THE FLORIDA CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip setting.
Florida City city has 6 square miles of land in Miami-Dade County. Its Census reference point is in Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip, within Southern Florida Coastal Plain.
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Regional context: Southern Florida Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Florida City and Miami-Dade County
Florida City is associated with Miami-Dade County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Florida City by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Florida City, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 19.3 percentage points lower than the 20.5% recorded for Miami-Dade County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Florida City city has 39.8% of the land area of nearby Homestead city (15.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

