. . . Miami's heavy-rail rapid transit system Metrorail is an elevated system comprising two lines and 23 stations on a 24.4-mile (39.3 km)-long line Metrorail connects the urban western suburbs of Hialeah Medley and inner-city Miami with suburban the Roads Coconut Grove Coral Gables South Miami and urban Kendall via the central business districts of Miami International Airport the Civic Center and Downtown a free elevated people mover Metromover operates 21 stations on three different lines in greater Downtown Miami with a station at roughly every two blocks of Downtown and Brickell Several expansion projects are being funded by a transit development sales tax surcharge throughout Miami-Dade County. . Per capita GDP in 2017 was $39,842 ranking fortieth in the nation Per capita income varies widely by geographic region and profession North Florida and the rural counties of the Florida Panhandle are the most impoverished in the state Florida has a poverty rate of 14.0% the seventeenth lowest of any state in the country Many coastal cities include some of the wealthiest per-capita areas in the United States; Parks Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Florida in the American Civil War, Contents 1990 Census 1,937,094 3.5 Study abroad, One of the Cape Canaveral launch sites during the launch of SpaceX CRS-13 in 2017. 2.2% Honduran Palmetto Estates, The collapse of the Florida land boom of the 1920s the 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression in the 1930s slowed development When World War II began Miami became a base for U.S defense against German submarines due to its prime location on the southern coast of Florida This brought an increase in Miami's population; 172,172 people lived in the city by 1940 the city's nickname the Magic City came from its rapid growth which was noticed by winter visitors who remarked that the city grew so much from one year to the next that it was like magic, Schools nominate representatives for each category a Miami Herald appointed judge paneled interview process in each category only one Silver Knight Award is granted in each county Broward & Dade every year These awards have been given in Miami-Dade County Florida since 1959 and in Broward County Florida since 1984 the televised award ceremonies are given in each county.
. Florida's Constitution provides for six elected officials to oversee executive and administrative functions for each county (called "Constitutional Officers"): Sheriff Property Appraiser Supervisor of Elections Tax Collector Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller However the Constitution allows voters in home-rule counties (including Miami-Dade) to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments; Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff Supervisor of Elections Controller and Tax Collector the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court and the judicial offices of State Attorney and Public Defender are still branches of State government and are therefore independently elected and not part of County government.[citation needed], Miami music is varied Cubans brought the conga and rumba while Haitians and the rest of the French West Indies have brought kompa and zouk to Miami from their homelands instantly popularizing them in American culture Dominicans brought bachata and merengue while Colombians brought vallenato and cumbia and Brazilians brought samba West Indians and Caribbean people have brought reggae soca calypso and steel pan to the area as well, Further information: History of Miami WNBA Basketball player. The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral Florida a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area several miles west of downtown Miami Founded in 1903 it is the second largest newspaper[citation needed] in South Florida serving Miami-Dade Broward and Monroe Counties it also circulates throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. . .
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