. . 1970 334,859 14.8% As of 2010 there were 158,317 households of which 14.0% were vacant 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them 31.3% were married couples living together 18.1% have a female head of household with no husband present and 43.1% were non-families 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older (4.0% male and 7.3% female.) the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15. R Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business, Population percent change 2000 to 2010 +10.2% +10.8% +17.6%, 2000 Census 2,253,362 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! . . . .
Segregation of Miami-Dade beaches finally ended in the early 1960s with another protest led by the late Rev Theodore Gibson Garth C Reeves the late Oscar Range[clarification needed] and others Crandon Park and Virginia Key Beach would no longer be used exclusively by one race or another but open for all to enjoy When beaches closer to historically Black residential neighborhoods desegregated Virginia Key Beach gradually declined both in use and upkeep By the 1980s picnicking families mingled with gay couples and nudists using Virginia Key Beach too in 1982 the County transferred the former colored-only park to the City of Miami with a deed restriction that it only be used as a park and that the City continued the level of services and maintenance the City closed the Park shortly thereafter citing high maintenance costs, 9 Sports Dolphin Mall Main article: Geography of Florida! . Tropical hardwood hammock Added to NRHP 1988 and 2005 A clump of mangroves in the distance Florida Bay at Flamingo. Miami-Dade County is only about 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora mostly in the Pleistocene. Barry University has more than 60 student organizations two fraternities and one sorority honor societies and a student government. Ship moors and remaining walkway Today Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth as well as for its increasing environmental issues the state's economy relies mainly on tourism agriculture and transportation which developed in the late 19th century Florida is also renowned for amusement parks orange crops winter vegetables the Kennedy Space Center and as a popular destination for retirees Florida is the flattest state in the United States Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S state of Florida. Miami prospered during the 1920s with an increase in population and infrastructure as northerners moved to the city the legacy of Jim Crow was embedded in these developments Miami's chief of police at the time H Leslie Quigg did not hide the fact that he like many other white Miami police officers was a member of the Ku Klux Klan Unsurprisingly these officers enforced social codes far beyond the written law Quigg for example "personally and publicly beat a colored bellboy to death for speaking directly to a white woman".:53. Barry University (private/Catholic) Concourse B was built in 1975 for Eastern Air Lines as part of the airport's ambitious "Program 70's" initiative and first opened in 1983 During the 1980s the existing concourse was rebuilt and expanded and a new immigration and customs hall was built in the Concourse B section of the terminal allowing the concourse to process international arrivals Along with Concourse C and most of Concourse D it served as Eastern Air Lines' historical base of operations.
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