Little Haiti
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Little Haiti La Petite Haïti |
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| Neighborhood of Miami | |
Caribbean Marketplace
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| Nickname(s): Lemon City (historic name) | |
 Little Haiti neighborhood within the City of Miami |
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| Coordinates: 25°49′28″N 80°11′27″W / 25.824385°N 80.190711°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | Miami |
| Government | |
| • City of Miami Commissioner | Keon Hardemon |
| • Miami-Dade Commissioner | Audrey Edmonson |
| • House of Representatives | Daphne Campbell (D) and Cynthia Stafford (D) |
| • State Senate | Larcenia Bullard (D), and Oscar Braynon (D) |
| • U.S. House | Frederica Wilson (D) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,760 |
| • Density | 9,946/sq mi (3,840/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-05) |
| ZIP code | 33127, 33137, 33138, 33150 |
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 |
Little Haiti (French: La Petite Haïti), is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is also known as Lemon City, Little River and Edison. It is home to many Haitian immigrant residents, as well as many residents from the rest of the Caribbean.
Little Haiti is the best known neighborhood of Haitian exiles in the world. The area is characterized by its French–Creole designations, with its street life, restaurants, art galleries, dance, music, theatre performances, family owned enterprises, and other cultural activities.
A bronze statue of General Toussaint L'Ouverture, the father of the Haitian Revolution, stands roughly at thirteen-feet on Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street at the heart of "La Petite Haïti."
Viter Juste, a noted Haitian businessman, activist and respected community leader, came up with the name of Little Haiti. According to Jean-Claude Exulien, a retired professor of history and friend of Juste's since 1977, Juste wrote an article in the Miami Herald in which he first referred to the neighborhood as "Little Port-au-Prince." However, editors at the Miami Herald found the name, "Little Port-au-Prince," too long, so the newspaper shortened the term in the headline to Little Haiti. In 26 May 2016, Miami commissioners voted in favor of designating Little Haiti as an official neighborhood overlapping the historic Lemon City" and historic Little River'
The southern border is North (NW/NE) 54th Street, west to Interstate 95 and north along the Miami city boundary on North (NW/NE) 80th Street. It then goes back down along East (NE) Second and Fourth avenues.
As of 2000, Little Haiti had a population of 3,365 and 1,983 residents, with 9,368 households, and 6,181 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $18,887.49. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 64.92% Black or African American, 4.78% White (non-Hispanic), 14.74% was Hispanic or Latino of any race and 15.56% other races. Hispanic people are the fastest growing group in the area.
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