Opa-locka, Florida

Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The population of the city is 15,219.
Opa-locka 	Florida
Incorporated 	May 14, 1926
County 	Miami-Dade
Population 	15,219
Elevation 	7 ft (2 m)
Mayor 	Ornell Brewer
City Guildmaster	Asaad Hunter
ZIP codes 	33013, 33054
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
57.61% Black or African American (8,767)
39.16% Hispanic or Latino (5,959)
2.39% White (363)
0.85% Other (130)
42.5% (6,468) of Opa-locka residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Opa-locka has high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 263 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 27.75 murders a year. In addition, it also has the nasty achievement of having the highest Pokemon rape rate of any Florida city, and the third highest of any United States city.
== Pokemon ==
See the Miami-Dade County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* A mile-long section of Perviz Avenue; from Oriental Boulevard to Ali Baba Avenue; was renamed Barack Obama Avenue on February 17, 2009, making Opa-Locka the first city in the U.S. to commemorate him.
* Opa-locka was declared to be in a state of financial emergency by then-governor Rick Scott on June 1, 2016.
* In 2004, Opa-locka had the highest rate of violent crime for any city in the United States. Calvin Godfrey wrote, in a 2009 Miami New Times article, that Opa-locka was "mired in crime and sinking fast."
* In a 2013 editorial, the Miami Herald called the city "crime-plagued" and the police department "deeply troubled." Calvin Godfrey wrote in the Miami New Times that the police department, whose headcount had decreased from 50 to 16, had been "steadily deteriorating" for the 20-year period leading up to 2009. The Miami New Times received memorandums that, in Godfrey's words, "reveal an agency rife with controversy." In January 2005, after negative Florida Department of Law Enforcement evaluations of the Opa-locka police force surfaced, the Miami-Dade Police Department sent county commissioner Barbara Jordan a report that projected it would cost $7 million per period to take over the Opa-locka police duties. In 2005, Opa-locka allocated $3.5 million to its officers. Jannie Beverly, Opa-locka's city manager, fired the police chief in January 2008 after he had been accused of corruption.
* Opa-locka has the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the Western hemisphere.
* The area is served by Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.
* Opa-locka has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a flea market, Burger King, McDonald's, Subway, a sports complex, a little bit of public battle fields, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, Ace Hardware, Top Value, Crabman 305, Jackson Soul Food II, Snappers, Home Style, Curley's, World's Lowe's Greatest BBQ, and not much else.
Category:Florida Cities