. . 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. Voter registration Miami falls under the USDA 10b/11a Plant Hardiness zone, Royal Palm Beach 4.4 Student Government Association. . Many journalists and readers of the Herald disagreed with the decision to fire rather than suspend DeFede arguing that it had been made in haste and that the punishment was disproportionate to the offense 528 journalists including about 200 current and former Herald staffers called on the Herald to reinstate DeFede but the paper's management refused to back down the state attorney's office later declined to file charges against the columnist holding that the potential violation was "without a (living) victim or a complainant"! Miami Executive Airport, The Royal Caribbean International headquarters at the Port of Miami, FIU has over 30 fraternities and sororities divided into four governing councils: the Interfraternity Council (IFC) the Panhellenic Council (PC) the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) the Order of Omega a Greek honor society has had a chapter at the university since 1991 and represents the academic top 3% of FIU Greeks.
In 1993 the first dredge of PortMiami occurred deepening it to 42 feet in 2006 a $40 million project to expand the South Harbor finished in 2011 a project to reconnect PortMiami to the mainland via railroad began in 2013 a dredging project began to deepen the harbors around PortMiami from 44 to 52 feet in April 2019 the Miami-Dade Tourism and Ports Committee approved a deal for Royal Caribbean Cruises to build a new office and parking garage on Dodge Island. .
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