Airport, Opa-locka Executive Airport, Homestead General Aviation Airport, and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.[124]

County representation Edit

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice operates the Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center in an unincorporated area in the county.[125]

Public libraries Edit

Further information: Miami-Dade Public Library System
 
Lemon City Branch Library, c. 1955
 
Shenandoah Branch Library in November 2015

The Miami-Dade Public Library System traces its origin to the late nineteenth century. The first library was a reading room established in Lemon City on April 7, 1894 by the Lemon City Library and Improvement Association. In 1942 neighborhood libraries were brought together in a single public library system, governed by a board of trustees and administered by a Head Librarian. A new central library building had been proposed for Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami as early as 1938, but the proposal was not realized till over a decade later. In December 1965 the City of Miami and Metropolitan Dade County agreed that the City of Miami would provide public library service to unincorporated Dade County and to those municipalities that did not provide their library service with four bookmobiles provided library service to the unincorporated area. On November 1, 1971, the City of Miami transferred its library system to Metropolitan Dade County which created a new Department of Libraries with a Director reporting directly to the County Manager.

On November 7, 1972, Dade County voters approved a referendum, also known as the "Decade of Progress" bonds, authorized approximately $553 million for public improvement projects in Dade County. Of that amount, approximately $34.7 million was authorized for public libraries, including construction, renovation, land acquisition, furnishings, and equipment. Between 1976 and 1990, this bond issue provided the funds to open 14 new libraries.[126] On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew inflicted significant damage on the library system, destroying all branches south of Kendall Drive.[127] Over the next years, no further expansion of the system was funded and no new libraries opened. It was not until the fall of 2001, when Mayor Alex Penelas and Board of County Commissioners voted to increase the library system's budget which provided funding for capital improvement initiatives—making way for the opening of 18 new libraries by 2011. As of 2017, 15 of these libraries have been opened, with the remaining 3 still under construction.

Today Miami-Dade Public Library System serves a population of 2,496,435, provides services for the Miami-Dade County except for the cities of Bal Harbour, Hialeah, Homestead, Miami Shores, North Miami, North Miami Beach and Surfside. It has forty-nine branches,[128] two bookmobiles and one technobus. The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners governs the Miami-Dade Public Library System.[129]

Education Edit

 
The University of Miami in Coral Gables, April 2006
 
Florida International University in University Park, October 2018
 
Miami Dade College in Miami, December 2019

Colleges and universities Edit

The University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, is among the top-tier research universities in the United States, and is the highest ranked private university in Florida.

As of 2020, Florida International University, located in Westchester (in the University Park area), is the fifth largest university by enrollment in the United States. Miami Dade College, located in Miami, has the second largest undergraduate enrollment of any U.S. college or university with over 100,000 students.

A full list of colleges and universities:

Primary and secondary (K-12) schools Edit

In Florida, each county is also a school district, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools is such for the county.[130] The district is operated by an independently elected School Board. A professional Superintendent of Schools appointed by the School Board manages the district's day-to-day operations. As of 2014, the Miami-Dade County Public School District is the fourth-largest public school district in the nation with almost 360,000 students.[131]

The Miami-Dade Public Library is one of the country's largest public library systems. It has 50 branch locations and others under construction.[132]

Miami-Dade County is home to many private and public primary and secondary schools.

MDCPS public
Charter
Tribal
Private

Sites of interest Edit

 
The Pérez Art Museum in Downtown Miami in July 2014
 
Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in April 2009

Museums Edit

Culture and wildlife Edit

 
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Coconut Grove in June 2007
 
Miami Seaquarium in Virginia Key in October 2006

Other areas and attractions Edit

 
South Beach in April 2006

Parks Edit

Sports venues Edit

 
Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and Miami Hurricanes of NCAA Division I college football, January 2020
 
LoanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins, April 2012

Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas, stadiums and complexes in South Florida. Some of these sports facilities are:

Former venues include:

Planned:

Transportation Edit

Main article: Transportation in South Florida

Airports Edit

 
Miami International Airport

Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA), in an unincorporated area in central Miami-Dade County, is the Miami area's primary international airport. One of the busiest international airports in the world, it serves over 35 million passengers a year. The airport is a major hub and the single largest international gateway for American Airlines, the world's largest passenger air carrier. Miami International Airport is the United States' third largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers (behind New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport), and is the seventh largest such gateway in the world. The airport's extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Other airports in Miami-Dade County include:

Public transit Edit

Public transit in Miami-Dade County is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT),[133] the largest public transit system in the state. MDT operates Metrorail, a heavy rail rapid transit system; Metromover, an elevated people mover servicing Downtown Miami, the Brickell financial district and the Arts & Entertainment District; and Metrobus, the county-wide bus system.[134] MDT also runs the Paratransit division's Special Transportation Service.

Many county municipalities also operate local circulator trolleys within their municipal limits. These free trolleys are operated either independently by the municipality or in concert with MDT, and connect with the MDT network at various locations throughout their routes. Some examples of municipalities offering such services include Aventura [1], Coral Gables [2], Doral [3], Hialeah [4], Homestead [5], Miami [6], Miami Beach [7], Miami Gardens [8] North Miami Beach [9], and Sunny Isles Beach [10]. Additionally, the Homestead trolley network includes seasonal service from the city to Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park [11].

MDT also collaborates with Broward County Transit to provide overlapping and connecting bus service between Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and with Monroe County Transit to provide overlapping and connecting bus service between Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys.

Miami-Dade County is also serviced by the Tri-Rail commuter rail service connecting locations in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and the Amtrak and Brightline intercity rail systems, all of which connect at various locations to Metrorail and other parts of the MDT network.

Companies providing intercity bus service in Miami-Dade County include FlixBus, Greyhound Lines and Megabus.

The Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) is an intermodal rapid transit, commuter rail, intercity rail, local bus, intercity bus and vehicle rental transportation hub just east of Miami International Airport and connected to the airport via an automated people mover. It connects the airport to all the other modes of public transportation available in the county.

Major expressways Edit

 
Julia Tuttle Causeway, which connects Miami with Miami Beach, May 2008
 
Flagler Street in Downtown Miami, May 2008
 
Florida State Road 970, also known as the Downtown Distributor, May 2008

Miami-Dade County has 10 major expressways and one minor expressway in Downtown Miami:

County roads Edit

This is a list of Miami-Dade county roads. Miami-Dade County has fewer county roads than any other county in Florida, despite its large population. None are signed.

# Road Name(s) Direction and Termini Notes
  CR 854 Ives Dairy Road SR 817 US 1 former SR 854 (east of US 441)[135]
  CR 913 Crandon Boulevard / Rickenbacker Causeway extension of SR 913
  CR 948 Lindgren Road extension of SR 825
  CR 959 Southwest 57th Avenue extension of SR 959
  CR 973 Galloway Road extension of SR 973
  CR 992 Coral Reef Drive extension of SR 992
  CR 9823 Northwest 67th Avenue
Northwest 68th Avenue 		N/S SR 826 Palm Springs North Broward County line Palm Springs North

Sources:

  • , accessed January 2014

Street grid Edit

A street grid stretches from downtown Miami throughout the county. This grid was adopted by the City of Miami following World War I after the United States Post Office threatened to cease mail deliveries in the city because the original system of named streets, with names often changing every few blocks and multiple streets in the city sharing the same name, was too confusing for the mail carriers.[136] The new grid was later extended throughout the county as the population grew west, south, and north of city limits.

The grid is laid out with Miami Avenue as the meridian going north–south and Flagler Street the baseline going east-west. The grid is primarily numerical so that, for example, all street addresses north of Flagler and west of Miami Avenue have NW in their address (e.g. NW 27th Avenue). Because its point of origin is in downtown Miami which is close to the coast, the NW and SW quadrants are much larger than the SE and NE quadrants. Many roads, especially major ones, are also named, although, with a few notable exceptions, the number is in more common usage among locals.

Although this grid is easy to understand once one is oriented to it, it is not utilized in the entire county. Hialeah uses its own grid system which is entirely different in its orientation. Coral Gables and Miami Lakes use named streets almost exclusively, and various smaller municipalities such as Florida City and Homestead use their own grid system along with the Miami-Dade grid system adding to the confusion. In the beach cities and parks of Miami Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles, and Golden Beach, the streets are coordinated with the main grid; however, their avenues are named.

Communities Edit

Main article: List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Notable people Edit

Main article: List of people from Miami

Sister cities Edit

See also: List of sister cities in Florida

Miami-Dade County's sister cities are:[137]

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ The Mayor of Miami-Dade County is officially elected in a non-partisan election, despite common de facto party affiliation.
  2. ^ Language spoken at home among residents at least five years old; only languages (or language groups) which at least 2% of residents have spoken at any time since 1980 are mentioned
  3. ^ Refers to 2013–2017 American Community Survey data;[49] the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census
  4. ^ Refers to 2008–2012 American Community Survey data;[50] the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census
  5. ^ Refers to 2013–2017 American Community Survey data;[54][55] the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the 2000 census
  6. ^ Refers to 2008–2012 American Community Survey data;[56][57] the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the 2000 census
  7. ^ Only countries of birth which at least 0.3% of residents were born in at any time since 1980 were born in are mentioned
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category
  9. ^ a b Data from the 1980 census and 1990 census pertains to residents born anywhere in the Soviet Union, not just Russia

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Miami Dade County m aɪ ˈ ae m i ˈ d eɪ d is a county located in the southeastern part of the U S state of Florida The county had a population of 2 701 767 as of the 2020 census 4 making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh most populous county in the United States 7 It is Florida s third largest county in terms of land area with 1 946 square miles 5 040 km2 The county seat is Miami the core of the nation s ninth largest and world s 65th largest metropolitan area with a 2020 population of 6 138 million people exceeding the population of 31 of the nation s 50 states as of 2022 8 Miami Dade CountyCountyLeft to right from top down Downtown Miami a lifeguard station on South Beach Miami Design District s Palm Court Wynwood Walls in Wynwood Art District Ocean Drive in Miami Beach Venetian Pool Anhinga Trail boardwalk in Everglades National Park Kaseya Center and Biscayne National ParkFlagSealLogoNickname s Dade County Dade Metro Dade Greater Miami Motto Delivering Excellence Every DayMiami Dade CountyLocation within the United StatesCoordinates 25 36 38 N 80 29 50 W 25 61058 N 80 497099 W 25 61058 80 497099 1 Country United StatesState FloridaRegionSouth FloridaMetro areaMiamiFoundedJanuary 18 1836Named forFrancis L Dade and Miami derived from the Miami River and ultimately derived from MayaimiCounty seatand largest cityMiamiIncorporated municipalities34Government TypeTwo tier federation BodyMiami Dade Board of County Commissioners Miami Dade Board of County Commissioners 2 Commissioners Oliver Gilbert Chair Marleine BastienKeon HardemonMicky SteinbergEileen HigginsKevin M CabreraRaquel RegaladoDanielle Cohen HigginsKionne McGheeAnthony Rodriguez Vice Chair Roberto Gonzalez appointed Juan Carlos BermudezRene Garcia Mayor of Miami Dade CountyDaniella Levine Cava D a Area Total2 431 178 sq mi 6 296 72 km2 Land1 898 753 sq mi 4 917 75 km2 Water532 425 sq mi 1 378 97 km2 21 9 Highest elevation 3 Miami Rock Ridge 20 25 ft 6 8 m Lowest elevation Atlantic Ocean 0 ft 0 m Population 2020 4 Total2 701 767 Estimate 2022 5 2 673 837 Rank7th in the United States1st in Florida Density1 408 21 sq mi 543 71 km2 DemonymMiami Dadian citation needed Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Time Zone Summer DST UTC 4 Eastern Daylight Time ZIP Codes33002 33010 33018 33030 33035 33039 33054 33056 33090 33092 33101 33102 33106 33109 33111 33112 33114 33116 33119 33122 33124 33147 33149 33158 33160 33170 33172 33199 33206 33222 33231 33233 33234 33238 33239 33242 33243 33245 33247 33255 33257 33261 33265 33266 33269 33280 33283 33296 33299Area codes305 786 645FIPS code12086GNIS feature ID295755GDP 155 billion 6 Primary AirportMiami International Airport MIA Secondary AirportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLL Palm Beach International Airport PBI Key West International Airport EYW Miami Executive Airport TMB Miami Opa Locka Executive Airport OPF Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport X51 InterstatesU S RoutesState RoutesRapid TransitMetrorailCommuter RailAmtrak Brightline Tri RailWebsitewww wbr miamidade wbr govAs of 2021 Miami Dade County has a gross domestic product of 154 9 billion making it the 14th largest of the nation s 3 033 counties The county is home to the Port of Miami on Biscayne Bay the world s largest passenger port with a world record 5 5 million passengers in 2018 and Miami International Airport the third largest U S airport for international passengers and largest U S airport for international cargo The county s land area of nearly 2 000 square miles exceeds that of two U S states Delaware and Rhode Island 9 The county is home to several universities and colleges including the University of Miami in Coral Gables a private research university that is routinely ranked as one of the nation s top universities and is the county s second largest employer with nearly 17 000 employees as of 2021 10 11 Miami Dade County is heavily Hispanic and was the most populous majority Hispanic county in the nation as of 2020 It is home to 34 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas 12 The northern central and eastern portions of the county are heavily urbanized with many high rise buildings along the coastline including Miami s Central Business District in Downtown Miami Southern Miami Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas which make up the agricultural economy of the county Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami Dade County s inhabited land area and is sparsely populated a stark contrast to the densely populated urban portions of the county northern sections The county includes portions of two national parks To the west the county extends into the Everglades National Park and is populated only by a Miccosukee tribal village Biscayne National Park and the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves are located east of the mainland in Biscayne Bay 13 14 Contents 1 History 1 1 Native people 1 2 European explorers and settlers 1 3 Establishment 1 4 Hurricane Andrew 1 5 Name change 2 Geography 2 1 Communities 2 2 Adjacent counties 2 3 National protected areas 3 Demographics 3 1 2010 U S Census 3 2 Languages 3 3 Religious statistics 4 Law government and politics 4 1 Structure of county government 4 2 Politics 4 2 1 Overview 4 2 2 Voter registration 5 Economy 5 1 Top private employers 5 2 Top government employers 6 Agriculture 7 Public services 7 1 Fire rescue 7 2 Police department 7 3 Water and sewer department 7 4 Corrections department 7 5 Aviation department 7 6 County representation 7 7 Public libraries 8 Education 8 1 Colleges and universities 8 2 Primary and secondary K 12 schools 9 Sites of interest 9 1 Museums 9 2 Culture and wildlife 9 3 Other areas and attractions 9 4 Parks 9 5 Sports venues 10 Transportation 10 1 Airports 10 2 Public transit 10 3 Major expressways 10 4 County roads 10 5 Street grid 11 Communities 12 Notable people 13 Sister cities 14 See also 15 Notes 16 References 17 External linksHistory EditFurther information History of Miami See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami Dade County Florida Native people Edit The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region is from approximately 12 000 years ago 15 The first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River with the main villages on the northern banks The inhabitants at the time of first European contact were the Tequesta people who controlled much of southeastern Florida including present day Miami Dade County Broward County and the southern part of Palm Beach County The Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did engage in agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased with the rest of the body and put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see The Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle 16 European explorers and settlers Edit Juan Ponce de Leon was the first European to visit the area in 1513 by sailing into Biscayne Bay His journal records he reached Chequescha a variant of Tequesta which was Miami s first recorded name 17 It is unknown whether he came ashore or made contact with the natives Pedro Menendez de Aviles and his men made the first recorded landing when they visited the Tequesta settlement in 1566 while looking for Aviles missing son shipwrecked a year earlier 18 Spanish soldiers led by Father Francisco Villarreal built a Jesuit mission at the mouth of the Miami River a year later but it was short lived After the Spaniards left the Tequesta Indians were left to fend themselves from European introduced diseases like smallpox By 1711 the Tequesta sent a couple of local chiefs to Havana Cuba to ask if they could migrate there The Cubans sent two ships to help them but Spanish illnesses struck and most of the Tequesta died 19 The first permanent European settlers arrived in the early 19th century People came from the Bahamas to South Florida and the Keys to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida Reef Some accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River At about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves The area was affected by the Second Seminole War during which Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Most non Indian residents were soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas It was the most devastating Indian war in American history causing almost a total loss of population in Miami After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 William English re established a plantation started by his uncle on the Miami River He charted the Village of Miami on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land In 1844 Miami became the county seat and six years later a census reported there were ninety six residents in the area 20 The Third Seminole War was not as destructive as the second but it slowed the settlement of southeast Florida At the end of the war a few of the soldiers stayed Establishment Edit nbsp Julia Tuttle is credited as Miami s founder Dade County was created on January 18 1836 under the Territorial Act of the United States The county was named after Major Francis L Dade a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield 21 At the time of its creation Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward counties together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present day Miami Dade County The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys then in 1844 the County seat was moved to Miami The Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866 In 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno near present day Juno Beach Florida returning to Miami in 1899 In 1909 Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was Dade County and then in 1915 Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915 22 23 24 Hurricane Andrew Edit The third costliest natural disaster to occur in the United States was Hurricane Andrew which hit Miami in the early morning of Monday August 24 1992 It struck the southern part of the county from due east south of Miami and very near Homestead Kendall and Cutler Ridge which was later renamed Cutler Bay Damages exceeded US 25 billion in the county and recovery took years in these areas where the destruction was greatest Hurricane Andrew was the costliest natural disaster in U S history until Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf region in 2005 Name change Edit On November 13 1997 voters changed the name of the county from Dade County to Miami Dade County to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami 25 Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature 26 With the name change Miami Dade became the only county in the United States whose name was hyphenated Geography Edit nbsp The Miami River in Downtown Miami in May 2008Miami Florida 27 Climate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 1 9 76 56 2 3 78 59 2 9 80 61 2 9 83 64 5 2 87 69 9 7 89 73 6 9 91 74 8 9 91 75 9 4 89 74 5 6 86 71 3 82 65 1 8 78 60 Average max and min temperatures in F Precipitation totals in inchesMetric conversionJ F M A M J J A S O N D 48 25 13 58 26 15 74 27 16 74 28 18 132 30 20 246 32 23 175 33 24 226 33 24 239 32 23 142 30 22 76 28 18 46 26 15 Average max and min temperatures in C Precipitation totals in mmAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has an area of 2 431 square miles 6 300 km2 of which 1 898 square miles 4 920 km2 is land and 533 square miles 1 380 km2 21 9 is water 28 It is the third largest county in Florida by land area and second largest by total area Most of the water is in the Biscayne Bay with another significant portion in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean Miami Dade County is only about 6 feet 1 8 m above sea level It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa 29 Miami Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora mostly in the Pleistocene The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by many barrier islands along the coast The city of Miami Beach home to the South Beach neighborhood and its Art Deco district is built on these barrier islands The archipelago of the Florida Keys which extends in an arc to the south southwest is only accessible through Miami Dade County although most of the Keys are part of neighboring Monroe County Miami is 68 miles from West Palm Beach and 30 miles from Fort Lauderdale Communities Edit Main article List of communities in Miami Dade County Florida Miami Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas 38 census designated places and 16 unincorporated regions Adjacent counties Edit Broward County north Monroe County southwest Collier County northwestNational protected areas Edit Big Cypress National Preserve Biscayne National Park Everglades National ParkDemographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 1840446 1850159 64 3 186083 47 8 1870852 4 1880257202 4 1890861235 0 19004 955475 5 191011 933140 8 192042 753258 3 1930142 955234 4 1940267 73987 3 1950495 08484 9 1960935 04788 9 19701 267 79235 6 19801 625 78128 2 19901 937 09419 1 20002 253 36216 3 20102 496 43510 8 20202 701 7678 2 2022 est 2 673 837 1 0 U S Decennial Census 1840 1970 30 1980 31 1990 32 2000 33 2010 34 2020 4 2022 5 Historical racial composition 2020 4 2010 34 2000 33 1990 32 1980 31 White non Hispanic 13 4 15 4 20 7 30 2 46 4 Hispanic or Latino 68 7 65 0 57 3 49 2 35 7 Black or African American non Hispanic 14 0 17 1 19 0 19 1 16 6 Asian and Pacific Islander non Hispanic 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 2 1 2 Native American non Hispanic 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Some other race non Hispanic 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 Two or more races non Hispanic 1 7 0 8 1 4 N A N APopulation 2 701 767 2 496 435 2 253 362 1 937 094 1 625 781Demographic characteristics 2020 35 36 37 2010 38 39 40 2000 41 42 43 1990 32 1980 31 44 Households 1 074 685 989 435 852 278 692 355 609 830Persons per household 2 51 2 52 2 64 2 80 2 67Sex Ratio 92 6 93 8 93 5 92 0 89 5Ages 0 17 19 4 21 9 24 8 24 2 24 0 Ages 18 64 63 4 64 0 61 9 61 8 60 3 Ages 65 17 2 14 1 13 3 14 0 15 7 Median age 41 0 38 2 35 6 34 2 34 7Population 2 701 767 2 496 435 2 253 362 1 937 094 1 625 781Economic indicators2017 21 American Community Survey Miami Dade County FloridaMedian income 45 32 513 34 367Median household income 46 57 815 61 777Poverty Rate 47 15 7 13 1 High school diploma 48 82 5 89 0 Bachelor s degree 48 31 7 31 5 Advanced degree 48 11 9 11 7 nbsp Ethnic origins in Miami Dade and Monroe CountiesLanguage spoken at home b 2015 c 2010 d 2000 51 1990 52 1980 53 English 26 2 27 7 32 1 42 6 57 2 Spanish or Spanish Creole 65 3 63 9 59 2 50 1 36 3 French or Haitian Creole 5 0 5 0 5 1 3 8 1 3 Other Languages 3 5 3 4 3 6 3 5 1 3 Nativity 2015 e 2010 f 2000 58 59 1990 52 1980 53 population native born 47 1 48 8 49 1 54 9 64 4 born in the United States 44 1 45 7 46 0 51 5 61 9 born in Puerto Rico or Island Areas 1 9 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 5 born to American parents abroad 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 0 population foreign born g 52 9 51 2 50 9 45 3 35 6 born in Cuba 25 7 24 0 23 3 22 1 20 0 born in Colombia 3 5 3 5 3 6 2 2 N A h born in Haiti 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 3 N A h born in Nicaragua 2 9 3 3 3 8 3 5 N A h born in Venezuela 2 3 1 6 1 1 0 5 N A h born in Honduras 1 7 1 9 1 5 0 8 N A h born in the Dominican Republic 1 5 1 5 1 6 0 8 0 4 born in Peru 1 3 1 3 1 2 0 8 N A h born in Mexico 1 0 1 1 0 9 0 5 0 3 born in Jamaica 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 6 0 9 born in Argentina 1 0 0 9 0 7 0 4 N A h born in Guatemala 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 3 N A h born in Ecuador 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 3 N A h born in Brazil 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 2 N A h born in El Salvador 0 5 0 6 0 5 0 3 N A h born in Spain 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 5 N A h born in Chile 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 N A h born in Panama 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 N A h born in the Bahamas 0 2 0 2 N A h 0 4 N A h born in Canada 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 born in Italy 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 born in the United Kingdom 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 born in Russia 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 i 1 0 i born in Germany 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 born in Poland 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 7 born in other countries 5 0 5 2 5 6 6 9 12 3 2010 U S Census Edit nbsp Downtown Miami in April 2008 nbsp Miami s Brickell neighborhood in November 2008 nbsp The beach at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne in February 2008U S Census Bureau 2010 ethnic race demographics 60 61 Hispanic or Latino of any race 65 0 61 62 White non Hispanic 15 4 White total 73 8 when including White Hispanics 60 Black non Hispanic 17 1 Black total 18 9 when including Black Hispanics 63 Asian 1 5 60 61 Two or more races 2 4 American Indian and Alaska Native 0 2 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander lt 0 1 60 61 Other Races 3 2 0 6 Arab 60 In 2010 the largest ancestry groups were 60 34 3 Cuban 4 6 Colombian 4 5 Haitian 4 2 Nicaraguan 3 7 Puerto Rican 3 4 American 2 3 Dominican 2 3 German 2 2 Italian 2 2 Honduran 2 1 Mexican 1 9 Venezuelan 1 8 Irish 1 6 Peruvian 1 5 English 1 4 Jamaican 1 1 Argentine 1 0 Russian In 2010 Cubans made up the largest population of immigrants with more than half of the population with Colombians coming in second Haitians in third followed by Nicaraguans in fourth place then Dominicans Venezuelans Peruvians Jamaicans Mexicans and Argentinians among the highest group of immigrants 64 Miami Dade has small communities of Brazilians Portuguese Spaniards Ukrainians and Poles along with Canadians including Francophone from the province of Quebec French Germans other Europeans British expatriates and Israelis There were 867 352 households out of which 30 6 had children under the age of 18 living with them 43 8 were married couples living together 18 8 had a female householder with no husband present and 30 5 were non families 23 6 of all households were made up of individuals and 8 4 2 5 male and 5 9 female had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 83 and the average family size was 3 33 61 65 The age distribution is 21 9 under the age of 18 9 9 from 18 to 24 28 6 from 25 to 44 25 6 from 45 to 64 and 14 1 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 38 2 years For every 100 females there were 93 8 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91 0 males 65 The median income for a household in the county was 43 605 and the median income for a family was 50 065 Males had a median income of 35 096 versus 29 980 for females The per capita income for the county was 22 957 About 13 8 of families and 17 2 of the population were below the poverty line including 22 0 of those under age 18 and 22 1 of those aged 65 or over 66 In 2010 51 1 of the county s population was foreign born with 48 7 being naturalized American citizens Of foreign born residents 93 0 were born in Latin America 3 2 were born in Europe 2 7 born in Asia 0 5 born in Africa 0 5 in North America and 0 1 were born in Oceania 60 Population Miami Dade2020 Census 2 701 7672010 Census 2 496 4352000 Census 2 253 3621990 Census 1 937 094 67 68 Languages Edit As of 2010 28 1 of the population spoke only English at home while 63 8 of the population spoke Spanish 4 2 spoke French Creole mainly Haitian Creole 0 6 French and 0 6 Portuguese 69 About 52 of the county residents were born outside the United States while 71 9 of the population spoke a language other than English at home 69 Religious statistics Edit In 2010 statistics the largest religious group in Miami Dade County was the Archdiocese of Miami with 544 449 Catholics in 65 parishes followed by 96 749 non denominational adherents with 197 congregations 80 123 SBC Baptists with 313 congregations 47 921 NBC Baptists with 44 congregations 27 901 Seventh day Adventists in 62 congregations 25 244 AoG Pentecostals with 45 congregations 14 628 LDS Mormons with 18 congregations 12 569 TEC Episcopalians with 30 congregations and 11 880 UMC Methodists with 32 congregations There is an estimated 23 064 Muslims with 15 congregations 3 069 Hindus with 7 congregations and 1 342 Buddhist with 17 congregations 70 In 2005 the Jewish population of the county has decreased but stabilized at about 121 000 with a high percentage of retired and elderly persons but less than in Broward and Palm Beach counties There are more than 60 congregations 34 Jewish educational institutions and three Jewish community centers The highest percentage and increase in Jewish population is in North Dade especially in Aventura Miami Dade County hosts Florida s third largest Jewish population and the nation s tenth largest 70 Altogether 39 8 of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations although members of historically African American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information 71 In 2014 Miami Dade County had 731 religious organizations the 14th most out of all US counties 72 Law government and politics EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Main article Government of Miami Dade County nbsp The Stephen P Clark Government Center June 2018 73 Miami Dade County has operated under a metropolitan system of government a two tier federation since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County as it was known to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law Unlike a consolidated city county where the city and county governments merge into a single entity these two entities are separate Instead there are two tiers or levels of government city and county There are 34 municipalities in the county the City of Miami being the largest Cities are the lower tier of local government providing police and fire protection zoning and code enforcement and other typical city services within their jurisdiction These services are paid for by city taxes The County is the upper tier and it provides services of a metropolitan nature such as emergency management airport and seaport operations public housing and health care services transportation environmental services solid waste disposal etc These are funded by county taxes which are assessed on all incorporated and unincorporated areas Of the county s 2 6 million total residents as of 2013 approximately 52 live in unincorporated areas the majority of which are heavily suburbanized These residents are part of the Unincorporated Municipal Services Area UMSA For these residents the County fills the role of both lower and upper tier government the County Commission acting as their lower tier municipal representative body Residents within UMSA pay a UMSA tax equivalent to a city tax which is used to provide County residents with equivalent city services police fire zoning water and sewer etc Residents of incorporated areas do not pay UMSA tax Structure of county government Edit See also List of mayors of Miami Dade County Florida The Mayor of Miami Dade County is elected countywide to serve a four year term and is considered a strong mayor The mayor is not a member of the County Commission appoints all 25 directors who oversee the operations of the County Departments and has veto power over the Commission A mayoral appointment and veto can only be overridden by a two thirds majority of the County Commission The post is occupied by Daniella Levine Cava the county s first female mayor The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body consisting of 13 members elected from single member districts Members are elected to serve four year terms and elections of members are staggered The board chooses a chairperson who presides over the commission as well as appoints the members of its legislative committees The board has a wide array of powers to enact legislation create departments and regulate businesses operating within the county It also has the power to override the mayor s veto with a two thirds vote Florida s Constitution provides for five elected officials to oversee executive and administrative functions for each county called Constitutional Officers Sheriff Property Appraiser Supervisor of Elections Tax Collector and Clerk of the Circuit Court also functions as Comptroller 74 However the Constitution allows voters in home rule counties including Miami Dade to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments 75 Miami Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector 76 The offices of Clerk of the Circuit Court State Attorney and Public Defender are still branches of State government and are therefore independently elected and not part of County government 77 Miami Dade is the only county in Florida that does not have an elected sheriff or a Sheriff s Office 78 Instead the county s law enforcement agency is known as the Miami Dade Police Department and its leader is known as the Metropolitan Sheriff and Director of the Miami Dade Police Department Nonetheless Miami Dade Police badges bear the inscription Deputy Sheriff Sheriff s Office Dade County Fla Politics Edit Overview Edit Miami Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992 However it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan 1980 1984 and once for George H W Bush 1988 From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections The Democrats had expanded their winning margin in each of the three elections from 2008 to 2016 in 2008 and 2012 Democrat Barack Obama averaged 59 69 of the vote In 2016 Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63 22 of the vote However in 2020 Democrat Joe Biden only won 53 31 of the vote winning the county by just over seven percent over Republican Donald Trump This was attributed to a large swing of Cuban Americans Venezuelan Americans and other Hispanic Americans to the Republican Party 79 resulting in the best Republican performance since 2004 In the 2022 gubernatorial and U S Senate elections Republicans Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio respectively won the county DeSantis became the first Republican Governor to win Miami Dade since Jeb Bush in 2002 Rubio won the county for the second time following his victory in 2010 Miami Dade County is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republicans Maria Elvira Salazar Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz Balart of the 27th 28th and 26th districts and Democrats Frederica Wilson and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of the 24th and 25th districts Further information Miami Dade County Legislative Delegation United States presidential election results for Miami Dade County Florida 80 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 532 833 45 98 617 864 53 31 8 221 0 71 2016 333 999 33 83 624 146 63 22 29 046 2 94 2012 332 981 37 87 541 440 61 58 4 758 0 54 2008 360 551 41 70 499 831 57 81 4 254 0 49 2004 361 095 46 61 409 732 52 89 3 899 0 50 2000 289 574 46 29 328 867 52 57 7 111 1 14 1996 209 740 37 87 317 555 57 34 26 487 4 78 1992 235 313 43 19 254 609 46 73 54 921 10 08 1988 270 937 55 26 216 970 44 26 2 358 0 48 1984 324 414 59 17 223 863 40 83 35 0 01 1980 265 888 50 65 210 868 40 17 48 149 9 17 1976 211 148 40 45 303 047 58 06 7 747 1 48 1972 256 529 58 87 177 693 40 78 1 541 0 35 1968 135 222 37 02 176 689 48 37 53 391 14 62 1964 117 480 35 99 208 941 64 01 0 0 00 1960 134 506 42 35 183 114 57 65 0 0 00 1956 130 938 55 37 105 559 44 63 0 0 00 1952 122 174 56 77 93 022 43 23 0 0 00 1948 41 301 37 04 59 681 53 52 10 530 9 44 1944 30 357 33 56 60 100 66 44 0 0 00 1940 25 224 32 70 51 921 67 30 0 0 00 1936 10 295 26 88 28 007 73 12 0 0 00 1932 9 244 34 16 17 820 65 84 0 0 00 1928 15 860 60 15 10 136 38 44 372 1 41 1924 2 753 26 01 3 474 32 83 4 356 41 16 1920 3 077 38 09 4 288 53 08 713 8 83 1916 629 21 94 1 654 57 69 584 20 37 1912 99 5 56 1 171 65 71 512 28 73 1908 275 17 34 961 60 59 350 22 07 1904 307 24 08 887 69 57 81 6 35 1900 389 28 50 806 59 05 170 12 45 1896 368 46 46 372 46 97 52 6 57 1892 0 0 00 109 95 61 5 4 39 Voter registration Edit Registered voters as of November 30 2022 81 Total population 82 2 701 767 2020 census Registered voters 83 1 539 063 57 Democratic 574 948 37 80 Republican 445 224 28 64 Democratic Republican spread 129 724 9 16 Minor parties 23 699 1 52 No party preference 495 192 32 04 Previous gubernatorial elections results Year Republican Democratic Third parties2022 55 3 393 532 44 0 312 972 0 7 5 3472018 39 0 311 581 59 8 478 958 1 1 8 4832014 39 3 205 017 58 4 304 721 2 2 11 6842010 42 0 204 918 56 2 274 638 1 8 8 3322006 45 3 183 457 53 3 215 930 1 4 5 558Economy EditSee also List of companies based in Miami nbsp With 16 479 employees as of 2021 the University of Miami in Coral Gables is the county s second largest employer after Baptist Health South Florida 84 nbsp The headquarters of Burger King in January 2008 nbsp The headquarters of Norwegian Cruise Line in January 2008 nbsp Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami the primary teaching hospital of the University of Miami s Leonard M Miller School of Medicine and the largest hospital in the United States with 1 547 beds 85 Brightstar Corporation 86 Burger King 87 Intradeco Holdings 88 Latin Flavors 89 Norwegian Cruise Line 90 and Ryder have their headquarters in unincorporated areas in the county 91 Centurion Air Cargo Florida West International Airways IBC Airways and World Atlantic Airlines have their headquarters on the grounds of Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area in the county 92 93 94 95 96 Hewlett Packard s main Latin America offices are on the ninth floor of the Waterford Building in unincorporated Miami Dade County 97 Other companies with offices in an unincorporated area not in any CDP AstraZeneca s Latin American headquarters 98 Gate Group s Latin American headquarters 99 Unicomer Group s United States offices 100 Goya Foods s Miami office 101 Several defunct airlines including Airlift International Arrow Air National Airlines and Rich International Airways were headquartered on or near the airport property 102 103 104 105 After Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975 he moved Eastern s headquarters from Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan New York City to an unincorporated area in Miami Dade County 106 107 Around 1991 the Miami Dade County lost a few corporations including Eastern Airlines which folded in 1991 108 At one time the cruise line ResidenSea had its headquarters in an unincorporated area in the county 109 Top private employers Edit According to Miami s Beacon Council the top private employers in 2014 in Miami Dade were 110 Employer of employees1 University of Miami 12 8182 Baptist Health South Florida 11 3533 American Airlines 11 0314 Carnival Cruise Line 3 5005 Nicklaus Children s Hospital 3 5006 Mount Sinai Medical Center 3 3217 Florida Power amp Light 3 0118 Royal Caribbean International 2 9899 Wells Fargo 2 05010 Bank of America 2 000Top government employers Edit According to Miami s Beacon Council the top government employers in 2014 in the county were 110 Employer of employees1 Miami Dade County Public Schools 33 4772 Miami Dade County 25 5023 U S federal government 19 2004 Florida state government 17 1005 Jackson Health System 9 800Agriculture EditMost of the state s summer okra Abelmoschus esculentus is grown here 111 totalling 1 000 to 1 500 acres 400 to 610 ha over the whole year 112 It is grown as a scavenger crop one grown to scavenge the benefits of residual fumigant and fertilizer 111 The most problematic pest is the Melon Thrips Thrips palmi but aphids are also significant 112 Although the Silverleaf Whitefly Sweet Potato Whitefly Bemisia tabaci reproduces in large numbers on this crop the plant is not seriously harmed and the feeding damage is quickly repaired 112 This does still leave okra as a problematic refuge from which SLW will migrate to nearby tomato bean and ornamentals 112 The University of Florida provides a production handbook 113 235 which recommends disease management and weed management practices Methyl bromide MB has been phased out and Telone products fumigants are heavily regulated here 113 46 M D much more heavily regulates Telone than the rest of the state does 113 46 Therefore the best MB alternatives here are either metam sodium or metam potassium both combined with chloropicrin 113 46 M D has some of the lowest Cry 1F resistance in the country 114 Despite its high volume of cargo traffic with Puerto Rico and earlier speculation none of PR s extreme Cry1F r genetics seems to have spread to this area 114 Southern Florida in general has the lowest in the country including PR 114 The state s first invasion of the Peach Fruit Fly Bactrocera zonata began here 115 An adult male PFF was found on November 10th 2010 on a guava tree Psidium guajava 115 The state responded by trapping an 81 square miles 210 km2 are around the site 115 The Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata is an invasive agricultural pest here 116 In fact the first recorded invasion of the state was in 1924 in Coconut Grove which was then near Miami and has since been incorporated into the city 116 117 M D has the largest greenhousing nursery industry in the state but on the other hand produces very little of its own livestock 118 Public services EditFire rescue Edit Further information Miami Dade Fire Rescue Department nbsp The Miami Dade Fire Rescue DepartmentThe Miami Dade County Fire Rescue Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Miami Dade County Florida The department serves 29 municipalities and all unincorporated areas of Miami Dade County from 60 fire stations 119 The Department also provides fire protection services for Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport and Opa locka Airport 120 The communities served are Aventura Bal Harbour Bay Harbor Islands Biscayne Park Cutler Bay Doral El Portal Florida City Golden Beach Hialeah Gardens Homestead Indian Creek Medley Miami Gardens Miami Lakes Miami Shores Miami Springs North Bay Village North Miami North Miami Beach Opa locka Palmetto Bay Pinecrest South Miami Surfside Sweetwater Sunny Isles Beach Virginia Gardens and West Miami 121 Miami Dade Fire Rescue is also the home to Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 1 as well as EMS operations consisting of 57 Advanced Life Support units staffed by 760 state certified paramedics and 640 state certified emergency medical technicians Police department Edit Further information Miami Dade Police Department nbsp A Miami Dade Police Department vehicleThe Miami Dade Police Department is a full service metropolitan police department serving Miami Dade County s unincorporated areas although it has lenient mutual aid agreements with other municipalities most often the City of Miami Police Department With 4 700 employees it is Florida s largest police department The Department is often referred to by its former name the Metro Dade Police or simply Metro The Miami Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus The director of the department is Juan Perez who succeeded J D Patterson Jr 122 The Department s headquarters are in Doral Florida Water and sewer department Edit Miami Dade Water and Sewer Department MDWASD is one of the largest public utilities in the United States employing approximately 2 700 employees as of 2007 It provides service to over 2 4 million customers operating with an annual budget of almost 400 million Approximately 330 million gallons of water are drawn every day from the Biscayne Aquifer for consumer use MDWASD has over 7 100 miles 11 400 km of water lines a service area of 396 square miles 1 026 km2 and 14 pump stations MDWASD has over 3 600 miles 5 800 km of sewage pipes a service area of 341 square miles 883 km2 and 954 pump stations 123 Miami Dade County is also in the jurisdiction of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District Corrections department Edit Miami Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is the correction agency Aviation department Edit The Miami Dade Aviation Department MDAD operates Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport Opa locka Executive Airport Homestead General Aviation Airport and Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport 124 County representation Edit The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice operates the Miami Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center in an unincorporated area in the county 125 Public libraries Edit Further information Miami Dade Public Library System nbsp Lemon City Branch Library c 1955 nbsp Shenandoah Branch Library in November 2015The Miami Dade Public Library System traces its origin to the late nineteenth century The first library was a reading room established in Lemon City on April 7 1894 by the Lemon City Library and Improvement Association In 1942 neighborhood libraries were brought together in a single public library system governed by a board of trustees and administered by a Head Librarian A new central library building had been proposed for Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami as early as 1938 but the proposal was not realized till over a decade later In December 1965 the City of Miami and Metropolitan Dade County agreed that the City of Miami would provide public library service to unincorporated Dade County and to those municipalities that did not provide their library service with four bookmobiles provided library service to the unincorporated area On November 1 1971 the City of Miami transferred its library system to Metropolitan Dade County which created a new Department of Libraries with a Director reporting directly to the County Manager On November 7 1972 Dade County voters approved a referendum also known as the Decade of Progress bonds authorized approximately 553 million for public improvement projects in Dade County Of that amount approximately 34 7 million was authorized for public libraries including construction renovation land acquisition furnishings and equipment Between 1976 and 1990 this bond issue provided the funds to open 14 new libraries 126 On August 24 1992 Hurricane Andrew inflicted significant damage on the library system destroying all branches south of Kendall Drive 127 Over the next years no further expansion of the system was funded and no new libraries opened It was not until the fall of 2001 when Mayor Alex Penelas and Board of County Commissioners voted to increase the library system s budget which provided funding for capital improvement initiatives making way for the opening of 18 new libraries by 2011 As of 2017 15 of these libraries have been opened with the remaining 3 still under construction Today Miami Dade Public Library System serves a population of 2 496 435 provides services for the Miami Dade County except for the cities of Bal Harbour Hialeah Homestead Miami Shores North Miami North Miami Beach and Surfside It has forty nine branches 128 two bookmobiles and one technobus The Miami Dade County Board of County Commissioners governs the Miami Dade Public Library System 129 Education Edit nbsp The University of Miami in Coral Gables April 2006 nbsp Florida International University in University Park October 2018 nbsp Miami Dade College in Miami December 2019Colleges and universities Edit The University of Miami located in Coral Gables is among the top tier research universities in the United States and is the highest ranked private university in Florida As of 2020 Florida International University located in Westchester in the University Park area is the fifth largest university by enrollment in the United States Miami Dade College located in Miami has the second largest undergraduate enrollment of any U S college or university with over 100 000 students A full list of colleges and universities University of Miami private Florida International University public Miami Dade College public Barry University private Catholic Nova Southeastern University private Florida National University private Florida Memorial University private historically black St Thomas University private Catholic Johnson amp Wales University private Carlos Albizu University private Miami International University of Art amp Design private Yeshiva V Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim private Jewish Miami Ad School private Southeastern College private Primary and secondary K 12 schools Edit In Florida each county is also a school district and Miami Dade County Public Schools is such for the county 130 The district is operated by an independently elected School Board A professional Superintendent of Schools appointed by the School Board manages the district s day to day operations As of 2014 update the Miami Dade County Public School District is the fourth largest public school district in the nation with almost 360 000 students 131 The Miami Dade Public Library is one of the country s largest public library systems It has 50 branch locations and others under construction 132 Miami Dade County is home to many private and public primary and secondary schools MDCPS publicAmerican Braddock Carol City Central Coral Gables Coral Park Cutler Bay Edison Ferguson Goleman Hialeah Hialeah Gardens Hialeah Miami Lakes Homestead Jackson Killian Krop Miami Miami Beach Miami Springs Mourning Norland North Miami North Miami Beach Northwestern Palmetto Reagan Doral South Dade South Miami Southridge Southwest Miami Sunset Varela Westland Washington Coral Reef DASH Marti MAST MAST Academy MAST FIU MAST Homestead Miami Lakes Ed Ctr New World Robert Morgan School for Advanced Studies Turner Tech TERRA ERI Young Men s Prep Young Women s Prep CharterDon Soffer Aventura High School Sports Leadership and Management Charter SchoolTribalMiccosukee Indian School affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education PrivateAllison Academy School Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart The Cushman School Gulliver Schools Monsignor Edward Pace High School Catholic Ransom Everglades School Riviera Schools Palmer Trinity SchoolSites of interest Edit nbsp The Perez Art Museum in Downtown Miami in July 2014 nbsp Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in April 2009Museums Edit Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach Coral Castle Homestead Miami Coral Gables Police and Fire Station Coral Gables Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Coral Gables Frost Art Museum Florida International University Miami Gold Coast Railroad Museum Miami HistoryMiami Downtown Miami Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach Jewish Museum of Florida Miami Beach Lowe Art Museum University of Miami Coral Gables Miami Children s Museum Miami Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Perez Art Museum Miami Miami Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Miami Wings Over Miami Museum Miami Wolfsonian Florida International University Miami Beach Culture and wildlife Edit nbsp Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Coconut Grove in June 2007 nbsp Miami Seaquarium in Virginia Key in October 2006Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Downtown Miami Ancient Spanish Monastery North Miami Beach Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Downtown Miami Bayside Marketplace Downtown Miami Colony Theatre Miami Beach Florida Grand Opera Miami Gusman Center for the Performing Arts Downtown Miami Jungle Island Miami Miami New Drama Miami Beach Miami Seaquarium Miami Monkey Jungle Miami Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Miami Wertheim Performing Arts Center Florida International University Miami Zoo Miami MiamiOther areas and attractions Edit nbsp South Beach in April 2006South Beach Ocean Drive Calle Ocho Lincoln Road Downtown Miami Bal Harbour Shops Dolphin Mall Aventura Mall Biltmore Hotel Freedom Tower Miami Art Deco District Miami Design District Bayside Marketplace Little Havana Star Island Brickell City of Miami Cemetery Espanola Way Mary Brickell Village Wynwood Art DistrictParks Edit Tropical Park Bayfront Park The Barnacle Historic State Park Museum Park Crandon Park Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Oleta River State Park Everglades National Park Biscayne National ParkSports venues Edit nbsp Hard Rock Stadium home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and Miami Hurricanes of NCAA Division I college football January 2020 nbsp LoanDepot Park home of the Miami Marlins April 2012Miami Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas stadiums and complexes in South Florida Some of these sports facilities are Hard Rock Stadium Miami Dolphins NFL football Miami Hurricanes NCAA college football Miami Open ATP tennis Miami Grand Prix Formula 1 auto racing LoanDepot Park Miami Marlins MLB baseball Kaseya Center Miami Heat NBA basketball Tennis Center at Crandon Park Former home of the Miami Open from 1987 until 2018 Riccardo Silva Stadium FIU Panthers NCAA college football Miami FC USL soccer Ocean Bank Convocation Center FIU Panthers men s and women s NCAA college basketball FIU Panthers NCAA volleyball Infinity Insurance Park FIU Panthers NCAA college baseball Watsco Center Miami Hurricanes men s and women s NCAA college basketball Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Miami Hurricanes NCAA college baseball Cobb Stadium Miami Hurricanes NCAA soccer Miami Hurricanes NCAA track and field Tropical Park Stadium Homestead Miami Speedway NASCAR auto racing IndyCar auto racing IMSA auto racing CCS motorcycle racing Calder Race Course Hialeah Park Race TrackFormer venues include Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium Miami Arena Former home of the Miami Heat and the Florida Panthers NHL hockey Miami Orange Bowl Former home of the Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes NCAA college football Miami Marine Stadium Homestead Sports ComplexPlanned Miami MLS stadium future home of Inter Miami CF MLS soccer Transportation EditMain article Transportation in South Florida Airports Edit nbsp Miami International AirportMiami International Airport IATA MIA ICAO KMIA FAA LID MIA in an unincorporated area in central Miami Dade County is the Miami area s primary international airport One of the busiest international airports in the world it serves over 35 million passengers a year The airport is a major hub and the single largest international gateway for American Airlines the world s largest passenger air carrier Miami International Airport is the United States third largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers behind New York s John F Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport and is the seventh largest such gateway in the world The airport s extensive international route network includes non stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America Europe Asia and the Middle East Other airports in Miami Dade County include Miami Opa Locka Executive Airport IATA OPF ICAO KOPF FAA LID OPF a joint civil military airport in northwest Miami Dade County Miami Seaplane Base IATA MPB FAA LID X44 a public use seaplane base located just east of downtown Miami on Watson Island Miami Executive Airport IATA TMB ICAO KTMB FAA LID TMB a public use airport formerly known as Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport in southwest Miami Dade County Homestead General Aviation Airport FAA LID X51 a public use airport northwest of the City of Homestead in southern Miami Dade County Homestead Air Reserve Base IATA HST ICAO KHST FAA LID HST a military base east of the City of Homestead Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport IATA TNT ICAO KTNT FAA LID TNT a public use airport located within the Florida Everglades in Collier County but owned by Miami Dade CountyPublic transit Edit Public transit in Miami Dade County is operated by Miami Dade Transit MDT 133 the largest public transit system in the state MDT operates Metrorail a heavy rail rapid transit system Metromover an elevated people mover servicing Downtown Miami the Brickell financial district and the Arts amp Entertainment District and Metrobus the county wide bus system 134 MDT also runs the Paratransit division s Special Transportation Service Many county municipalities also operate local circulator trolleys within their municipal limits These free trolleys are operated either independently by the municipality or in concert with MDT and connect with the MDT network at various locations throughout their routes Some examples of municipalities offering such services include Aventura 1 Coral Gables 2 Doral 3 Hialeah 4 Homestead 5 Miami 6 Miami Beach 7 Miami Gardens 8 North Miami Beach 9 and Sunny Isles Beach 10 Additionally the Homestead trolley network includes seasonal service from the city to Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park 11 MDT also collaborates with Broward County Transit to provide overlapping and connecting bus service between Miami Dade and Broward counties and with Monroe County Transit to provide overlapping and connecting bus service between Miami Dade County and the Florida Keys Miami Dade County is also serviced by the Tri Rail commuter rail service connecting locations in Miami Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties and the Amtrak and Brightline intercity rail systems all of which connect at various locations to Metrorail and other parts of the MDT network Companies providing intercity bus service in Miami Dade County include FlixBus Greyhound Lines and Megabus The Miami Intermodal Center MIC is an intermodal rapid transit commuter rail intercity rail local bus intercity bus and vehicle rental transportation hub just east of Miami International Airport and connected to the airport via an automated people mover It connects the airport to all the other modes of public transportation available in the county Major expressways Edit nbsp Julia Tuttle Causeway which connects Miami with Miami Beach May 2008 nbsp Flagler Street in Downtown Miami May 2008 nbsp Florida State Road 970 also known as the Downtown Distributor May 2008Miami Dade County has 10 major expressways and one minor expressway in Downtown Miami nbsp I 75 nbsp I 95 nbsp nbsp I 195 SR 112 nbsp nbsp I 395 SR 836 nbsp US 1 nbsp US 27 nbsp US 41 nbsp US 441 nbsp SR A1A nbsp Florida s Turnpike nbsp Florida s Turnpike Extension nbsp SR 826 nbsp SR 874 nbsp SR 878 nbsp SR 924County roads Edit This is a list of Miami Dade county roads Miami Dade County has fewer county roads than any other county in Florida despite its large population None are signed Road Name s Direction and Termini Notes nbsp CR 854 Ives Dairy Road SR 817 US 1 former SR 854 east of US 441 135 nbsp CR 913 Crandon Boulevard Rickenbacker Causeway extension of SR 913 nbsp CR 948 Lindgren Road extension of SR 825 nbsp CR 959 Southwest 57th Avenue extension of SR 959 nbsp CR 973 Galloway Road extension of SR 973 nbsp CR 992 Coral Reef Drive extension of SR 992 nbsp CR 9823 Northwest 67th AvenueNorthwest 68th Avenue N S SR 826 Palm Springs North Broward County line Palm Springs NorthSources FDOT Map of Miami Dade County Florida FDOT GIS data accessed January 2014Street grid Edit A street grid stretches from downtown Miami throughout the county This grid was adopted by the City of Miami following World War I after the United States Post Office threatened to cease mail deliveries in the city because the original system of named streets with names often changing every few blocks and multiple streets in the city sharing the same name was too confusing for the mail carriers 136 The new grid was later extended throughout the county as the population grew west south and north of city limits The grid is laid out with Miami Avenue as the meridian going north south and Flagler Street the baseline going east west The grid is primarily numerical so that for example all street addresses north of Flagler and west of Miami Avenue have NW in their address e g NW 27th Avenue Because its point of origin is in downtown Miami which is close to the coast the NW and SW quadrants are much larger than the SE and NE quadrants Many roads especially major ones are also named although with a few notable exceptions the number is in more common usage among locals Although this grid is easy to understand once one is oriented to it it is not utilized in the entire county Hialeah uses its own grid system which is entirely different in its orientation Coral Gables and Miami Lakes use named streets almost exclusively and various smaller municipalities such as Florida City and Homestead use their own grid system along with the Miami Dade grid system adding to the confusion In the beach cities and parks of Miami Beach Surfside Bal Harbour Sunny Isles and Golden Beach the streets are coordinated with the main grid however their avenues are named Communities EditMain article List of communities in Miami Dade County FloridaNotable people EditMain article List of people from MiamiSister cities EditSee also List of sister cities in Florida Miami Dade County s sister cities are 137 nbsp Aix Marseille Provence France nbsp Province of Asti Italy nbsp Asuncion Paraguay nbsp The Bahamas nbsp Cape Town South Africa nbsp County Cork Ireland nbsp Dakar Senegal nbsp Kingston Jamaica nbsp Maldonado Uruguay nbsp Mendoza Province Argentina nbsp Monagas State Venezuela nbsp New Taipei Taiwan nbsp Paramaribo Suriname nbsp Pereira Colombia nbsp Petit Goave Haiti nbsp Prague Czech Republic nbsp San Jose Costa Rica nbsp Santo Domingo Dominican Republic nbsp Sao Paulo Brazil nbsp Stockholm County Sweden nbsp Tenerife Spain nbsp Veracruz Mexico nbsp Viareggio Italy nbsp Curitiba Brazil 138 See also EditGentrification of Miami List of tallest buildings in Miami List of tallest buildings in Sunny Isles Beach List of tallest buildings in Miami Beach National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami Dade County Florida List of counties in Florida West End Florida Notes Edit The Mayor of Miami Dade County is officially elected in a non partisan election despite common de facto party affiliation Language spoken at home among residents at least five years old only languages or language groups which at least 2 of residents have spoken at any time since 1980 are mentioned Refers to 2013 2017 American Community Survey data 49 the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census Refers to 2008 2012 American Community Survey data 50 the last Decennial Census where language data was collected was in the 2000 census Refers to 2013 2017 American Community Survey data 54 55 the last Decennial Census where foreign born population data was collected was in the 2000 census Refers to 2008 2012 American Community Survey data 56 57 the last Decennial Census where foreign born population data was collected was in the 2000 census Only countries of birth which at least 0 3 of residents were born in at any time since 1980 were born in are mentioned a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Not counted separately aggregated into Other category a b Data from the 1980 census and 1990 census pertains to residents born anywhere in the Soviet Union not just RussiaReferences Edit Counties Gazetteer TXT 2 census gov Retrieved February 2 2022 Agencies and Officials 8 miamidade gov Miami Dade County High Point Peakbagger com Peakbagger com a b c d P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT Census Bureau Table P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE U S Census Bureau Retrieved March 21 2023 a b County Population Totals 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