Central Terminal (Yellow) 8.2 Culture and wildlife Main article: Neighborhoods in Miami. 1850 159 -64.3% 12.4 Places of worship, 1.5 Recent history Surf Coast/Fun Coast/Halifax Area, Terrorism is a voluntary act of violence towards a group(s) of people in most cases acts of terrorism is derived from hatred of religious political and cultural beliefs an example was the infamous 9/11 attacks labeled as terrorism due to the massive damages inflicted on American society and the global economy stemming from the animosity towards Western culture by some radical Islamic groups Terrorism not only affects civilians but it also damages corporations and other businesses These effects may include: physical vandalism or destruction of property sales declining due to frightened consumers and governments issuing public safety restrictions Firms engaging in international business will find it difficult to operate in a country that has an uncertain assurance of safety from these attacks. . Central Atlantic Florida has three NFL teams two MLB teams two NBA teams two NHL teams and one MLS team Florida gained its first permanent major-league professional sports team in 1966 when the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins the state of Florida has given professional sports franchises some subsidies in the form of tax breaks since 1991, History Per capita GDP in 2017 was $39,842 ranking fortieth in the nation Per capita income varies widely by geographic region and profession North Florida and the rural counties of the Florida Panhandle are the most impoverished in the state Florida has a poverty rate of 14.0% the seventeenth lowest of any state in the country Many coastal cities include some of the wealthiest per-capita areas in the United States. See also: Transportation in Miami 6 Miramar Broward 72,739 122,041 140,823 +15.39% MIA Mover. .

Miami Florida Business directory, 6.2 Major airports Also in 1933 the Miami City Commission asked the Miami Women's Club to create a city flag design the flag was designed by Charles L Gmeinder on their behalf and adopted by City Commission in November 1933 It is unknown why the orange and green colors were selected for the flag One theory is that the colors were inspired by the orange tree although the University of Miami was already using the colors of orange and green for their sports teams since 1926, FIU graduates have consistently performed well on the Florida Bar Exam Graduates achieved the highest passage rate among all Florida law schools on the July 2015 February 2016 and July 2016 exams in 2007 the College of Law was ranked 1st in Florida in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam at 96% in July 2008 the College of Law achieved a 90.6% passing rate which placed it 2nd among Florida's ten law schools in February 2009 the College of Law achieved an 81.5% passing rate which placed it 1st among Florida's ten law schools. . Everglades National Park Miami International Airport serves as the primary international airport of the Greater Miami Area One of the busiest international airports in the world Miami International Airport caters to over 35 million passengers a year the airport is a major hub and the largest international gateway for American Airlines Miami International is the busiest airport in Florida the United States' second-largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers behind New York's John F Kennedy International Airport and the seventh-largest such gateway in the world the airport's extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America Europe Asia and the Middle East; . ! (23.3) 78.2 Miami's Brickell neighborhood is amongst the fastest-growing areas of Miami-Dade County[citation needed], 2.2 Areas with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants Until the mid-20th century Florida was the least populous state in the southern United States in 1900 its population was only 528,542 of whom nearly 44% were African American the same proportion as before the Civil War the boll weevil devastated cotton crops. Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, Brickell Park Brickell Concourse E 7 External links On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective.