Editing History of Florida (section)

==== Changes in demographics ====
In the early postwar period, the state's population had changed markedly by migration of new groups, as well as emigration of African Americans, 40,000 of whom moved north in earlier decades of the 20th century during the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]].<ref name=rosewood/> By 1960 the number of African Americans in Florida had increased to 880,186, but declined proportionally to 18% of the state's population.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} This was a much smaller proportion than in 1900, when the census showed they comprised 44% of the state's population, while numbering 230,730 persons.<ref name="USCensusOffice1901">{{cite book |title=Bulletins of the Twelfth Census of the United States: No. 61-106; April 5 – Nov. 1, 1901 |date=1901 |publisher=United States Census Office |page=2 |url={{Google books|zqdCAQAAMAAJ|page=2|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> The median age would also end up increasing as the state became a popular destination for retirees; going from 28.8 in 1950 to 39.3 by 2000.<ref name=":2" />

The [[Cuban Revolution]] of 1959 resulted in a large wave of Cuban immigration into South Florida, which transformed Miami into a major center of commerce, finance and transportation for all of Latin America. Emigration from [[Haiti]], other Caribbean states, and Central and South America continues to the present day.<ref name=tebeau/>{{rp|476–477}}

The population of Asian-Americans increased in Florida during the postwar years, growing from 1,142 counted by the US Census Bureau in 1950 to 154,302 by 1990. During the 1970s and 1980s Asian-Americans would end up becoming the largest foreign-born group of people in Florida.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mohl |first=Raymond A. |date=Winter 1996 |title=Asian Immigration to Florida |url=https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol74/iss3/3/ |journal=[[The Florida Historical Quarterly]] |publisher=[[Florida Historical Society]] |volume=74 |issue=3 |pages=261–286 |via=Showcase of Text, Archive, Research & Scholarship (STARS) from the University of Central Florida}}</ref>