List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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.

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

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 US 2010 Census.[1]

# Incorporated Community Designation Date incorporated 2010 Population
2AventuraCityNovember 7, 199535,762
7Bal HarbourVillageJune 16, 19472,513
8Bay Harbor IslandsTownApril 19475,628
11Biscayne ParkVillage19333,055
28Coral GablesCity192546,780
32Cutler BayTownNovember 9, 200540,286
20DoralCityJune 24, 200345,704
13El PortalVillageDecember 7, 19372,325
34Florida CityCity191411,245
3Golden BeachTown1929919
17HialeahCity1925224,669
18Hialeah GardensCityDecember 194821,744
33HomesteadCity191360,512
9Indian CreekVillage193986
26Key BiscayneVillage199112,344
19MedleyTown1949838
24MiamiCityJuly 28, 1896399,457
25Miami BeachCityMarch 26, 191587,779
1Miami GardensCityMay 13, 2003107,167
16Miami LakesTownDecember 5, 200029,361
12Miami ShoresVillageJanuary 2, 193210,493
21Miami SpringsCity192613,809
14North Bay VillageCity19457,137
6North MiamiCityMay 27, 195358,786
5North Miami BeachCity192741,523
15Opa-lockaCity192615,219
31Palmetto BayVillageSeptember 10, 200223,410
30PinecrestVillageMarch 12, 199618,223
29South MiamiCityJune 24, 192711,657
4Sunny Isles BeachCity199720,832
10SurfsideTownMay 18, 19355,744
23SweetwaterCity194113,499
22Virginia GardensVillageJuly 10, 19472,375
27West MiamiCity19475,965

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.

Census-designated places

The 2010 United States Census listed the then 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 place Population
jBrownsville15,313
oCoral Terrace24,376
dCountry Club47,105
ccCountry Walk15,997
pFisher Island132
kFontainebleau59,764
iGladeview11,535
qGlenvar Heights16,898
cGolden Glades33,145
hhGoulds10,103
llHomestead Base964
aIves Estates19,525
vKendale Lakes56,148
uKendall75,371
wKendall West36,154
kkLeisure City22,655
jjNaranja8,303
bOjus18,036
rOlympia Heights13,488
ePalm Springs North5,253
zPalmetto Estates13,535
fPinewood16,520
iiPrinceton22,038
aaRichmond Heights8,541
ddRichmond West31,973
ffSouth Miami Heights35,696
tSunset16,389
lTamiami55,271
yThe Crossings22,758
xThe Hammocks51,003
bbThree Lakes15,047
mUniversity Park26,995
hWest Little River34,699
eeWest Perrine9,460
nWestchester29,862
gWestview9,650
sWestwood Lakes11,838

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
District / neighborhood Municipality
AndoverMiami Gardens
Biscayne GardensGolden Glades
Bunche ParkMiami Gardens
Carol CityMiami Gardens
Coral Way VillageWestchester
CutlerPalmetto Bay
DadelandKendall
East PerrinePalmetto Bay
Green-Mar AcresKendall
Hawley HeightsKendall
HowardKendall
Lake LucerneMiami Gardens
Lakes by the BayCutler Bay
Norwood (Norland)Miami Gardens
Opa-locka NorthMiami Gardens
Saga BayCutler Bay
Scott LakeMiami Gardens
South BeachMiami Beach
West KendallKendall
WynwoodMiami

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. "See "Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 – County – County Subdivision and Place" for Florida". 2010 Census. United States Census Bureau, Population Division.
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