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1960 935,047 88.9% 3.1 Population Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education Bilingual education is offered in Spanish French German Haitian Creole and Mandarin Chinese M-DCPS is the only school district in Florida to offer bilingual education in Mandarin. Population: as of the 2010 U.S Census there were 5,564,635 people 2.8 million (52%) were females and 2.6 million (48%) were males the median age was 38.6 years 24% of the population were under 18 years and 15% were 65 years and older There were 2,097,626 households and 1,378,108 families residing in the Miami metropolitan area. .

. . At the end of the third quarter of 2008 Florida had the highest mortgage delinquency rate in the U.S. with 7.8% of mortgages delinquent at least 60 days a 2009 list of national housing markets that were hard hit in the real estate crash included a disproportionate number in Florida the early 21st-century building boom left Florida with 300,000 vacant homes in 2009 according to state figures in 2009 the US Census Bureau estimated that Floridians spent an average 49.1% of personal income on housing-related costs the third highest percentage in the U.S. . 2.1 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City 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. TAME's United States offices Freedom Tower Marine debris strewn over the beaches of the South Atlantic Inaccessible Island Florida is a low per capita energy user It is estimated that approximately 4% of energy in the state is generated through renewable resources Florida's energy production is 6% of the nation's total energy output while total production of pollutants is lower with figures of 6% for nitrogen oxide 5% for carbon dioxide and 4% for sulfur dioxide Wildfires in Florida occur at all times of the year. On May 2 1995 a second agreement with the Castro government paved the way for the admission to the United States of the Cubans housed at Guantanamo who were counted primarily against the first year of the 20,000 annual admissions committed to by the Clinton Administration it also established a new policy of directly repatriating Cubans interdicted at sea to Cuba in the agreement the Cuban government pledged not to retaliate against those who were repatriated, View of the "Moon over Miami" a phrase that has inspired pop culture items including a movie TV series and song, 2000s: a new era Culture and wildlife See also: Climate of Miami.