Health District Civic Center | |
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 Miami's Health District with theMidtown Interchange (foreground) andMiami International Airport (background) in June 2010 | |
 Health District ("Civic Center") within the City of Miami | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Miami-Dade County |
| City | Miami |
| Government | |
| • City of Miami Commissioner | Richard Dunn |
| • Miami-Dade Commissioners | Audrey Edmonson |
| • House of Representatives | Cynthia Stafford (D) |
| • State Senate | Larcenia Bullard (D) |
| • U.S. House | Frederica Wilson (D) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,705 |
| • Density | 5,565/sq mi (2,149/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 (EST) |
| ZIP Code | 33136 |
| Area codes | 305, 786 |
TheHealth District, also known as theCivic Center, is aneighborhood in the city ofMiami, Florida. The Health District is bound roughly by Northwest 20th Street and 14th Avenue to the northwest, theDolphin Expressway and theMiami River to the south and west, and theMidtown Interchange andI-95 to the east.
The Health District has the country's second-largest concentration of medical and research facilities afterHouston.[1] The neighborhood is composed primarily ofhospitals,research institutes,clinics and government offices, and is the center of Miami's growingbiotechnology and medical research industry. It is the home of theUniversity of Miami'sMiller School of Medicine and the University of Miami's Life Science and Technology Park.[2][3] The Health District is approximately five minutes north ofdowntown Miami viarapid transit on theMiami Metrorail.
The neighborhood has its roots as a health district with the opening ofJackson Memorial Hospital in 1915, with some of the original buildings, such asThe Alamo still standing. Today, the Alamo serves an era museum of Jackson's history throughout the years.Jackson Memorial Hospital is the majorpublic hospital of Miami, and Jackson's hospital in the Health District is the health system's primary hospital.[5]
The Health District is the center of Miami's medical, research andbiotechnology industries, and as such is home to many of the city's largest hospital systems. The largest is the public hospital,Jackson Memorial Hospital, which also has two branch hospitals in northern and southernMiami-Dade County. Jackson has affiliations asteaching hospitals with theUniversity of Miami'sMiller School of Medicine since 1952 and more recently withFlorida International University'sHerbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Other hospitals include: Miami VA Medical Center,University of Miami Hospital (aka UHealth Tower, previously Cedars Medical Center), and Holtz Children's Hospital.[6]
Some of theresearch institutes in the Health District are:[7]
As of 2025, Civic Center has a population of 3,155 residents, with 1,388 households. The median household income in 2020 was $25,608.[9]
Civic Center is served byMetrobus throughout the area, and by theMiami Metrorail at:
The Health District is served byCivic Center station, a station of theMetrorailrapid transit system. It connects directly to all the major hospitals and research centers, and connects the district toDowntown Miami,Dadeland, andHialeah, as well as to Miami'scommuter rail system,Tri-Rail. In March 2012, the new Miami Trolley system inaugurated its first route which passes through Civic Center on its way toMarlins Park.
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