The population of Miami was 362,470 in 2000. In 2004, it was estimated at 379,724.
According to the 2000 census, whites constituted 66.6 percent of Miami’s population; blacks, 22.3 percent; Asians, 0.7 percent; Native Americans, 0.2 percent; and people of mixed heritage or not reporting race, 10.2 percent.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders numbered 130 at the time of the census. In recent decades the Hispanic, and especially the Cuban, population in Miami and the metropolitan area has grown rapidly. Hispanics, who may be of any race, made up 65.8 percent of the city’s people.
The city of Miami covers a land area of 92 sq km (36 sq mi). Miami is the seat of Miami-Dade county, which blankets a land area of 5,040 sq km (1,946 sq mi) and is bounded by Broward County on the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Monroe County on the south and west, and Collier County on the west.
Miami-Dade county had a population of 2,341,167 in 2000 and is made up of 31 municipalities of which Miami is the largest, followed by Hialeah, Miami Beach, North Miami, and Coral Gables.
Metropolitan Miami is the southern anchor of the Gold Coast Megalopolis. This 160-km (100-mi) continuous corridor of cities and suburbs is home to 3.9 million people and extends northward from Homestead in southern Miami-Dade County through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, to the northern reaches of Palm Beach County.
According to the 2000 census, whites constituted 66.6 percent of Miami’s population; blacks, 22.3 percent; Asians, 0.7 percent; Native Americans, 0.2 percent; and people of mixed heritage or not reporting race, 10.2 percent.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders numbered 130 at the time of the census. In recent decades the Hispanic, and especially the Cuban, population in Miami and the metropolitan area has grown rapidly. Hispanics, who may be of any race, made up 65.8 percent of the city’s people.
The city of Miami covers a land area of 92 sq km (36 sq mi). Miami is the seat of Miami-Dade county, which blankets a land area of 5,040 sq km (1,946 sq mi) and is bounded by Broward County on the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Monroe County on the south and west, and Collier County on the west.
Miami-Dade county had a population of 2,341,167 in 2000 and is made up of 31 municipalities of which Miami is the largest, followed by Hialeah, Miami Beach, North Miami, and Coral Gables.
Metropolitan Miami is the southern anchor of the Gold Coast Megalopolis. This 160-km (100-mi) continuous corridor of cities and suburbs is home to 3.9 million people and extends northward from Homestead in southern Miami-Dade County through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, to the northern reaches of Palm Beach County.
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