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6 External links Growth of urban areas, 4.1 Tri-Rail expansion American settlers began to establish cotton plantations in north Florida which required numerous laborers which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market by 1860 Florida had only 140,424 people of whom 44% were enslaved There were fewer than 1,000 free African Americans before the American Civil War, Brickell Plaza Mini Park Brickell. Booker T Washington High School founded in 1926, 2012 50.0% 4,237,756 49.1% 4,163,447, The FIU Model United Nations Program is one of FIU's premier academic programs FIU MUN is a program of the School of International and Public Affairs and is housed within the Jack D Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies Each year between 24 and 32 delegates participate in FIU MUN the acceptance rate for new delegates is usually between 8 and 10 percent FIU MUN is currently ranked as the 3rd best Model UN Team in North America and is the top ranked team in the State of Florida. . Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually. ! 6 Miramar Broward 72,739 122,041 140,823 +15.39% Two new light rail systems Baylink and the Miami Streetcar have been proposed and are currently in the planning stage BayLink would connect Downtown with South Beach and the Miami Streetcar would connect Downtown with Midtown! Academics In 1988 English was affirmed as the state's official language in the Florida Constitution Spanish is also widely spoken especially as immigration has continued from Latin America Twenty percent of the population speak Spanish as their first language Twenty-seven percent of Florida's population reports speaking a mother language other than English and more than 200 first languages other than English are spoken at home in the state, 1880 269,493 43.5% Economy Rail transport in South Florida, First Presbyterian Church (1898) In the South-West Atlantic a peak was reached in the mid-1980s and catches now fluctuate between 1.7 and 2.6 million tons the most important species the Argentine shortfin squid which reached half a million tons in 2013 or half the peak value is considered fully fished to overfished Another important species was the Brazilian sardinella with a production of 100,000 tons in 2013 it is now considered overfished Half the stocks in this area are being fished at unsustainable levels: Whitehead's round herring has not yet reached fully fished but Cunene horse mackerel is overfished the sea snail perlemoen abalone is targeted by illegal fishing and remain overfished.

. American football: Miami Seahawks (AAFC) Miami Tropics (SFL) Miami Hooters (Arena Football League) U.S District Court Judge Warnings are placed in Everglades National Park to dissuade people from eating fish due to high mercury content. Since late 2001 Downtown Miami has seen a large construction boom in skyscrapers retail and has experienced gentrification[citation needed].