Miami metropolitan area
| Miami metropolitan area | |
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| Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach | |
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| Coordinates: 26°08′N 80°12′W / 26.13°N 80.2°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Florida |
| Largest city | Miami |
| Other cities | - Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - West Palm Beach - Miami Beach - Boca Raton - Deerfield Beach - Boynton Beach - Delray Beach - Homestead - Jupiter |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,137 sq mi (15,890 km2) |
| Highest elevation |
Jupiter, Florida 53 ft (16.2 m) |
| Lowest elevation |
Atlantic Ocean 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,012,331 (2,015) |
| • Rank | 8th in the U.S. |
| • Density | 966/sq mi (373/km2) |
The Miami metropolitan area is the metropolitan area including Miami and nearby communities. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other entities. The metropolitan statistical area comprises Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—Florida's three most populous, together forming South Florida—with principal cities including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton.
With 6,012,331 inhabitants as of 2015, the Miami metropolitan area is the most populous in Florida and second largest in the Southeastern United States behind Greater Washington and the eighth-most populous in the United States. Besides its association with the South Florida region, is also partially synonymous with an area known collectively as the "Gold Coast".
Because the population of South Florida is largely confined to a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades, the Miami urbanized area (that is, the area of contiguous urban development) is about 110 miles (180 km) long (north to south), but never more than 20 miles (32 km) wide, and in some areas only 5 miles (8.0 km) wide (east to west). The Miami metropolitan statistical area is longer than any other urbanized area in the United States except for the New York metropolitan area. It was the eighth most densely populated urbanized area in the United States in the 2000 census.
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