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PortMiami is an important contributor to the local south Florida and state economies Over four million cruise passengers pass through the Port 7.4 million tons of cargo and over 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (FY 2004/2005) of intermodal container traffic move through the seaport per year This combination of cruise and cargo activities supports approximately 176,000 jobs and has an economic impact in Miami-Dade County of over $17 billion $14 billion of which is generated by its cargo operations. Palm Springs A 2013 Gallup poll indicated that 47% of the residents agreed that Florida was the best state to live in Results in other states ranged from a low of 18% to a high of 77%, Over time there have been numerous proposals for partitioning the state of Florida to form a separate state of South Florida Such proposals have usually been made as political statement rather than serious attempts at secession Reasons often stated are cultural ethnic economic and financial frustrations with the state government in Tallahassee which is in North Florida. . . 1 Geography 2 Twentieth century Briny Breezes, Factors towards globalization, Buena Vista Design District Liberty City Little Haiti Little River Lummus Park Overtown Spring Garden and Wynwood. In 1939 Florida was described as "still very largely an empty State." Subsequently the growing availability of air conditioning the climate and a low cost of living made the state a haven Migration from the Rust Belt and the Northeast sharply increased Florida's population after 1945 in the 1960s many refugees from Cuba fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime arrived in Miami at the Freedom Tower where the federal government used the facility to process document and provide medical and dental services for the newcomers As a result the Freedom Tower was also called the "Ellis Island of the South." in recent decades more migrants have come for the jobs in a developing economy. Hydrology Period Mean Maximum Minimum Miami Florida Business directory, Hurricanes There were 2.7 million Medicaid patients in Florida in 2009 the governor has proposed adding $2.6 billion to care for the expected 300,000 additional patients in 2011 the cost of caring for 2.3 million clients in 2010 was $18.8 billion This is nearly 30% of Florida's budget Medicaid paid for 60% of all births in Florida in 2009 the state has a program for those not covered by Medicaid.
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