Miami Fun Facts
Posted by Miami Apartment Finders on Thursday, October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
- There are more than 53,000 boats registered in the City of Miami
- The Venetian Pool in Coral Gables is the largest freshwater pool in the United States
- 33.5% of Miami Beach adult residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher
- 58.3% of Coral Gables adult residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher
- The average travel time to work in Miami is 26.2 minutes
- Most of Miami gets its drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer – an underground natural source of fresh water
- Miami is home to the largest concentration of boutique hotels in the world
- Miami currently draws about 38 million tourists per year (that’s 730,000 tourists per week)
- Miami is home to more than 150 ethnicities and 60+ languages
- Nearly 1 in 6 Miami-Dade residents moved during 2010, according to the U.S. Census
