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U.S. Census Bureau

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    May 8, 2012

    James Beard Awards Screw Latino Workers

    Last night, as many of our loyal readers watched NBC's The Voice, ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and Travel Channel's No Reservations, a bit of virtual battle was taking place on Twitter. Perhaps a few (likely from the culinary industry) tuned into the live webcast of the James Beard Foundation award ... More >>

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    February 14, 2012

    Glee Fact Checked by Florida's Pulitzer Winning Political Fact Checking Site

    ​Like churners-out of web content everywhere, the writers of Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize winning "keepin' em honest"-style political project of the Tampa Bay Times, sometimes get a little restless. Apparently this now means that the site is in the business of checking claims made on G ... More >>

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    December 21, 2011

    Florida Population Tops 19 Million for First Time: Watch Out, New York

    ​Between 2008 and 2009, Florida had its first decline in total population since World War II, but the state's growth is getting back on track. According to new numbers released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population has topped 19 million for the first time, and we're now on track to ... More >>

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    November 30, 2011

    Despite Hubbub, Miami Misses Top Ten List of Atlantic's Most Artistic Cities

    ​Sure, during Art Basel Miami Beach our fair city is the art capital of the world for one week, but the rest of the year we can't even make it onto The Atlantic's list of "The Most Artistic Cities." We're apparently less artistic then cultural hot spots like Danbury, Connecticut, Watsonville Calif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Republican State Senator: Some Hispanics "Really Have No Business Voting Anyhow"

    Rep. Alan Hays​Florida will add two new congressional districts in 2012, and the Senate Reapportionment Committee is meeting to determine where to place those districts. One of the leading plans includes carving out a new district in Orange, Osceola and Polk counties that would create a strongly H ... More >>

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    October 3, 2011

    Miami Ranked One of America's Most Stressful Cities

    ​Oh sure we've got decent weather and calming seas, but it's not exactly a surprise that for us living year round in Miami life can be stressful. Let's not even get started on our ridiculous traffic, horrible parking, and tanked economy. So it shouldn't be shocki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    City of Miami Could Lose $1 Billion Over Ten Years Due to Low Census Count

    ​Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen want to make sure that everyone in Miami is counted. The two are demanding that the U.S. Census Bureau recount the number of City of Miami residents they tallied in 2010. The feds say only 399,457 residents live in the city, which is ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Proof From Twitter Research: Floridians Happier Than Rest of the Bitter Nation

    ​A group of researchers from Harvard and Northwestern Universities have compiled three years worth of data from Twitter to take a snapshot of the mood of the nation over the course of the day. The results are visualized state-by-state, and what seems striking is that compared to the rest of the na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Cloud Computing Lets a Florida Website Catch What the U.S. Census Missed

    ​By this point you've either seen the commercials on TV, heard about it on the radio, had someone knock on your door, or received a giant envelope in the mail -- the U.S. Census is everywhere. But how can you be sure that your vote is getting counted and the Magic City is getting all the funding i ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

    ​By this point you've either seen the commercials on TV, heard about it on the radio, had someone knock on your door, or received a giant envelope in the mail -- the U.S. Census is everywhere. But how can you be sure that your vote is getting counted and the Magic City is getting all the funding i ... More >>

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    June 1, 2009

    Report Says Miami is Full of (Broke) Ballers

    Image via Little Miss Sunshine.'s flickr/CCMaybe Riptide has been living off of spaghetti and buying beer with couch change for too long. Maybe seeing the parade of Hummers and yachts in South Beach rubs salt in the wound. Maybe. Because it's not very nice. It's kind of mean, actually, that a recen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    We're Number Six!

    Image via Little Miss Sunshine.'s flickr/CCMaybe Riptide has been living off of spaghetti and buying beer with couch change for too long. Maybe seeing the parade of Hummers and yachts in South Beach rubs salt in the wound. Maybe. Because it's not very nice. It's kind of mean, actually, that a recen ... More >>

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Clever Green

    Florida is starved for electricity. Some eco-renegades are growing their own.

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    February 15, 2007

    The Seminole Sun Sets on Anna Nicole

    The day Anna Nicole Smith's corpse was wheeled from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, tribe members were setting up for their annual powwow.

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2006

    One Singular Sensation

    The day Anna Nicole Smith's corpse was wheeled from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, tribe members were setting up for their annual powwow.

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Metropolis, Heal Thyself

    One year after Miami announced it would attempt to cure its own poverty, the patient remains in intensive care

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    October 16, 2003

    We're Still Number One!

    Miami maintains its winning ways: America's Poorest City

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    May 22, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of May 22-28, 2003

    Miami maintains its winning ways: America's Poorest City

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    How Poor Is Poor?

    The government's method of determining who's poor is so outdated that census experts say the poverty picture is much worse than we think

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    We're Number One - A Special Report

    The government's method of determining who's poor is so outdated that census experts say the poverty picture is much worse than we think

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2002

    Nut Case #5: And thanks for reminding me why I left Miami

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of December 28, 2000

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Don't Count On It

    José Garcia says his boss at Census 2000 asked him to falsify documents. Then he got the pink slip.

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Father Albert's Pulpit Show

    He's got looks, charm, and the church on his side. But even this priest may not save Telemundo's ratings.

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