Brickell Key is a

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off the mainland

Brickell Brickell ( ) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida located directly east of Interstate 95, south of the historic CBD, and north of Coconut Grove. Brickell is known as the financial district in Miami, as well as South Florida. Brickell was founded ...

neighborhood of

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. Also called Claughton Island, the neighborhood is just east of

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and the Miami River.

History

In 1896,

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organized a deep channel dug from the Miami River mouth, creating two islands in the process. In 1943, Edward N. Claughton, Sr. bought the Brickell Key islands and other land to combine them into a triangle-shaped tract. In the late 1970s,

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bought most of the island from Claughton.

Demographics

As of 2020, the population of Brickell Key had 20,558 people (excluding the demographics and population of

and

Mary Brickell Village The Shops at Mary Brickell Village is a lifestyle center located in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It has become a very popular downtown destination through bringing new stores and eateries to the area. Mary Brickell Village is serve ...

). The ZIP code for Brickell is 33131. The area covers . As of 2020, there were 10,412 males and 10,146 females. The median age for males was 33.9 years old, while the median age for females was 31.9 years old. The average household size had 1.7 people, while the average family size had 2.5 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 30.6%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.2%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 1.4%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 24.4%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 16.4%. , people who speak English not well or not at all, made up 5.9% of the population. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 14.9%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 29.1%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 4.7%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 51.3%.

Gallery

Brickell Key 20100206.jpg, Brickell Key from the south, February 2010 Brickell bay.JPG, Brickell Key

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