In 1925 the Seaboard Air Line broke the FEC's southeast Florida monopoly and extended its freight and passenger service to West Palm Beach; two years later it extended passenger service to Miami, There were 867,352 households out of which 30.61% had children under the age of 18 living with them 43.8% were married couples living together 18.79% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.49% were non-families 23.55% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.38% (2.52% male and 5.86% 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, 2.8 Other colleges and schools This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available (October 2018). Royal Palm Estates This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). . South Beach Beginning April 26 2004 under then new superintendent Dr Rudy Crew the school year was begun three weeks earlier in order to synchronize the school district with the rest of the state Until this point Miami-Dade County Schools was the only district whose students began school the last week of August rather than the first This measure was also implemented to allow schools more time to ready themselves for the state's FCAT exam. (33.3) 90.4 Miami is the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team formerly played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1937 until 2008 moving to Sun Life Stadium subsequently and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at FIU Stadium, Dialect 6.1.1 Calusa and Tequesta After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly, In recent years[when?] Miami has promoted the arts business and the performing arts such as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S Other projects include the new Miami Marlins Stadium Miami Streetcar Port of Miami Tunnel and Museum Park which includes the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum. South Miami The Miami Herald also participates in "Politifact Florida" a website that focuses on the truth about Florida issues along with the Tampa Bay Times which created the Politifact concept the Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida, See also: Culture of Florida The largest metropolitan area in the state as well as the entire southeastern United States is the Miami metropolitan area with about 6.06 million people the Tampa Bay Area with over 3.02 million people is the second largest; the Orlando metropolitan area with over 2.44 million people is the third; and the Jacksonville metropolitan area with over 1.47 million people is fourth. See also: Frost Art Museum and Wolfsonian-FIU Other companies with offices in an unincorporated area not in any CDP:, Shaquille O'Neal 2012 (Ed.D.) Former NBA player rapper actor sports analyst Though spelled the same in English the Florida city's name has nothing to do with the Miami people who lived in a completely different part of North America. Southwest Florida, The College of Business is ranked the graduate school 15th for an International MBA in the U.S. and 1st in South Florida, Jupiter 55,156 39,328 Palm Beach (24.8) 78.9 Lauderdale Lakes!
With a population of more than 18 million according to the 2010 census Florida is the most populous state in the southeastern United States and the third-most populous in the United States, Miami Art Deco District Intercity bus travel which utilizes Florida's highway system is provided by Greyhound Megabus and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach. 13 References # Employer # of employees Florida International University has seventeen varsity sports teams named the Panthers the Panthers' athletic colors are blue and gold and compete in the NCAA Division I as part of Conference USA in all sports Three main sports facilities serve as home venues for Panther athletics the Panthers football team plays at FIU Stadium ("The Cage") the men and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at the FIU Arena and the men's baseball team plays at FIU Baseball Stadium Other athletics venues include the Aquatic Center Tennis Complex softball fields and various other recreational fields FIU Arena underwent expansion to add more seating and a modernization of the exterior that was completed in late 2011 on July 1 2013 FIU became a member of Conference USA. Palmetto Bay raising awareness of the inter-relatedness of one country's political policies and economic practices on another; (21.6) 74.0 Reconstruction era and end of the 19th century A satellite image of the Everglades taken in March 2019. 12 Sports Of the clubs and organizations offered to Albizu students there is a fairly even balance between those hosted by the university and those that represent outside associations Of the outside associations some of the most notable with chapters at Albizu include the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) the Society for Military Psychology and the International Honor Society in Psychology: Psi Chi All offer students the opportunity to have a voice on a national to international level and to advocate on behalf of the science and practice of psychology through events including panel discussions fundraisers and walks to raise awareness for different causes such as suicide amongst veterans, Florida (/'fl?r?d?/ (About this soundlisten)) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States the state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest by Alabama to the north by Georgia to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the Straits of Florida Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2) the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants) and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S states Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States the Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area Tallahassee is the state's capital.
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