Communities in Miami-Dade County, all located in the county's eastern half, include 34 municipalities (19 cities, 6 towns and 9 villages), 37 census-designated places, and several unincorporated communities. The county seat is Miami, which is also the most populous city.
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.
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.
#Incorporated CommunityDesignationDate incorporatedPopulation 1 Miami Gardens City 111,640 2 Aventura City 40,242 3 Golden Beach Town 961 4 Sunny Isles Beach City 22,342 5 North Miami Beach City 43,676 6 North Miami City 60,191 7 Bal Harbour Village 3,093 8 Bay Harbor Islands Town 5,922 9 Indian Creek Village 84 10 Surfside Town 5,689 11 Biscayne Park Village 3,117 12 Miami Shores Village 11,567 13 El Portal Village 1,986 14 North Bay Village City 8,159 15 Opa-locka City 16,463 16 Miami Lakes Town 30,467 17 Hialeah City 223,109 18 Hialeah Gardens City 23,068 19 Medley Town 1,056 20 Doral City 75,874 21 Miami Springs City 13,859 22 Virginia Gardens Village 2,364 23 Sweetwater City 19,363 24 Miami City 442,241 25 Miami Beach City 82,890 26 Key Biscayne Village 14,809 27 West Miami City 7,233 28 Coral Gables City 49,248 29 South Miami City 12,026 30 Pinecrest Village 18,388 31 Palmetto Bay Village 24,439 32/gg Cutler Bay Town 45,425 33 Homestead City 80,737 34 Florida City City 13,085
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
As of the 2020 United States Census, there are 37 census-designated places in Miami-Dade County. The populations listed below are based on that census. The CDP's are lettered according to the image above.
#Census-designated placePopulation a Ives Estates 25,005 b Ojus 19,673 c Golden Glades 32,499 d Country Club 49,967 e Palm Springs North 5,030 f Pinewood 17,246 g Westview 9,923 h West Little River 34,128 i Gladeview 14,927 j Brownsville 16,583 k Fountainebleau 59,870 l Tamiami 54,212 m/n Westchester 56,384 o Coral Terrace 23,142 p Fisher Island 561 q Glenvar Heights 20,786 r Olympia Heights 12,873 s Westwood Lakes 11,373 t Sunset 15,912 u Kendall 80,241 v Kendale Lakes 55,646 w Kendall West 36,536 x The Hammocks 59,480 y The Crossings 23,276 z Palmetto Estates 13,498 aa Richmond Heights 8,944 bb Three Lakes 16,540 cc Country Walk 16,951 dd Richmond West 35,884 ee West Perrine 10,602 ff South Miami Heights 36,770 hh Goulds 11,446 ii Princeton 39,308 jj Naranja 13,509 kk Leisure City 26,324 ll Homestead Base 999
The former CDP of Lakes by the Bay (gg in the map) is now part of the Town of Cutler Bay, and the former CDP of University Park (m in the map) is now part of the Westchester CDP.
Other unincorporated communities The boundaries of these communities are loose and may overlap with each other as well as with the census-designated places.
The degree of development in these areas varies considerably. For instance, Frog City is a ghost town, while Little Gables is a densely populated suburban area and Redland is a rural but significantly populated region.
Coopertown Frog City Islandia Little Gables High Pines Pennsuco Peters Ponce-Davis Redland Silver Palm University Park West End West Kendall
City districts and neighborhoods
District / neighborhoodMunicipalityAlhambra Heights North MiamiAllen Park North Miami BeachAndover Miami GardensArch Creek Highlands North MiamiBiscayne Gardens Golden GladesBiscayne Park North North MiamiBunche Park Miami GardensCarol City Miami GardensCentral North MiamiCentral East North MiamiCentral North North MiamiCentral Northeast North MiamiCentral Northwest North MiamiCentral South North MiamiCentral West North MiamiCity Center North Miami BeachCity Center of North Miami North MiamiCoral Way Village WestchesterCutler Palmetto BayDadeland KendallEast Perrine Palmetto BayEastern Shores North Miami BeachGreen-Mar Acres KendallGolden Glades East North MiamiGolden Glades South North MiamiHawley Heights KendallHighland Village North Miami BeachHoward KendallJohn & Wales University North Miami North MiamiKeystone Point / Amber Creek East North MiamiLake Lucerne Miami GardensLakes by the Bay Cutler BayMid-Beach Miami BeachNorth Beach Miami BeachNorwood (Norland) Miami GardensOakgrove North Miami BeachOpa-locka North Miami GardensPickwick North Miami BeachSaga Bay Cutler BaySan Souci North MiamiScott Lake Miami GardensSkylake North Miami BeachSouth Beach Miami BeachSunray East North Miami BeachSunray West North Miami BeachUleta North Miami BeachWashington Park North Miami BeachWest Kendall KendallWestside Sunkist Gove North MiamiWestside Sunkist Grove North North MiamiWindward North Miami BeachWynwood 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
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