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Miami earned the nickname the Magic City from winter visitors who remarked that the city grew so much from one year to the next that it was like magic. The nickname reflects Miami's unusually rapid growth from a population of just over 300 at its incorporation on the 28th of July, 1896, to 172,172 by 1940.
Miami is noted as the only major city in the United States founded by a woman. Julia Tuttle, a local citrus grower and wealthy Cleveland native, owned the land upon which Miami was built and convinced railroad magnate Henry Flagler to extend his Florida East Coast Railway to the region. Miami was officially incorporated as a city on the 28th of July, 1896, with a population of just over 300.
As of the 2020 census, 70.2 percent of Miami's population identified as Hispanic or Latino. Miami is the second-largest U.S. city with a Spanish-speaking majority, after El Paso, Texas, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines, a status it has held for well over a decade. In 2017, the port served more than 5.3 million cruise passengers and imported more than 9 million tons of cargo. It also hosts the headquarters of five major cruise lines, including Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International.
A 2020 report by Resources for the Future identified Miami as one of the world's most vulnerable cities to storm damage and coastal flooding from sea level rise. Projections estimate Miami could experience flooding 21 to 40 inches higher by 2070. Miami Beach has invested $500 million in protective measures, and real estate prices within the city already reflect a premium for properties at higher elevations.
Miami elected Xavier Suarez, its first Cuban-born mayor, in 1985. His election came as the city's Hispanic majority, driven by Cuban immigration following Fidel Castro's rise to power in 1959, had solidified during the preceding decades.