(UC) in the 2020 census, which is not part of the Miami urbanized area. The Belle Glade urban cluster had a population of 23,009, area of and population density of . Miami, the largest city in the metropolitan area, had population density of over 10,000/sq mi (more than 3,800/km²) in 2000. The Miami Urbanized Area was the fourth-largest urbanized area in the United States in the 2010 census.

The most notable colleges and universities in the Miami metropolitan area include Barry University,