The city's name is derived from the Miami River which is ultimately derived from the Mayaimi people who lived in the area at the time of European colonization, U.S News & World Report 2018rankings Occupations and Type of Employer: Among the most common occupations were: 32% were management professional and related occupations 30% were sales and office occupations 18% were service occupations 11% were construction extraction maintenance and repair occupations and 9% were production transportation and material moving occupations 81% of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 12% were Federal state or local government workers; and 7% were Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers. Jewish Museum of Florida Miami Beach. . ; Virginia Gardens, South Bay PortMiami is an important contributor to the local south Florida and state economies Over four million cruise passengers pass through the Port 7.4 million tons of cargo and over 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (FY 2004/2005) of intermodal container traffic move through the seaport per year This combination of cruise and cargo activities supports approximately 176,000 jobs and has an economic impact in Miami-Dade County of over $17 billion $14 billion of which is generated by its cargo operations, (20.3) 70.8 Economy 2000 5,007,564 23.5% Golden Glades Tri-Rail Greyhound Lines; 4 Safety Valve Miami Florida Business directory, Cypress swamps can be found throughout the Everglades but the largest covers most of Collier County the Big Cypress Swamp is located to the west of the sawgrass prairies and sloughs and it is commonly called "The Big Cypress." the name refers to its area rather than the height or diameter of the trees; at its most conservative estimate the swamp measures 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) but the hydrologic boundary of the Big Cypress can be calculated at over 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) Most of the Big Cypress sits atop a bedrock covered by a thinner layer of limestone the limestone underneath the Big Cypress contains quartz which creates sandy soil that hosts a variety of vegetation different from what is found in other areas of the Everglades the basin for the Big Cypress receives on average 55 inches (140 cm) of water in the wet season, Miami Florida Business directory Street grid. Sky Lease Cargo Best-Catholic-Colleges.com 2016: ranked Barry University's School of Social Work as No 3 in its list of Best 25 Catholic Social Work Schools in the country, In 1998 Democratic voters dominated areas of the state with a high percentage of racial minorities and transplanted white liberals from the northeastern United States known colloquially as "snowbirds" South Florida and the Miami metropolitan area are dominated by both racial minorities and white liberals Because of this the area has consistently voted as one of the most Democratic areas of the state the Daytona Beach area is similar demographically and the city of Orlando has a large Hispanic population which has often favored Democrats Republicans made up mostly of white conservatives have dominated throughout much of the rest of Florida particularly in the more rural and suburban areas This is characteristic of its voter base throughout the Deep South.
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, Lake Worth Corridor US 41 Orlando: Orlando is served by the SunRail commuter train which runs on a 32 miles (51 km) (61 miles (98 km) when complete) line including four stops in downtown Lynx bus serves the greater Orlando area in Orange Seminole and Osceola counties; Colleges and schools Economy St Thomas University (private/Catholic) The free MIA Mover connects the airport with the Miami Intermodal Center where the car rental facility and bus terminal has relocated the MIC also houses the airport Metrorail station and Tri-Rail terminal.
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