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Hamilton Disston's land sale notice, See also: Miami Drug War As of 2010 those of (non-Hispanic white) European ancestry accounted for 57.9% of Florida's population Out of the 57.9% the largest groups were 12.0% German (2,212,391) 10.7% Irish (1,979,058) 8.8% English (1,629,832) 6.6% Italian (1,215,242) 2.8% Polish (511,229) and 2.7% French (504,641) White Americans of all European backgrounds are present in all areas of the state in 1970 non-Hispanic whites were nearly 80% of Florida's population Those of English and Irish ancestry are present in large numbers in all the urban/suburban areas across the state Some native white Floridians especially those who have descended from long-time Florida families may refer to themselves as "Florida crackers"; others see the term as a derogatory one Like whites in most other states of the southern U.S. they descend mainly from English and Scots-Irish settlers as well as some other British American settlers. 2.1 Climate Common graduation requirements - Roughly 15-20 graduate level courses, Notable alumni Elections history, 2.2 Hydrology Miami was host to many dignitaries and notable people throughout the 1980s and '90s Pope John Paul II visited in November 1987 and held an open-air mass for 150,000 people in Tamiami Park Queen Elizabeth II and three United States presidents also visited Miami Among them is Ronald Reagan who has a street named after him in Little Havana Nelson Mandela's 1989 visit to the city was marked by ethnic tensions Mandela had praised Cuban leader Fidel Castro for his anti-apartheid support on ABC News' Nightline Because of this the city withdrew its official greeting and no high-ranking official welcomed him This led to a boycott by the local African American community of all Miami tourist and convention facilities until Mandela received an official greeting However all efforts to resolve it failed for months resulting in an estimated loss of over US$10 million; . At least three airplanes have crashed in the Everglades including: Northwest Airlines Flight 705 (in 1963) Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (1972) and ValuJet Flight 592 (1996).

In 1975 the bay was designated as a state aquatic preserve the aquatic preserve spans the entirety of Biscayne Bay from Oleta River in the north to Card Sound in the south with the exception of the central part of the bay which is Biscayne National Park a second preserve was soon added off of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne which became known as the Cape Florida to Monroe County Line Preserve These two preserves are now managed by the state of Florida under the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves Seven remaining houses of Biscayne Bay's Stiltsville settlement are now within the boundaries of this National Park which was established in 1980 Much of Biscayne National Park was designated as a National Monument in 1967 Barnes Sound lies within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in regards to wildlife bottlenose dolphins and Florida manatees can be observed in the bay. Hispanic American 4.1 Elections history National Several financial scandals involving the Mayor's office and City Commission during the 1980s and 1990s left Miami with the title of the United States' 4th poorest city by 1996 With a budget shortfall of $68 Million and its municipal bonds given a junk bond rating by Wall Street in 1997 Miami became Florida's first city to have a state appointed oversight board assigned to it in the same year city voters rejected a resolution to dissolve the city and make it one entity with Dade County the City's financial problems continued until political outsider Manny Diaz was elected Mayor of Miami in 2001. North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport Palm Beach, Since then the Latin and Caribbean-friendly atmosphere in Miami has made it a popular destination for tourists and immigrants from all over the world It is the third-biggest immigration port in the country after New York City and Los Angeles in addition large immigrant communities have settled in Miami from around the globe including Europe Africa and Asia the majority of Miami's European immigrant communities are recent immigrants many living in the city seasonally with a high disposable income. .