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70-661: South Florida is dominated by the Miami metropolitan area and the Everglades . It also contains the Florida Keys ; three U.S. national parks: Biscayne , Dry Tortugas , and Everglades ; and multiple cities. As with all vernacular regions, South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources. A 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising

140-466: A 5–10% hike in property tax millage rates throughout the metropolitan area to fund the construction of new schools and to fund understaffed schools and educational institutions, resulting in an increase in residents' property tax bills beginning in the 2009 tax year. Politically, metropolitan Miami is strongly Democratic , like most large metropolitan regions in the United States. Broward County

210-741: A news bureau in Havana, Cuba. The Palm Beach Post serves mainly Palm Beach County, especially the central and northern regions, and the Treasure Coast . The Boca Raton News publishes five days a week and circulates in southern Palm Beach County. El Nuevo Herald , a subsidiary of the Miami Herald , and Diario Las Americas , are Spanish-language daily papers that circulate mainly in Miami-Dade County. La Palma and El Sentinel are weekly Spanish newspapers published by

280-597: A population of 6,887,655 in 2020. As of 2023 , the CSA consists of three component metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and one Micropolitan statistical area (μSA): When the CSA was defined in 2013, it included the Okeechobee μSA, but not the Key West μSA. In 2018 the Okeechobee μSA was removed from the CSA and the Key West μSA was added. The Okeechobee μSA was re-added to the CSA in 2023. The Miami metropolitan area

350-494: A reference to the wealth and ritzy tropical lifestyle that characterizes the area. The region has a tropical climate , similar to the climate found in much of the Caribbean . It is the only metropolitan area in the 48 contiguous states that falls under that category. More specifically, it generally has a tropical monsoon climate ( Köppen climate classification , Am ). The South Florida metropolis sees most of its rain in

420-424: A result of its anti-communist views, but Miami-Dade County still remains very Democratic when compared with most of Florida's other counties . Despite being more suburban and affluent, Palm Beach County is reliably Democratic as well and in the 2020 presidential election voted for Democratic candidate Joe Biden by a higher margin than Miami-Dade County did. In the 2016 presidential election, 62.3% of voters in

490-542: A third of South Floridians described their region as such. 38% characterized the area as conservative; 26% as moderate. This tracks with South Florida's demographics, and Lamme and Oldakowski's findings parallel Barney Warf and Cynthia Waddell's research on Florida's political geography during the 2000 Presidential election . The economy in South Florida is very similar to that in Central Florida. Compared to

560-638: A tropical depression in October 2000 passed over the city, causing record rainfall and flooding. Locally, the storm is credited as the No Name Storm of 2000 , though the depression went on to become Tropical Storm Leslie upon entering the Atlantic Ocean. The following is a list of the twenty largest cities in the Miami metropolitan area as ranked by population. There is a strong divide between

630-491: A unique dialect, commonly called the Miami dialect, is widely spoken. The dialect developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics , including Cuban-Americans , whose first language was English , though some non-Hispanic white , black , and other races who were born and raised in Miami-Dade tend to adopt it as well. It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in

700-533: Is syllable-timed . Unlike some accents of New York Latino English , the Miami accent is rhotic . Some specific features of the accent include the following: The Miami accent also stereotypically includes a lack of certain features associated with standard American accents , including: Speakers of the Miami accent occasionally use " calques ," which are idioms directly translated from Spanish that may sound syntactically unusual to other native English speakers. For example, instead of saying, "let's get out of

770-523: Is a fusion cuisine which developed in South Florida, drawing influence from Floridian, Caribbean, Asian and Latin American cuisines. Additionally, while there was little geographical variation for most styles of music, there was regional variation for both country and Latin music. Country was significantly less popular in South Florida than in North or Central Florida, while Latin was more popular than in

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840-679: Is a regional accent of the American English dialect spoken in South Florida, particularly in Miami-Dade , Broward , Palm Beach , and Monroe counties. The accent was born in central Miami , but has expanded to the rest of South Florida in the decades since the 1960s. The Miami accent is most prevalent in American-born South Floridian youth. The Miami accent is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in

910-575: Is during the peak of the Cape Verde season, mid-August through the end of September. Due to its location between two major bodies of water known for tropical activity, South Florida is also statistically the most likely major area to be struck by a hurricane in the world, trailed closely by Nassau, Bahamas , and Havana , Cuba. Many hurricanes have affected the metropolis, including Betsy in 1965, Andrew in 1992, Irene in 1999, Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005, and Irma in 2017. In addition,

980-459: Is frequently named the "Gold Coast" in convention with Florida's other coast regions , including the Space Coast , Treasure Coast , Sun Coast , Nature Coast , Forgotten Coast , Emerald Coast , Fun Coast , and First Coast . Like several of the others, it seems to have originated at the time the area first saw major growth. One of the best known of Florida's vernacular regions, the name is

1050-474: Is highly urbanized and increasingly continuous and decentralized, with no particular dominant core cities. The center projects this pattern to continue in the future. There have been several proposals for partitioning the state of Florida to form a separate state of South Florida. Such proposals have usually been made as political statement rather than serious attempts at secession. Reasons often stated are cultural, ethnic, economic, and financial frustrations with

1120-700: Is much less common in Broward County and Palm Beach County , where the majority of the population is non-Hispanic. Greater Miami is served by several English-language and two major Spanish-language daily newspapers. The Miami Herald , headquartered in Doral , is Miami's primary newspaper with over a million readers. It also has news bureaus in Broward County , Monroe County , and Nassau, Bahamas . The South Florida Sun-Sentinel circulates primarily in Broward and southern Palm Beach counties and also has

1190-439: Is no distinction between the 3 names. Much of the land in the metropolis is unincorporated, which means it does not belong to any municipality, and therefore is governed directly by the county it is located in. The Miami metropolitan area contains all or part of nine Congressional districts: the 18th , 20th , 21st , 22nd , 23rd , 24th , 25th , 26th , and 27th districts . As of 2017 (the 113th Congress),

1260-607: Is rare for temperatures to drop below 40 °F (4 °C), however, low temperatures at or around 35 °F (2 °C) have occurred some years. South Florida only experiences these cold spells about twice each winter and they typically only last a day or two before temperatures return to the mid 70s. On average South Florida is frost-free, although there can be a light frost in the inland communities about once every decade. Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30, although hurricanes can develop outside that period. The most likely time for South Florida to be hit

1330-787: Is split into two separate television/radio markets: The Miami-Fort Lauderdale market serves Miami-Dade, Broward and the Florida Keys. The West Palm Beach market serves Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast region. Miami-Fort Lauderdale is the 12th largest radio market and the 16th-largest television market in the U.S. television stations serving the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area include WAMI-TV ( UniMas ), WBFS-TV ( The CW ), WSFL-TV ( Independent ), WFOR-TV ( CBS ), WHFT-TV ( TBN ), WLTV ( Univision ), WPLG ( ABC ), WPXM ( ION ), WSCV ( Telemundo ), WSVN ( FOX ), WTVJ ( NBC ), WLRN-TV ( PBS ), and WPBT (also PBS),

1400-693: Is the eighth-largest public university by enrollment in the nation. Miami accent The Miami accent is an evolving American English accent or sociolect spoken in South Florida , particularly in Miami-Dade county, originating from central Miami . The Miami accent is most prevalent in American-born Hispanic youth who live in the Greater Miami area. The Miami accent was developed by second- or third-generation Miamians, particularly young adults whose first language

1470-493: Is the 4th-largest in Florida and the 11th-largest in the United States. Broward County Public School District is the 6th-largest in the United States. The University of Miami is one of the top-ranked private research institutions in the United States, and has the most selective admissions standards of Florida's 171 colleges and universities. As of 2023 , Florida International University , with over 55,000 enrolled students,

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1540-565: Is the second-longest urbanized area in the United States behind the New York metropolitan area . It was the eighth-most densely populated urbanized area in the United States as of the 2000 census. As of the 2020 census, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale urbanized area had a land area of 1,244.18 square miles (3,222.4 km ), with a population of 6,077,522, for a population density of 4,884.78 inhabitants per square mile (1,886.02/km ). The Miami metropolitan area also had one urban cluster (UC) as of

1610-454: Is the second-most heavily Democratic county in the state, behind only Gadsden County , which is much smaller. This contrasts with most of the rest of Florida, whose heavier Southern influence and high population of elderly voters makes it a swing or Republican -leaning state. Miami-Dade County has a relatively high percentage of Republican voters for an urban county, due partially to its Cuban-American population, which leans Republican as

1680-777: The Cook Partisan Voting Index listed four as being Republican-leaning: the 18th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, with the 25th being the most Republican-leaning at R+5, and five as being Democratic-leaning: the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, with the 24th being the most Democratic-leaning at D+34, making it the ninth-most Democratic-leaning district in the nation. Among those employed in the Miami metropolitan area, 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

1750-590: The Florida Department of Transportation . Some entities alternately designate this region "South Florida". Its definition includes much of the same territory as Lamme and Oldakowski's report, except the Gulf Coast and much of the interior Glades region.. It includes Monroe County and the three metropolitan counties of Miami-Dade , Broward , and Palm Beach , as well as the three " Treasure Coast " counties of Indian River , St. Lucie , and Martin to

1820-696: The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with a 2020 population of 6,138,333. The MSA is made up of three "metropolitan divisions" : The MSA is the second most populous metropolitan area in the Southeastern United States and has an area of 6,137 sq. mi (15,890 km ). The original MSA for Miami, as defined by the OMB, included only Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). By 1995,

1890-573: The Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect , Northern New Jersey English , and New York Latino English .) Unlike Virginia Piedmont, Coastal Southern American, and Northeast American dialects, the "Miami accent" is rhotic ; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed ). Lamme and Oldakowski identify several demographic, political, and cultural elements that characterize South Florida and distinguish it from other areas of

1960-421: The Mid-Atlantic , especially the New York area dialect , Northern New Jersey English , and New York Latino English . Unlike Virginia Piedmont , Coastal Southern American, and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect of the Miami accent is rhotic ; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish in which rhythm is syllable-timed . It is possible to differentiate

2030-561: The Office of Management and Budget , include Fort Lauderdale , West Palm Beach , Pompano Beach , Boca Raton , Sunrise , Deerfield Beach , Miami Beach , Kendall , Doral , Delray Beach , Jupiter , and Palm Beach Gardens . The Miami metropolitan area is part of the larger South Florida region of the state, which also includes the Everglades and the Florida Keys . With 1,279.2 sq mi (3,313 km ) of urban landmass ,

2100-560: The Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel , respectively, and circulate in the same areas as their English-language counterparts. There are several university student-run newspapers in the area, including The Miami Hurricane at the University of Miami , University Press at Florida Atlantic University , PantherNOW at Florida International University , and The Current at Nova Southeastern University . Greater Miami

2170-531: The Pew Research Center , Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the Miami metropolitan area (68%), with 39% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant and 27% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. Judaism is second (9%), followed by Islam , Buddhism , Hinduism and a variety of other religions have smaller followings; 21% of the population did not identify with any religion. The Miami area has one of

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2240-400: The 2020 census, which is not part of the Miami urbanized area. The Belle Glade urban cluster had a population of 23,009, area of 7.21 square miles (18.7 km ) and population density of 3,191.41 inhabitants per square mile (1,232.21/km ). Miami, the largest city in the metropolitan area, had population density of over 10,000/sq mi (more than 3,800/km ) in 2000. The Miami Urbanized Area was

2310-924: The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deefield Beach Metropolitan Division (Broward County), the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan Division (Miami-Dade County), and the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach Metropolitan Division (Palm Beach County). The Census Bureau also defines a wider commercial region based on commuting patterns, the Miami-Port Saint Lucie-Fort Lauderdale Combined Statistical Area (CSA), with

2380-481: The Miami accent from a variety of interlanguages spoken by second-language speakers. The Miami accent does not generally display addition of /ɛ/ before initial consonant clusters with /s/ , speakers do not confuse of /dʒ/ with /j/ , (e.g., Yale with jail ), and /r/ and /rr/ are pronounced as alveolar approximant [ ɹ ] instead of alveolar tap [ ɾ ] or alveolar trill [r] in Spanish. The Miami accent

2450-496: The Miami metropolitan area also is one of the world's most populous urban agglomerations . South Florida is largely confined to a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Everglades , and Miami's urbanized area is about 100 miles (160 km) long (north to south) and at most 20 miles (32 km) east to west; in some areas, its east to west width is only 5 miles (8 km). The Miami metropolitan statistical area

2520-490: The Miami metropolitan area voted Democratic. This was the 6th highest of any metro area in the United States. However, in recent years the area has shifted hard to the Republicans, with former president Donald Trump losing the metro area by 16 points in 2020 compared to losing it by 30 in 2016 (Fueled especially by Miami Dade County shifting 22 points to the right between 2016 and 2020), and Governor Ron DeSantis winning

2590-478: The Miami metropolitan area. In 2023 Florida International University linguistics professor Philip M. Carter and University at Buffalo doctoral student Kristen D’Alessandro Merii argued that the accent qualifies as a distinct regional dialect of American English. The Miami accent is a native dialect of English and is not a second-language English or an interlanguage . It incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation that are heavily influenced by Spanish, whose rhythm

2660-964: The Miami-Hialeah and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach MSAs had been merged into the Miami-Fort Lauderdale Consolidated MSA, consisting of the Miami Primary MSA (Dade County) and the Fort Lauderdale Primary MSA (Broward County). In 2003, the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach MSA was merged with the consolidated MSA to form the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of:

2730-475: The South Florida region, such as the inclusion of Southwest Florida and the Treasure Coast . Southwest Florida , representing the state's Gulf Coast , has emerged as a directional vernacular region. Respondents from as far northwest as the Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in Central Florida. Confusing the matter further, the University of South Florida , named in part because of its status as

2800-738: The United States, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States , and the largest metropolitan area in Florida. It is also known as South Florida , SoFlo , SoFla , the Gold Coast , Southeast Florida , the Tri-County Area , or Greater Miami , and officially as the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area . With a population of 6.18 million, its population exceeds 31 of

2870-532: The area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index ; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the residential real estate market. As of 2005, the Miami area had a total of 2.3 million housing units, 13% of which were vacant. Of the total housing units, 52% were in single-unit structures, 45% were in multi-unit structures, and 3% were mobile homes. 25% of

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2940-432: The car," someone from Miami might say, "let's get down from the car," which is the standard expression in Spanish "bajar del coche". Other Miami terms especially common among Miami youth, often called " slang ," include: Cubonics is a popular term for Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami. The term is a play on words of the term Ebonics which refers to African American Vernacular English . The term for

3010-422: The counties of Brevard , Orange , Polk , Hillsborough , and Pinellas , which roughly includes parts of Tampa Bay and Orlando areas. In total, the proposed State of South Florida would have included 24 counties. Miami metropolitan area The Miami metropolitan area is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida . It is the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in

3080-527: The dialect is rather new but the dialect itself has existed ever since the first Cuban exile to Miami in the 1950s. The dialect is a mix of the English language and Cuban idioms. Use of Cubonics has become so popular in Miami that a knowledge of it is considered necessary by some Cuban Americans. Language researcher Elena M. de Jongh notes that Spanglish is so widely used that court translators need knowledge of it to function proficiently. Cubonics exists as

3150-582: The employed population 16 years and older, the leading industries in the Miami area were educational services, health care, and social assistance, which accounted for 18%, and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, which accounted for 13% of the population. 79% of Miami area workers drove to work alone in 2005, 10% carpooled, 4% took public transportation, and 4% used other means. The remaining 3% worked at home. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 28.5 minutes to get to work. In Miami-Dade County

3220-516: The fourth-largest urbanized area in the United States in the 2010 census. The most notable colleges and universities in the Miami metropolitan area include Florida Atlantic University , Florida International University , Nova Southeastern University , and the University of Miami . The region also has three community colleges, Broward College , Miami Dade College , and Palm Beach State College . Some of these institutions, such as Florida International University and Miami Dade College, make up some of

3290-628: The high 80s to low 90s (30–35 °C) accompanied by high humidity are often relieved by afternoon thunderstorms or a sea breeze that develops off the Atlantic Ocean, which then allow lower temperatures, although conditions still remain very muggy. During winter, dry air often dominates as dew points are often very low. Average daily high temperatures across South Florida during the winter are around 74–77 °F (23–25 °C). Although daily highs can sometimes reach 82–85 °F (28–29 °C) even in January and February. Daily low temperatures during

3360-466: The housing units were built since 1990. As of 2019, over 70% of Miami's residents are renters with median rent of $ 1,355, $ 180 over the national average. Households and families: There were 2,338,450 households, The average household size was 2.6 people. Families made up 65% of the households in the Miami area. This figure includes both married-couple families (45%) and other families (20%). Nonfamily households made up 35% of all households in Miami. Most of

3430-412: The immigrants began to inhabit the urban industrial area around Downtown Miami . By 1970, the census stated that Dade County's population was 1,267,792. By 2000, the population reached 2,253,362. Growing up in Miami's urban center, second-, third-, and fourth-generation, Miamians of the immigration wave of the 1960s and 1970s developed the Miami accent. It is now the customary dialect of many citizens in

3500-500: The largest Jewish communities in the United States. 10.2% of the population identified as Jewish in the 2000 Census . According to a 2011 survey of American Judaism, Palm Beach County had the most Jews of any Florida county both in absolute numbers (205,850) and as a percentage of the overall population (15.8%). Broward County came in second place with 170,700 Jewish residents or 9.8% of the population, and Miami-Dade County came in third with 106,300 or 4.3%. Changes in house prices for

3570-494: The largest institutions of higher learning in the United States. The Miami metropolitan area is also known as South Florida , SoFlo , SoFla , the Gold Coast , the Tri-County Area , or Greater Miami , and, for U.S. government statistical purposes, the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of 2023 , the Miami metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as

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3640-911: The latter television station being the only channel to serve the entire metropolitan area. In addition to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market, West Palm Beach has its own. It is the 49th largest radio market and the 38th-largest television market in the U.S. Television stations serving the West Palm Beach area include WPTV (NBC), WHDT (Independent), WPEC (CBS), WPBF (ABC), WFLX (FOX), WTVX (The CW), WXEL (PBS), WTCN (MyNetworkTV), and WPXP (ION). The West Palm Beach market shares use of WSCV and WLTV for Telemundo and Univision respectively. Also, both markets cross over and tend to be available interchangeably between both areas. In 2015, WPBT and WXEL merged their operations, to form South Florida PBS , although both stations have maintained separate programming schedules and social media platforms, but share

3710-427: The metro area outright in the 2022 gubernatorial election , winning both Miami Dade and Palm Beach Counties (With the former being won by double digits) while losing Broward only by less than 16 points. The metropolitan area is governed by 3 counties. In total there are 107 municipalities or incorporated places in the metropolis. Each one of the municipalities has its own city, town or village government, although there

3780-525: The more diversified economy in North Florida, tourism is by far the most significant industry in South and Central Florida, with a much smaller but vibrant agricultural industry. Lamme and Oldakowski's survey also found some cultural indicators distinguishing South Florida. South Florida is the only region of the state where ethnic foods are as popular as general American cuisine . Floribbean cuisine

3850-484: The nation's 50 states as of 2023. It comprises the three most populated counties in the state , Miami-Dade County , Broward County , and Palm Beach County , which rank as the first, second, and third-most populous counties in the state, respectively. Miami-Dade County, with 2,701,767 people in 2020, is the seventh-most populous county in the United States . Miami is the region's financial and cultural core and most populous city. Other principal cities , as defined by

3920-517: The nonfamily households were people living alone, but some consisted of people living in households in which no one was related to the householder. Occupied housing unit characteristics: In 2005, the Miami area had 2.0 million occupied housing units – 1.3 million (66%) owner occupied and 688,000 (34%) renter occupied. As of 2010, housing costs in the Miami area typically represented 40% of household income, compared to 34% nationwide. Property tax increase: In March 2009, Miami area lawmakers passed

3990-659: The north. The demographics of South Florida residents can be segmented as following: Over 87.2% of all foreigners residing in South Florida come from Latin America. South Florida is politically diverse, with multiple congressional districts in the region supporting both the Democratic and Republican parties. As evidenced by the 2020 United States presidential election , supporters of the Democratic Party are mostly concentrated in urban areas, as well as areas to

4060-405: The northern and southern parts of the region in terms of dominant language. In 2010, English was the household language of 73.1% of Palm Beach County residents and 63.4% of Broward County residents but only 28.1% of Miami-Dade County residents. In contrast, 63.8% of Miami-Dade County residents spoke Spanish at home. Religion in the Miami metropolitan area (2014) According to a 2014 study by

4130-418: The other regions. The Anthony J. Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University notes the unusual growth pattern of South Florida. Unlike many areas with centralized cities surrounded by development, most of South Florida is preserved natural area and designated agricultural reserves, with development restricted to a dense, narrow strip along the coast. The developed area

4200-538: The people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 12% were Federal, state, or local government workers; and 7% were self-employed. The median income of households in the Miami area was $ 43,091. 78% of the households received earnings and 13% received retirement income other than Social Security. 30% of the households received Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $ 13 . These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source. In 2005, for

4270-448: The same subchannel lineup. In Florida, each county is also a school district . Each district is headed by an elected school board . A professional superintendent manages the day-to-day operations of each district, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the school board. The Miami-Dade County Public School District is currently the 4th-largest public school district in the nation. The School District of Palm Beach County

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4340-480: The southernmost sections of peninsular Florida, meaning from Jupiter, Florida south. That area includes the Miami metropolitan area , defined as Miami-Dade , Broward , and Palm Beach counties, the Florida Keys , and the interior region known as the Glades . The term South Florida most commonly refers to the Miami metro’s tri-county area, interpretations vary on the inclusion of some other parts of Florida within

4410-611: The state government in Tallahassee , which is in North Florida . In 2008, the North Lauderdale City Commission passed a resolution calling for a new state of South Florida to be formed from Palm Beach , Broward , Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. In 2014, South Miami 's city commission passed a resolution in favor of splitting the state in half, with a northern boundary drawn to include

4480-562: The state's southernmost public university at the time of its 1957 founding, is located in Tampa . Florida State Road 70 bisects approximately in the Central Florida region from west to east. However, Tampa is not considered South Florida region. Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development agency , identifies "Southeast Florida" as one of eight economic regions used by the agency and other state and outside entities, including

4550-401: The state. Many of its differences appear to be driven by its proportionately higher level of migration from the northern U.S. states and from the Caribbean and Latin America , particularly in the densely populated Miami area. Politically, South Florida is more liberal than the rest of the state. While less than 10% of people in either North or Central Florida felt their area was liberal, over

4620-501: The summer (wet season) and is quite dry in the winter (dry season). The wet season, which is hot and humid, lasts from May to October, when daily thunderstorms and passing weak tropical lows bring downpours during the late afternoon. The dry season often starts in late October and runs through late April. During the height of the dry season from February through April, South Florida is often very dry, and often brush fires and water restrictions are an issue. At times cold fronts can make it all

4690-623: The way down to South Florida and provide some modest rainfall in the dry season. The hurricane season largely coincides with the wet season. In addition to its sea-level elevation, coastal location and position near the Tropic of Cancer and the Caribbean , the area owes its warm, humid climate to the Gulf Stream , which moderates climate year-round. A typical summer day does not see temperatures below 75 °F (24 °C). Temperatures in

4760-554: The west of and including downtown Key West, rural communities surrounding Immokalee , and the areas surrounding Belle Glade , while supporters of the Republican Party reside in the most costal regions of the Miami area north of Pompano Beach , most of the Everglades, most of the regions between Port St. Lucie and Riviera Beach , Southwest Florida, and a supermajority of the region's inland and rural areas. Largest cities in South Florida by population: The Miami accent

4830-432: The winter are generally around 55–63 °F (13–17 °C). Each winter, cold fronts occasionally make their way down to the northern Bahamas and South Florida . As a result, daytime high temperatures in South Florida may only reach around 65 °F (18 °C) or cooler. When this occurs low temperatures can dip into the 40s during the early morning hours before quickly warming-up toward late morning/early afternoon. It

4900-543: Was English but were bilingual. Since World War II , Miami's population has grown rapidly every decade partly because of the postwar baby boom . In 1950, the US Census stated that Dade County 's population was 495,084. Beginning with rapid international immigration from South America and the Caribbean (exacerbated by the Cuban exodus in the early 1960s), Miami's population has drastically grown every decade since. Many of

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