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Economy As of 2010 those of Asian ancestry accounted for 1.0% of Miami's population Of the city's total population 0.3% were Indian people/Indo-Caribbean American (1,206 people) 0.3% Chinese (1,804 people) 0.2% Filipino (647 people) 0.1% were other Asian (433 people) 0.1% Japanese (245 people) 0.1% Korean (213 people) and 0.0% were Vietnamese (125 people). . ; Recreation Center 8.1 City Commission Maidique was the second longest-serving research university president in the nation Now President Emeritus he currently serves as the Alvah H Chapman Jr Eminent Scholar Chair in Leadership and Executive Director of the Center for Leadership and Professor of Management at FIU. 8 See also Florida's universities have a number of collegiate sport programs Major college football programs include the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference Since 1996 Florida has added four additional programs to the ranks of Division I FCS: UCF Knights South Florida Bulls Florida Atlantic Owls and FIU Panthers, Tallahassee 64/39 68/42 74/47 80/52 87/62 91/70 92/72 92/72 89/68 82/57 73/48 66/41 Limestone and aquifers 4.2.1 Overview In the 1960s and 1970s the Attorney General's authority was used to grant parole or special permission to allow Cubans to enter the country However parole only allows an individual permission to enter the country not to stay permanently to allow these immigrants to stay the Cuban Adjustment Act was passed in 1966 This act provides that the immigration status of any Cuban who arrived since 1959 who has been physically present in the United States for at least a year "may be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" (green card holder) the individual must be admissible to the United States (i.e not disqualified on criminal or other grounds); . Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States If it were a country Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world and the 58th most populous as of 2018 in 2017 Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684 ranking 26th in the nation the unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state the 8th highest among all states the Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $345 billion as of 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145 billion Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida, In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff.
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