List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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Map of the municipalities (colored areas) and unincorporated (grey areas) communities of Miami-Dade County.

Communities in Miami-Dade County, all concentrated on the county's Eastern half, include 34 municipalities, 37 census-designated places, and 16 unincorporated communities. The county seat is Miami.

Municipalities[]

Miami-Dade County has nineteen cities, six towns, and nine villages. No apparent differences in government structure or population exist between these three categories, however. The communities below are numbered according to the provided image.

Skyline of Downtown Miami
Coral Gables
Miami Beach
Aventura
Opa-locka

Municipality populations are based on the 2020 US Census using their QuickFacts with 5,000 residents and above, while municipalities under 5,000 people are based on their US Decennial Census.[1][2]

# Incorporated Community Designation Date incorporated Population
2 Aventura City November 7, 1995 40,242
7 Bal Harbour Village June 16, 1947 3,093
8 Bay Harbor Islands Town April 1947 5,922
11 Biscayne Park Village 1933 3,117
28 Coral Gables City 1925 49,248
32 Cutler Bay Town November 9, 2005 45,425
20 Doral City June 24, 2003 75,874
13 El Portal Village December 7, 1937 1,986
34 Florida City City 1914 13,085
3 Golden Beach Town 1929 961
17 Hialeah City 1925 223,109
18 Hialeah Gardens City December 1948 23,068
33 Homestead City 1913 80,737
9 Indian Creek Village 1939 84
26 Key Biscayne Village 1991 14,809
19 Medley Town 1949 1,056
24 Miami City July 28, 1896 442,241
25 Miami Beach City March 26, 1915 82,890
1 Miami Gardens City May 13, 2003 111,640
16 Miami Lakes Town December 5, 2000 30,467
12 Miami Shores Village January 2, 1932 11,567
21 Miami Springs City 1926 13,859
14 North Bay Village City 1945 8,159
6 North Miami City May 27, 1953 60,191
5 North Miami Beach City 1927 43,676
15 Opa-locka City 1926 16,463
31 Palmetto Bay Village September 10, 2002 24,439
30 Pinecrest Village March 12, 1996 18,388
29 South Miami City June 24, 1927 12,026
4 Sunny Isles Beach City 1997 22,342
10 Surfside Town May 18, 1935 5,689
23 Sweetwater City 1941 19,363
22 Virginia Gardens Village July 10, 1947 2,364
27 West Miami City 1947 7,233

The current unincorporated place of Islandia (#35 in the map) was a city founded on December 6, 1960, with a 2010 census population of 18, but was disincorporated on March 16, 2012, and will no longer appear on the US Census.

Census-designated places[]

The 2020 United States Census listed the then 37 census-designated places in Miami-Dade County. The populations listed below are based on that census.[1][2] The CDP's are lettered according to the image above.

# Census-designated place Population
j Brownsville 16,583
o Coral Terrace 23,142
d Country Club 49,967
cc Country Walk 16,951
p Fisher Island 561
k Fountainebleau 59,870
i Gladeview 14,927
q Glenvar Heights 20,786
c Golden Glades 32,499
hh Goulds 11,446
ll Homestead Base 999
a Ives Estates 25,005
v Kendale Lakes 55,646
u Kendall 80,241
w Kendall West 36,536
kk Leisure City 26,324
jj Naranja 13,509
b Ojus 19,673
r Olympia Heights 12,873
e Palm Springs North 5,030
z Palmetto Estates 13,498
f Pinewood 17,246
ii Princeton 39,308
aa Richmond Heights 8,944
dd Richmond West 35,884
ff South Miami Heights 36,770
t Sunset 15,912
l Tamiami 54,212
y The Crossings 23,276
x The Hammocks 59,480
bb Three Lakes 16,540
m University Park 45,284
h West Little River 34,128
ee West Perrine 10,602
n Westchester 56,384
g Westview 9,923
s Westwood Lakes 11,373

The former CDP of Lakes by the Bay (gg in the map) is now part of the Town of Cutler Bay.

City districts and neighborhoods[]

See also: Neighborhoods in Miami
District / neighborhood Municipality
Andover Miami Gardens
Biscayne Gardens Golden Glades
Bunche Park Miami Gardens
Carol City Miami Gardens
Coral Way Village Westchester
Cutler Palmetto Bay
Dadeland Kendall
East Perrine Palmetto Bay
Green-Mar Acres Kendall
Hawley Heights Kendall
Howard Kendall
Lake Lucerne Miami Gardens
Lakes by the Bay Cutler Bay
Norwood (Norland) Miami Gardens
Opa-locka North Miami Gardens
Saga Bay Cutler Bay
Scott Lake Miami Gardens
South Beach Miami Beach
West Kendall Kendall
Wynwood Miami

See also[]

  • C-9 Basin
  • Miami metropolitan area
  • Category:Cities in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Villages in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Towns in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Former census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Unincorporated communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Category:Neighborhoods in Miami
  • Category:Neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, Florida

References[]

  1. ^ a b "United States Census Bureau: QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "US Decennial Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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