City in Florida
Miami, FL
City in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
- Population
- 487,014 (2024)
- Density
- 13,529 / sq mi
- Land area
- 36.0 sq mi
- Water area
- 20.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Founded
- 1825
- Coordinates
- 25.7752, -80.2086
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Climate
- July average high
- 88°F
- January average low
- 61°F
- Annual rainfall
- 57.2 in
- Annual snowfall
- 0.0 in
- 74° 61° Jan 2.3"
- 75° 63° Feb 2.3"
- 77° 65° Mar 2.5"
- 80° 70° Apr 3.4"
- 83° 74° May 4.9"
- 86° 77° Jun 7.8"
- 88° 78° Jul 6.0"
- 88° 78° Aug 7.5"
- 87° 77° Sep 8.5"
- 84° 74° Oct 6.5"
- 79° 69° Nov 3.3"
- 76° 65° Dec 2.3"
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Miami Beach (8 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.
Trends
$1,183 / mo$1,657 / mo
$39,049$59,390
$317,700$475,200
23.4%19.2%
6.0%5.0%
4547
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Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Miami ranks
- #18 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 74.2
- #28 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 69.2
- #49 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 51.0
- #55 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 43.2
- #64 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 23.7
- #72 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 25.3
- #80 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 37.6
- #100 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 13.9
- #100 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 0.0
Local facts
- Median household income
- $59,390
- Median rent
- $1,657 / mo
- Median home value
- $475,200
- Median age
- 39.7
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 35.6%
- Poverty rate
- 19.2%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 69.3%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 304
- Students enrolled
- 172,329
- Students per teacher
- 18.6 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 54.6%
- Charter schools
- 29.0%
- School districts serving the city
- 1
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Districts: Miami-Dade
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 29.7%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 32.8%
- Adults with diabetes
- 14.4%
- Adults who smoke
- 12.4%
- Frequent mental distress
- 15.5%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 38.3%
- Adults without health insurance
- 27.3%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 73.7%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 89.1%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 6.0%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 15.2
- Median air quality index (county)
- 47
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 1
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 79.3%
- Households with no internet
- 15.6%
- Average commute
- 27.3 min
- Work from home
- 14.2%
- Commute by transit
- 6.9%
- Commute on foot
- 5.4%
- Commute by bike
- 0.8%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Miami-Dade County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 14 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Hurricane: very high
- Lightning: very high
- Riverine flooding: very high
- Coastal flooding: very high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
ZIP codes
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