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  2. Homestead, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. It is located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Miami, and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Key Largo.

  3. South Florida - Wikipedia

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    Largest cities in South Florida by population: ... 2010 population 2000 population County Miami: 442,241 399,457 362,470 Miami-Dade ... Homestead: 80,737 60,512 31,909

  4. Demographics of Florida - Wikipedia

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    With a population getting close to 23 million people according to the 2023 US Census estimates, Florida is the most populous state in the Southeastern United States, and the second-most populous state in the South behind Texas. Within the United States, it contains the highest percentage of people over 65 (17.3%), and the 8th fewest people ...

  5. List of counties in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The population of Florida is 22,610,726, an increase of 5.0% from 2020. The average population of Florida's counties is 337,474; Miami-Dade County is the most populous (2,686,867) and Liberty County is the least (7,706). The average land area is 805 sq mi (2,085 km 2). The largest county is Collier County as per 2020 Census bureau of 1,998.32 ...

  6. Miami metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Miami metropolitan area, also known as South Florida, SoFlo, SoFla, the Gold Coast, the Tri-County Area, or Greater Miami, and officially the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida. It is the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the ...

  7. Miami-Dade County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Miami-Dade County ( / maɪˈæmi ˈdeɪd /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. [7] It is Florida's third largest county in terms of ...

  8. Effects of Hurricane Andrew in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, the Hispanic population in south Miami-Dade County climbed rapidly. In Homestead, for example, the Latino population rose from 30% to 45% between 1990 and 2000. Environmental aftermath. During the storm, a facility housing Burmese pythons was destroyed, allowing many of them to escape into the Everglades.

  9. Seminole Tribe of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. It received that status in 1957. Today, it has six Indian reservations in Florida.