Southeast FL

  • Three major vacation and retirement destinations line the coast of the Atlantic Ocean
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Southeast FL

Three major southeast Florida cities are seen in this image of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

Within this entire area, the highest elevation in the image is only 53 feet (16.2 meters) in Jupiter, Florida.

The three most populous counties in Florida are all seen here: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Questions: 

How many people live in the area of this image?

Why is there such a drastic drop off in population near the top of the image compared to the bottom?