The Wolfsonian Library is located at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in South Beach on the corner of Washington Avenue and 10th Street the collection focuses exclusively on architecture art design and history of the Western World from 1885 to 1945 the library serves mostly as a research library with an extensive collection of primary sources for students prior approval from the staff is needed to enter the library, 1990 12,937,926 32.7% U.S Decennial Census Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Florida in the American Civil War. . The underlying bedrock or limestone of the Everglades basin affects the hydroperiod or how long an area within the region stays flooded throughout the year Longer hydroperiods are possible in areas that were submerged beneath seawater for longer periods of time while the geology of Florida was forming More water is held within the porous ooids and limestone than older types of rock that spent more time above sea level a hydroperiod of ten months or more fosters growth of sawgrass whereas a shorter hydroperiod of six months or less promotes beds of periphyton a growth of algae and other microscopic organisms There are only two types of soil in the Everglades peat and marl Where there are longer hydroperiods peat builds up over hundreds or thousands of years due to many generations of decaying plant matter Where periphyton grows the soil develops into marl which is more calcitic in composition! Economic forces: economics explains country differences in costs currency values and market size, Enterprise Florida the state's economic development agency identifies "Southeast Florida" as one of eight economic regions used by the agency and other state and outside entities including the Florida Department of Transportation Some entities alternately designate this region "South Florida" Its definition includes much of the same territory as Lamme and Oldakowski's report (except the Gulf Coast and much of the interior Glades region) as well as additional area it includes Monroe County (the Keys) and the three metropolitan counties of Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach.
. 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement 12 See also Grade 2: 26,423. . As of the census of 2000 there were 2,253,362 people 776,774 households and 548,402 families in the county with an average population density of 1,158 inhabitants per square mile (447/km2) There were 852,278 housing units with an average density of 438 per square mile (169/km2) the county's racial makeup was 69.7% White (49% White Hispanic 20.7% Non-Hispanic White) 20.3% African American and Black (with a large part of Caribbean descent) 0.20% Native American 1.4% Asian 0.01% Pacific Islander 4.60% from other races and 3.80% from two or more races 57.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race in relation to ancestry (excluding the various Hispanic and Latino ancestries) 5% were Haitian 5% American 2% Italian 2% Jamaican 2% German 2% Irish and 2% English ancestry. ! Lauderdale-by-the-Sea As of 2010 those of Hispanic or Latino ancestry accounted for 22.5% (4,223,806) of Florida's population Out of the 22.5% the largest groups were 6.5% (1,213,438) Cuban 4.5% (847,550) Puerto Rican 3.3% (629,718) Mexican and 1.6% (300,414) Colombian Florida's Hispanic population includes large communities of Cuban Americans in Miami and Tampa Puerto Ricans in Orlando and Tampa and Mexican/Central American migrant workers the Hispanic community continues to grow more affluent and mobile as of 2011 57.0% of Florida's children under the age of 1 belonged to minority groups Florida has a large and diverse Hispanic population with Cubans and Puerto Ricans being the largest groups in the state Nearly 80% of Cuban Americans live in Florida especially South Florida where there is a long-standing and affluent Cuban community Florida has the second largest Puerto Rican population after New York as well as the fastest-growing in the nation Puerto Ricans are more widespread throughout the state though the heaviest concentrations are in the Orlando area of Central Florida, Various international treaties attempt to reduce pollution caused by environmental threats such as oil spills marine debris and the incineration of toxic wastes at sea, For Fall 2014 8,762 students applied for graduate admissions throughout the university Of those 43.2% were accepted the Wertheim College of Medicine admitted 4.6% of its applicants and the College of Law admitted 19% Admission to the Wertheim College of Medicine is competitive and the college has one of the highest number of applicants in the state greater than the University of Florida for Fall 2010 3,606 students applied for 43 spots. Prior to urban development of the South Florida region pine rocklands covered approximately 161,660 acres (654.2 km2) in Miami-Dade County Within Everglades National Park 19,840 acres (80.3 km2) of pine forests are protected but outside the park 1,780 acres (7.2 km2) of pine communities remained as of 1990 averaging 12.1 acres (49,000 m2) in area the misunderstanding of the role of fire also played a part in the disappearance of pine forests in the area as natural fires were put out and pine rocklands transitioned into hardwood hammocks Prescribed fires occur in Everglades National Park in pine rocklands every three to seven years! 1990s Tropical Park Stadium Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition the German Meteor expedition Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States Navy Hydrographic Office.
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