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The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area is a 3 county area in south Florida.

Miami is a beautiful port city with good weather, and is major center for finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. These factors have attracted a wealth of international immigrants from Latin America, the Caribbean, and around the world, and have contributed to it having one of the highest proportion of foreign-born residents of any major city on earth.

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Total Population: 6,091,747

Census Data

Foreign Born - 2,263,993
Language Spoken at Home - 2,807,726

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

A Metro area of immigrants from Latin America and mostly a blend of Latin American and Carribean cultures

Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America.

Home to the largest Cuban population outside Cuba.

Miami is the second largest U.S. city with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.

According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power.

In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs.

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Although people from various parts of Latin America and the Caribbean have gone to Miami in recent decades, the Cubans have had, by far, the greatest impact, radically transforming the city politically, culturally, and economically. The west side of the metro area includes Flagami and Little Havana which is home to many traditional immigrant neighborhoods from Central America and Cuba. Cubans make up the majority of American peoples, followed by Haitian, Colombian, Jamaican, Nicaraguan, Mexican, and Venezuelan respectively.

Known as La Pequeña Havana ("Little Havana") to residents, this bright and colorful enclave is a loud, proud offshoot of Mama Cuba that has bloomed thanks to beneficial conditions in the land of freedom and opportunity. Little Havana has Miami’s highest population density due to the preponderance of apartments.

Overshadowed by Little Havana, Miami’s “La Petite Haiti” is roughly 40 percent smaller and lacks the family-friendly festive vibe of its hispanic neighbor. The area’s reputation had sunk so low, in fact, that it was used as a virtual locale for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Lately though, the enclave has begun a revival based on its proximity to the Miami Design District and the allure of the recently constructed Edgewater community. Many of the Haitian immigrants who built Little Haiti into the southeast’s center for Haitian and francophone culture have left but much traditional flavor remains.

Miami is also home to a number of indigenous peoples from Mexico and Guatemala who have fled their homelands due to economic hardship, violence and war. Among them are Mayans from Guatemala, including Kanjobal, Mam, and Popti, as well as Mixtepec Mixtec from the mountains of Southern Mexico.

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People Group Profiles

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PG Name	Country Of Birth	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Baseline Population Total

Jew, Yemeni	Yemen	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	1,000
Equatorial Guineans	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Roman Catholic	350
Jew, Israeli	Israel	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	12,299
Vietnamese	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	12,119
Gujarati	India	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	11,116
Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	9,935
Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)	Lebanon	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	8,971
Urdu	Pakistan	South Asian Peoples	Islam	8,054
Persian	Iran	Persian-Median	Islam	6,085
Thai	Thailand	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	4,070
Arab, Palestinian (Muslim)	Israel	Arab World	Islam	3,512
Arab, Algerian	Algeria	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	2,400
Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	Arab World	Islam - Shia	1,772
Austrian	Austria	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	1,662
Arab, Egyptian	Egypt	Arab World	Islam	1,501
Arab, Jordanian (Muslim)	Jordan	Arab World	Islam	531
Kanjobal, Eastern	Guatemala	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	300
Cuban	Cuba	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	659,881
Haitian	Haiti	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity	192,139
Colombian	Colombia	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	153,997
Jamaican	Jamaica	North American Peoples	Christianity	125,024
Nicaraguan	Nicaragua	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	118,768
Venezuelan	Venezuela	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	62,331
Honduran	Honduras	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	61,462
Peruvian	Peru	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Christianity - Roman Catholic	60,516

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Ethnic Links

Ethnic Festivals in Miami - an article highlighting three ethnic festivals (the Calle Ocho’s Little Havana Festival, the Goombay Festival that celebrates Bahamian culture, and the Broward One Carnival celebrating Caribbean culture).

Fanm Ayisyen nan Miyami - Haitian Women of Miami - FANM's mission is to empower Haitian women and their families socially, politically and facilitate their adjustments to South Florida.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation - The Federation works to enrich the quality of Jewish life by bringing comfort and hope to the vulnerable and by investing in programs that build Jewish knowledge, identity and peoplehood.

Coral Springs Chinese Cultural Association - CSCCA is a cultural ambassador in the community to preserve their Chinese heritage and language and to promote the cultural traditions practiced by their ancestors.

American Czech-Slovak Cultural Club - An effort to find and promote Czech and Slovak cultural and ethnic entities, such as organizations, restaurants, clubs, etc. that are located in Florida.

West Africans in South Florida - Resources available in South Florida to give you a taste of West Africa.

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