Everything about Hialeah Florida totally explained
Hialeah is a city in
Miami-Dade County,
Florida,
United States. As of the
2000 census, the city population was 226,419. As of 2004, the population estimated by the
U.S. Census Bureau is 224,522, making it the fifth largest city in the state. Hialeah is part of the
Miami metropolitan area and the
Greater South Florida metropolitan area.
The city's name is most commonly attributed to
Muskogee origin, "Haiyakpo" (prairie) and "hili" (pretty) combining in "Hialeah" to mean "pretty prairie". Alternatively, the word is of
Seminole origin meaning "Upland Prairie". The city is located upon a large prairie between Biscayne Bay and the Everglades.
Hialeah is a large city with a well established cultural character. A diverse population from all over
Latin America and the
Caribbean. A working class city, with quiet, safe, suburban neighborhoods and bustling gritty commercial and industrial sectors. The city has been well known for its
Cuban community since the late 60's and early 70's. Today the city is more diverse and known for its multi-cultural population from not only Cuba but all over the Caribbean, north and south
America, and other smaller communities from around the world.
In 2007 Hialeah was named one of the most Livable Suburbs in the nation by
Forbes.
Geography
Hialeah is located at (25.860474, -80.293971).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.7
mi² (51.1 km²). 19.2 mi² (49.8 km²) of it's land and 0.5 mi² (1.3 km²) of it (2.53%) is water.
History
The Seminole interpretation of its name, "High Prairie", evokes a picture of the grassy plains used by the native Indians coming from the everglades to dock their canoes and display their wares for the new comers of Miami. This "high prairie" caught the eye of pioneer aviator
Glenn Curtiss and Missouri cattleman James H. Bright who saw its great potential in 1921.
The Park’s grandeur has attracted millions, included among them are names known around the world such as;
Kennedy family,
Harry Truman,
General Omar Bradley,
Winston Churchill, and
J.P. Morgan. Hialeah Park also holds the dual distinction of being an
Audubon Bird Sanctuary due to its famous pink flamingoes and being listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The famous aviatrix
Amelia Earhart in 1937 said her final good-byes to the continental U.S. from Hialeah as she left on her ill-fated flight around the world in 1937. 2.41%
African American, 0.13%
Native American, 0.40%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander, 5.47% from
other races, and 3.55% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 85.17% of the population.
There were 70,704 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were
married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.39.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,492, and the median income for a family was $31,621. Males had a median income of $23,133 versus $17,886 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $12,402. About 16.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 22.4% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, Hialeah had the second highest percentage of
Cuban and
Cuban American residents in the US, with 62.12% of the US populace (with
Westchester, Florida at 65.69%, the highest in the US.) It had the forty-third highest percentage of
Colombian and
Colombian American residents in the US, at 3.16% of the city's population, and the eighty-fifth highest percentage of
Dominican residents in the US, at 1.81% of the it's population. It also had the thirty-eighth highest percentage of
Hondurans in the US, at 1.15%, while it had the eighth highest percentage of
Nicaraguans, at 4.07% of all residents.
Hialeah ranks #2 (nearby
Hialeah Gardens ranks as #1) in the list of cities in the
United States where
Spanish is most spoken. As of 2000, speakers of
Spanish as a
first language accounted for 92.14%, while
English made up 7.37% of the population. All other languages spoken were below 1% of the population.
Other large pressence in its population are other
Central American countries and
South American countries as well. Hialeah has a historicaly Black population in neigborhoods like Seminola and the eastern edge of the city.
Asians also have a small but growing pressence in the city along with other smaller present ethincities from around the world.
Transportation
"All Ways Lead to Hialeah" was one of the city’s first slogans. At the time,
Glenn Curtiss and
James Bright couldn't have imagined the important link in the transportation chain provided by Hialeah’s location. Sitting in the heart of northwest Dade, Hialeah has access to every major thoroughfare linked by:
Major Thoroughfares
These are the major thoroughfares for Hialeah, Florida. In parenthesis are the names or numbers for the thoroughfares these streets may coincide with in Miami-Dade County, as Hialeah has its own numbering and naming system for streets.
North
68 St
60 St
49 St (NW 103rd Street)
44 St
37 St
33 St
29 St
25 St (NW 79th Street)
21 St (NW 74th Street)
East
E 8 Ave (42nd Ave, Le Jeune Road)
E 4 Ave
Palm Avenue (separates East Hialeah from West Hialeah)
West
Palm Avenue (separates East Hialeah from West Hialeah)
W 4 Av (57th Ave, Red Road)
W 8 Av
W 12 Av (67th Ave, Ludlam Road)
W 16 Av
W 28 Av (Galloway Road)
South
Okeechobee Road (US 27)
Hialeah Drive (NW 54th Street, separates South Hialeah from North Hialeah)
9 St
Education
Miami-Dade County Public Schools serves Hialeah. Two high schools serving the Hialeah community, Mater Academy Charter High School and Miami Lakes Educational Center, were named as "Silver" award winners in U.S. News & World Report's "Best High Schools 2008 Search".
High schools
Hialeah High School
Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School
Miami Springs High School
Westland Hialeah High School
Middle schools
Henry H Filer Middle School
Hialeah Middle School
Jose Marti Middle School
Palm Springs Middle School
Elementary schools
Amelia Earhart Elementary School
Ben Sheppard Elementary School
Ernest R Graham Elementary
Flamingo Elementary Middle School
Hialeah Elementary School
J.W Johnson Elementary School
James H Bright Elementary School
John G Dupuis Elementary School
Mae M Walters Elementary School
Mater Academy Charter Elementary School
Meadowlane Elementary School
North Twin Lakes Elementary School
Palm Lakes Elementary School
Palm Springs North Elementary School
South Hialeah Elementary School
Twin Lakes Elementary School
K-8 centers
M.A. Milam K-8 Center
Charter schools
Mater Academy Charter High School
Mater Academy Charter Middle School
Private schools
Baptist
Dade Christian School - the largest private school in the area (unincorporated Miami-Dade with a Hialeah zip code). It is a ministry of New Testament Baptist Church.
Catholic
Secondary
Monsignor Edward Pace High School - the main Catholic high school serving the area (although it's technically located in adjoining Opa Locka). Alumni include actress Catherine Keener and baseball pitcher Alex Fernandez.
Primary
St. John the Apostle School serves mainly southern and south-central Hialeah
Immaculate Conception School serves mainly north-central and northern Hialeah
Colleges
Miami-Dade College Hialeah Campus has served as the city's academic center since 1980. Besides its academic mission, the campus also sponsors numerous cultural and community events.
Religion
Hialeah is the headquarters of the Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, a Santería church. Hialeah contains the largest Santero Community outside of Cuba. A city ordinance restricting the Santería practice of animal sacrifice was ruled unconstitutional in Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah. Roman Catholicism is overwhelmingly the majority religion of city residents.
Facts
Telemundo, The second largest Spanish language TV network is headquartered in Hialeah and has several studios where its programming is taped along with its talk shows, news program, and telenovelas.
Hialeah is also ranked as the most dense city in the United States without a skyscraper. The city's tallest building is 14 floors and is only considered a mid-rise building.
Famous residents
Bobby Allison, former NASCAR driver
Jimmy Brown, former tennis player
John Cangelosi, former Major League Outfielder
Harry Wayne Casey, KC of KC and the Sunshine Band
Bucky Dent, former Major League Baseball player
Red Farmer, former NASCAR driver
Alex Fernandez, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Ted Hendricks, former National Football League star
Angel Hernandez, Major League Baseball umpire
Lauryn Hill, singer and former member of The Fugees
Charlie Hough, former Major League Baseball star
Catherine Keener, actress
Ken Mattingly, astronaut
Rick Sanchez, CNN news reporter and former news reporter for WSVN
Jon Secada, singer/song writer
Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and cast member from Further Information
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