Sawgrass marshes and sloughs 1930 142,955 234.4% 11 Notable people The Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium in suburban Miami Gardens while the Florida Panthers play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center. ; The Royal Caribbean International headquarters at the Port of Miami, Brightline train at Fort Lauderdale, Much of Florida is on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida Spanning two time zones it extends to the northwest into a panhandle extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico It is bordered on the north by Georgia and Alabama and on the west at the end of the panhandle by Alabama It is the only state that borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Florida also is the southernmost state in the 48 contiguous states with Hawaii being the only state reaching farther south Florida is west of the Bahamas and 90 miles (140 km) north of Cuba Florida is one of the largest states east of the Mississippi River and only Alaska and Michigan are larger in water area the water boundary is 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 nautical miles (10 mi; 17 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. As of the census of 2000 there were 2,253,362 people 776,774 households and 548,402 families in the county with an average population density of 1,158 inhabitants per square mile (447/km2) There were 852,278 housing units with an average density of 438 per square mile (169/km2) the county's racial makeup was 69.7% White (49% White Hispanic 20.7% Non-Hispanic White) 20.3% African American and Black (with a large part of Caribbean descent) 0.20% Native American 1.4% Asian 0.01% Pacific Islander 4.60% from other races and 3.80% from two or more races 57.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race in relation to ancestry (excluding the various Hispanic and Latino ancestries) 5% were Haitian 5% American 2% Italian 2% Jamaican 2% German 2% Irish and 2% English ancestry. 7 Accidents and incidents Public services American Airlines Arena home of the Miami Heat of the NBA. Lakeview Hall North and South 2006 Miami Florida Business directory! .
. (113) 8.70 15 Miami Beach Miami-Dade 87,933 87,779 91,718 +4.49% On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor. . The main campus is located on the south side of the Tamiami Trail (U.S Route 41/SW 8th Street) between SW 107th and SW 117th Avenue next to Florida's Turnpike and near the western terminus of the Dolphin Expressway; .
Guillermo F. Porro, DMD PA