. . 10 Bank of America 2,000 Cooper City, 5 Economy Miami Children's Museum Miami, The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area. Headquarters The 2010 US Census reported that the Latino population in Miami accounted for 70% of its total population with 34.4% of city residents being of Cuban origin 15.8% had a Central American background (7.2% Nicaraguan 5.8% Honduran 1.2% Salvadoran and 1.0% Guatemalan) 8.7% were of South American descent (3.2% Colombian 1.4% Venezuelan 1.2% Peruvian 1.2% Argentinean and 0.7% Ecuadorian) 4.0% had other Hispanic or Latino origins (0.5% Spaniard) 3.2% descended from Puerto Ricans 2.4% were Dominican and 1.5% had Mexican ancestry.
. . Founded in 1925 the University of Miami in nearby Coral Gables is the oldest college in Florida south of Winter Park. The zip codes for Downtown include 33128 33130 33131 and 33132 the area covers 2.117 square miles (5.48 km2) as of 2000 there were 6,451 males and 4,792 females the median age for males were 34.5 years old while the median age for females were 35.8 years old the average household size had 1.9 people while the average family size had 2.8 members the percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 25.5% while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.5% and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 5.8% 15.3% of the population was in correctional institutions 1.6% of the population was in other group homes the percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 27.6% while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 13.9%.
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