Miami metropolitan aurie
The Miami metropolitan aurie anchors a region commonly referred tae bi local inhabitants as Sooth Florida; it is the metropolitan aurie comprisin Miami, Florida, an nearbi commonties.[1][2][3][4] The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the aurie as the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) uised for statistical purposes bi the United States Census Bureau an ither entities.[5] The OMB defines the MSA as comprisin Miami-Dade, Broward, an Palm Beach coonties—Florida's three maist populous coonties—wi principal ceeties includin Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, West Palm Beach, an Boca Raton. Locally the tri-coonty region is referred tae as the Sooth Florida region or megalopolis.
Miami metropolitan aurie | |
|---|---|
| Miami–Fort Lauderdale– West Palm Beach | |
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State(s) | Florida |
| Lairgest ceety | Miami |
| Ither ceeties | - Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - West Palm Beach - Miami Beach - Boca Raton - Deerfield Beach - Boynton Beach - Delray Beach - Homestead - Jupiter |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,890 km2 (6,137 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 16.2 m (Jupiter, Florida 53 ft) |
| Lawest elevation | 0 m (Atlantic Ocean 0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Tot | 6,012,331 (2,015) |
| • Rank | 8th in the U.S. |
| • Density | 373/km2 (966/sq mi) |
Wi 6,012,331 inhabitants as o 2015, the Miami metropolitan aurie is the maist populous in Florida an seicont lairgest in the Sootheastren Unitit States ahint Greater Washington[6] an the aicht-maist populous in the Unitit States. Besides its association wi the Sooth Florida region, is pairtially synonymous wi a aurie kent collectively as the "Gold Coast".
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Williams, Darlene F. (2005). "Proposed Metropolitan Area Definitions for FY2006 Income Limits and Estimates of Median Family Income". Federal Register: 74988–74993. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ John Mark Ockerbloom (January 1, 2011). "Miami Metropolitan Area (Fla.)". The Online Books Page. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ "CONSUMER EXPENDITURES FOR THE MIAMI AREA: 2008–09" (PDF). News Release. United States Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics). October 28, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Journey-To-Work Trends in the United States and its Major Metropolitan Areas 1960–1990". Research and Innovative Technology Administration National Transportation Library. Federal Highway Administration. June 2003. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ "OMB Bulletin No. 10-02: Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. December 1, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑ "http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/files/2009/CBSA-EST2009-alldata.csv" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010. External link in
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