Palm Beach Shores Miami has a minority-majority population as non-Hispanic whites comprise less than half of the population 11.9% down from 41.7% in 1970 Hispanic or Latino (of any race) make up 70% of Miami's population as of the 2010 census the racial makeup of the population of Miami was 72.6% White American (including White Hispanic) 19.2% Black or African American 1% Asian American and the remainder belonged to other groups or was of mixed ancestry, Population and registered voters as of 7/2/2019 In the year ending January 31 2018 the airport had 413,692 aircraft operations average 1,133 per day: 87% scheduled commercial 9% air taxi 4% general aviation and <1% military the budget for operations was $600 million in 2009. . Several archaeological sites are known from the area occupied by the Mayaimi including Fort Center Belle Glade Big Mound City the Boynton Mounds complex and Tony's Mound, Asian 1.0% 1.5% 2.4% 3.2.2 Concourse F, With the railroad under construction activity in Miami began to pick up Men from throughout Florida flocked to Miami to await Flagler's call for workers of all qualifications to begin work on the promised hotel and city by late December 1895 seventy-five of them already were at work clearing the site for the hotel They lived mostly in tents and huts in the wilderness which had no streets and few cleared paths Many of these men were victims of the freeze which had left both money and work scarce. . Florida is also served by Amtrak operating numerous lines throughout connecting the state's largest cities to points north in the United States and Canada the busiest Amtrak train stations in Florida in 2011 were: Sanford (259,944) Orlando (179,142) Tampa Union Station (140,785) Miami (94,556) and Jacksonville (74,733) Sanford in Greater Orlando is the southern terminus of the Auto Train which originates at Lorton Virginia south of Washington D.C Until 2005 Orlando was also the eastern terminus of the Sunset Limited which travels across the southern United States via New Orleans Houston and San Antonio to its western terminus of Los Angeles Florida is served by two additional Amtrak trains (the Silver Star and the Silver Meteor) which operate between New York City and Miami Virgin MiamiCentral in Greater Downtown Miami and the Miami Intermodal Center near Miami International Airport are major hubs for rapid transit commuter rail intercity rail and buses, Week of Welcome usually held the first or second week of the Fall semester holds many spirit events such as Trail of the Torch Trail of the Torch is another university tradition that has continued to grow annually where a pep rally is held in the Housing Quad with music food giveaways and dancing After the pep rally the torch of knowledge is lit and blue and gold candles are distributed to the crowd for the procession around the campus trailing the torch from the Housing Quad to the torch in front of the Primera Casa building Rage Week and Homecoming Week are other major back-to-back spirit weeks held in the Fall semester They include the Homecoming Parade Greek Row parties Homecoming football game Blue/Gold Party pep rallies and other Panther Rage events, 2006 45.1% 2,178,289 52.2% 2,519,845 4.2 Rock In time the civil right's task force developed into a trust that was given the charge of re-opening the park as an open green space for a multi-cultural society the restoration process was divided into two major areas: environmental and historical the trust undertook the daunting task of removing all exotic vegetation from the park while replenishing the landscape with native vegetation in August 2002 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and given a Florida Historical Marker. .
Miami Florida Business directory Miami Wind Symphony Tri-Rail Miami's commuter rail system connects to the three counties north to south This map made by the U.S military shows the term "Everglades" was in use by 1857. In 2005 82% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 28% had a bachelor's degree or higher Among people 16 to 19 years old 7% were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school the total school enrollment in the Miami metro area was 1.4 million in 2005 Nursery school and kindergarten enrollment was 170,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 879,000 College or graduate school enrollment was 354,000. . . 2018 Estimate, Main article: Seminole, There were 2.7 million Medicaid patients in Florida in 2009 the governor has proposed adding $2.6 billion to care for the expected 300,000 additional patients in 2011 the cost of caring for 2.3 million clients in 2010 was $18.8 billion This is nearly 30% of Florida's budget Medicaid paid for 60% of all births in Florida in 2009 the state has a program for those not covered by Medicaid. Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually, WRGP Radiate FM is FIU's student-run radio station since 1984 it broadcasts on 95.3 MHz at the University Park Campus and on 96.9 MHz at the Biscayne Bay Campus the signal originates in Homestead on 88.1 MHz and a broadcast translator rebroadcasts WRGP's signal to the University Park Campus and later again translated to the Biscayne Bay Campus. .
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