. . In recent years[when?] Miami has promoted the arts business and the performing arts such as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S Other projects include the new Miami Marlins Stadium Miami Streetcar Port of Miami Tunnel and Museum Park which includes the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum! 21% Palm Beach Gardens 1.2 Park decline and restoration See also: List of radio stations in Florida 10 External links Transportation Warnings are placed in Everglades National Park to dissuade people from eating fish due to high mercury content. Education Income: the median income of households in the Miami area was $43,091 78% of the households received earnings and 13% received retirement income other than Social Security 30% of the households received Social Security the average income from Social Security was $13 These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is some households received income from more than one source, Since the development of the federal NASA Merritt Island launch sites on Cape Canaveral (most notably Kennedy Space Center) in 1962 Florida has developed a sizable aerospace industry, At the same time mercury was found in local fish at such high levels that consumption warnings were posted for fishermen a Florida panther was found dead with levels of mercury high enough to kill a human Scientists found that power plants and incinerators using fossil fuels were expelling mercury into the atmosphere and it fell as rain or dust during droughts the naturally occurring bacteria that reduce sulfur in the Everglades ecosystem were transforming the mercury into methylmercury and it was bioaccumulating through the food chain Stricter emissions standards helped lower mercury coming from power plants and incinerators which in turn lowered mercury levels found in animals though they continue to be a concern. On June 12 2009 FIU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename the University Park campus to the Modesto Maidique Campus However the change created a large backlash from the FIU community as many felt it unfitting to name the campus after him a campaign by FIU students and alumni was created to revert the name change and to keep the name University Park a Facebook group "No to Maidique's Campus" with over 2,000 supporters has made national news in many newspapers TV news stations and collegiate magazines supporting to keep the name "University Park"! (19.2) 68.6 Ranking As of 2000 the percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all made up 23.1% of the population the percentage of residents born in Florida was 26.9% the percentage of people born in another U.S state was 25.0% and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S was 6.4% while the percentage of foreign born residents was 41.7%; South Florida (colloquially and locally known as SoFlo) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises Florida's southernmost counties including Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach It is the fourth most populous urban agglomeration in the United States It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions the others being Central Florida and North Florida it includes the populous Miami metropolitan area the Everglades and the Florida Keys South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate, Fort Lauderdale 165,521 152,397 Broward Green Library is one of the largest libraries in the Southeastern U.S and is the largest building on-campus.
Top government employers 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. 2010 47.7% 2,557,785 48.9% 2,619,335, Marlins Park home of the Miami Marlins of the MLB, Est 2018 470,914 17.9% Seminole Manor 1.2 18th to 19th centuries: Early non-Spanish settlement. 1940s to 1970s Atlas Air Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis. .
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