Hialeah

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Hialeah
Nickname : The City of Progress
Seal of Hialeah
seal 		Flag of Hialeah
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County and state location
Map of Florida highlighting Hialeah.png
Basic data
Foundation : 1925
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Miami-Dade County
Coordinates : 25 ° 52 ′  N , 80 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 52 ′  N , 80 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 224,669 (status: 2010)
5,564,635 (status: 2010)
Population density : 4,511.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 51.51 km 2  (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of
which 49.8 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 2 m
Postcodes : 33002, 33010-33018
Area code : +1 305
FIPS : 12-30000
GNIS ID : 0305059
Website : www.hialeahfl.gov
Mayor : Carlos Hernández

Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County in the US state of Florida with 224,669 inhabitants (as of 2010). After Miami , Hialeah is the largest city in Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area .

geography

Hialeah is located approximately 3 miles northwest of Miami. Adjacent communities are Miami Springs , Medley , Hialeah Gardens , Miami Lakes, and Opa-locka .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 224,669 inhabitants were distributed over 74,067 households. The population density was 4511.4 inh / km². 92.6% of the population identified themselves as whites , 2.7% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 2.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 94.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 41.4% of all households lived in 38.3% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 78.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.13 people and the average family size was 3.38 people.

27.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 24.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

The median annual income was $ 31,096, with 21.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, Spanish was the mother tongue of 92.14% of the population, 7.37% spoke English and 0.49% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

The Hialeah Park Race Track and the Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

economy

The largest employers in 2018 were:

employer Workers
Palmetto General Hospital 1635
City of Hialeah 1492
UPS 1119
Hialeah Hospital 1032
Publix 771
Larkin Community Hospital 683
Sedano's Super Markets 545
Bullet Line 450
Bank of America 378
Hialeah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 377

traffic

Hialeah is crossed or affected by Interstate 75 , US Highway 27 and Florida State Roads 25 , 112 ( Airport Expressway ), 823 , 826 ( Palmetto Expressway ), 924 ( Gratigny Parkway , toll), 934 and 953 . In the east, the Tri-Rail line with the Hialeah Market and Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station stops in a north-south direction. The Transfer Station is a crossing station where the Tri-Rail meets the Miami-Dade Metrorail suburban train . The Okeechobee and Hialeah Metrorail stations are located in Hialeah. The Miami airport is located close to the south of the city and can be reached among others, the Tri-Rail.

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 315 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were twelve murders, 40 rapes, 256 robberies, 643 physical injuries, 1098 break-ins, 5693 thefts, 1067 car thefts and 14 arson attacks.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Raúl L. Martínez (* 1949), politician; 1981–2005 Mayor of Hialeah
  • Rene Capo (1961-2009), judoka
  • Carlos Hernández (* 1961), politician; Mayor of Hialeah since 2011
  • Julio Robaina (* 1965), politician; 2005–2011 Mayor of Hialeah

Web links

Commons : Hialeah, Florida  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Florida - Dade County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Hialeah 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , at www.hialeahfl.gov , accessed April 1, 2020
  5. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Hialeah-Florida.html