. 1980 3,220,844 44.0% 2000s: a new era Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach 2.2% Honduran. Wellington 56,508 38,216 Palm Beach According to the 2016 American Community Survey 72.3% of working city of Miami residents commuted by driving alone 8.7% carpooled 9% used public transportation and 3.7% walked About 1.8% used all other forms of transportation including taxicab motorcycle and bicycle About 4.5% of working city of Miami residents worked at home in 2015 19.9% of city of Miami households were without a car which decreased to 18.6% in 2016 the national average was 8.7 percent in 2016 Miami averaged 1.24 cars per household in 2016 compared to a national average of 1.8 per household, The area from Orlando to the tip of the Florida peninsula was at one point a single drainage unit When rainfall exceeded the capacity of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River floodplain it spilled over and flowed in a southwestern direction to empty into Florida Bay Prior to urban and agricultural development in Florida the Everglades began at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee and flowed for approximately 100 miles (160 km) emptying into the Gulf of Mexico the limestone shelf is wide and slightly angled instead of having a narrow deep channel characteristic of most rivers the vertical gradient from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) per mile creating an almost 60-mile (97 km) wide expanse of river that travels about half a mile (0.8 km) a day This slow movement of a broad shallow river is known as sheetflow and gives the Everglades its nickname River of Grass Water leaving Lake Okeechobee may require months or years to reach its final destination Florida Bay the sheetflow travels so slowly that water is typically stored from one wet season to the next in the porous limestone substrate the ebb and flow of water has shaped the land and every ecosystem in South Florida throughout the Everglades' estimated 5,000 years of existence the motion of water defines plant communities and how animals adapt to their habitats and food sources. In 1964 Senate Bill 711 was introduced by Florida Senator Robert M Haverfield it instructed the state Board of Education and the Board of Regents (BOR) to begin planning for the development of a state university in Miami the bill was signed into law by then-governor W Haydon Burns in June 1965 marking FIU's official founding, 13 See also Opa-Locka Executive, Having started as a two-year upper division university serving the Miami area FIU has grown into a much larger traditional university and serves international students More than $600 million has been invested in campus construction with the addition of new residence halls the FIU Stadium recreation center student center and Greek life mansions as well as the fielding of the Division I-A Golden Panthers football team in 2002. . .
4.1.1 Elections of 2000 to present, Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades Since then the Latin and Caribbean-friendly atmosphere in Miami has made it a popular destination for tourists and immigrants from all over the world It is the third-biggest immigration port in the country after New York City and Los Angeles in addition large immigrant communities have settled in Miami from around the globe including Europe Africa and Asia the majority of Miami's European immigrant communities are recent immigrants many living in the city seasonally with a high disposable income. 4.3 Cuisine Air Transport International Miami-Dade County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S state of Florida It is the southeasternmost county on the U.S mainland According to a 2018 census report the county had a population of 2,761,581 making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States It is also Florida's third largest county in terms of land area with 1,946 square miles (5,040 km2) the county seat is Miami the principal city in South Florida.
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