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. Black (non-Hispanic): 17.1% (6.9% (Black total 18.9% when including Black Hispanics), Retail 1998 44.7% 1,773,054 55.3% 2,191,105! . Miami-Dade County is home to many private and public universities and colleges. 4.4 Urban planning Safety Valve Plate tectonics, Grade 8: 26,654 Joy Taylor 2009 Host of Skip and Shannon: Undisputed From the 1930s through much of the 1960s Florida was essentially a one-party state dominated by white conservative Democrats who together with other Democrats of the "Solid South" exercised considerable control in Congress They have gained slightly less federal money from national programs than they have paid in taxes Since the 1970s conservative white voters in the state have largely shifted from the Democratic to the Republican Party Though the majority of registered voters in Florida are Democrats it continued to support Republican presidential candidates through 2004 except in 1976 and 1996 when the Democratic nominee was from "the South"! . !

Climate chart (explanation) Unlike a consolidated city-county where the city and county governments merge into a single entity these two entities are separate Instead there are two "tiers" or levels of government: city and county There are 34 municipalities in the county the City of Miami being the largest. Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE. Twenty-first century 3.2 Education households income and poverty Southside Elementary School 1990 358,548 3.4% Dry season 17.4 inches (44 cm) 30.9 inches (78 cm) 7.3 inches (19 cm).