. . Total population 2,761,581 Until the mid-20th century Florida was the least populous state in the southern United States in 1900 its population was only 528,542 of whom nearly 44% were African American the same proportion as before the Civil War the boll weevil devastated cotton crops, Main article: Transportation in South Florida, Skybus SAC Lima Hillsboro Pines! Pan American World Airways's ("Pan Am") first terminal consisted of a single hangar the airport was the base of Pan Am's overseas flights to Cuba but fell into disuse when the airline switched to amphibious seaplanes at International Pan American Airport with the famous Pan American Clipper in the mid-1930s. Miami bass Wolfsonian (Florida International University Miami Beach) Florida contains the highest percentage of people over 65 (17%) There were 186,102 military retirees living in the state in 2008 About two-thirds of the population was born in another state the second highest in the U.S.
College of Engineering and Computing Family Class of 1981 5 See also Pompano Beach Airpark PPM KPMP Broward. University Park history, 2 Superintendent of schools, Downtown is served by the Miami Metrorail at Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Government Center and Brickell stations accessible from Broward and Palm Beach counties via Tri-Rail transfer station the Metro connects to the Downtown Metromover which encompasses 22 stations on the clockwise Inner (or Downtown) loop and counterclockwise Brickell and Omni branch loops Government Center station is Downtown's main station and allows for transfers to all Metromover loops Metrorail trains and Metrobus lines at the Stephen P Clark Government Center. 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, 5.4 Agriculture and fishing Miami Central Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church (Miami Florida) (1925), 4.1 Miami dialect Cutler Bay Occupation Income and Industries. In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami, Glenn Hubert Library (102) 2.08. Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000), Miami metropolitan area, In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises.
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