Fisher Island, Florida
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FIPS code 12-22375[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 1853250[4] |
Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located on a barrier island of the same name. Since 2015, Fisher Island has the highest per capita income[5] of any place in the United States. It is located in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561.[2]
Named for automotive parts pioneer and beach real estate developer
History
Fisher Island was separated from the barrier island which became Miami Beach in 1905, when
to Fisher for ownership of the island.After Vanderbilt died in 1944, ownership of the island passed to
The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami maintained the Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory on Fisher Island from 1972 to 1990 under the leadership of Robert Ginsburg.
After years of legal battles and changes in ownership, further development on the island was finally started in the 1980s, with architecture matching the original 1920s Spanish style mansions. Although no longer a one-family island, in 2005, Fisher Island still remains somewhat inaccessible to the public and uninvited guests, and is as exclusive by modern standards as it was in the days of the Vanderbilts, providing similar refuge and retreat for its residents. The island contains mansions, a hotel, several apartment buildings, an observatory, and a private marina. Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, and Mel Brooks are among the celebrities with homes on the island.[8]
In 2005, the island attempted to incorporate as a town, but the Miami-Dade County Commission did not support this initiative.[9]
Controversies
In 2006, the Service Employees International Union began organizing the workers on Fisher Island in preparation for a petition for recognition as those employees' bargaining representative. The campaign culminated on June 15, 2007, with a march to the mainland ferry terminal that ended with a worker's arrest.[10] The New York Times wrote an exposé on the situation.[11] In the article, residents were portrayed as not caring about the welfare of the community, but residents disputed this characterization, insisting that the island included financially successful, compassionate people who had established several charitable activities on the island, provided health insurance to their employees and were involved in various arts organizations in the Miami-Dade area.[citation needed] The union argued that the wages provided by the island were too low for employees to care for their families and that the health insurance provided was out of the reach of most island employees.[citation needed]
The Fisher Island bankruptcy case
One of the last developable parcels of land on the island, a 15-acre (6.1 ha) site approved for residential development facing the shipping channel that separates the island from Miami Beach, was for a number of years subject to a protracted legal battle between Inna Gudavadze, the widow of the late Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, and investors aligned with his distant relative and former business associate, Joseph Kay.[12]
A judgment handed down by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida[13] on October 16, 2013, upheld in the US a previous 2010 judgment from the Supreme Court of Gibraltar that comprehensively dismissed the "wholly unconvincing" case brought by Joseph Kay.[14] The development then moved forward, under the supervision of Inna Gudavadze and the Patarkatsishvili family.
Geography
Fisher Island is located 3 miles (5 km) east of
The entire island has a total area of 0.362 sq mi (0.94 km2), of which 0.267 square miles (0.69 km2) are within the census-designated place(CDP),[1] the rest being part of the city of Miami Beach.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2000 | 467 | — | |
2010 | 132 | −71.7% | |
2020 | 561 | 325.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[16] |
2010 and 2020 census
Race | Pop 2010[17] | Pop 2020[18] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White (NH)
|
102 | 423 | 77.27% | 75.40% |
Black or African American (NH)
|
3 | 7 | 2.27% | 1.25% |
Alaska Native (NH)
|
0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Asian (NH) | 6 | 19 | 4.55% | 3.39% |
Native Hawaiian (NH)
|
0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Some other race (NH)
|
0 | 8 | 0.00% | 1.43% |
Two or more races/Multiracial (NH) | 1 | 28 | 0.76% | 4.99% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20 | 76 | 15.15% | 13.55% |
Total | 132 | 561 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 561 people, 197 households, and 131 families residing in the CDP.[19]
In April 2018, Bloomberg reported that the average income for Fisher Island was $2.5 million in 2015, according to a Bloomberg analysis of 2015 Internal Revenue Service data. This makes Fisher Island's zip code the wealthiest in the United States.[20]
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 132 people, 94 households, and 85 families residing in the CDP.[21]
2000 census
As of the
As of 2000, there were 218 households, out of which 19.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.51.
In 2000, in the CDP, the population was spread out, with 15.6% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 45.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was more than $200,000, as was the median income for a family. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $85,789 for females. The
As of 2000, English was the first language for 84.6% of all residents, while Spanish was the first language for 15.4% of the population.[23]
Education
The island has a private school, Fisher Island Day School, which includes preschool through eighth grade[24] for both on-island and off-island residents. The school was founded by Lexie and Robert Potamkin and Valerie and Michael Pearce in 2001. Approximately 30% of the students come from off-island, predominantly from the nearby Miami and Miami Beach neighborhoods of Star Island, Hibiscus Island, Palm Island, the Venetian Islands, Bayshore, South Beach, Pinecrest, Coral Gables, and Coconut Grove.
The island is served by
Notable current and former residents
- Andre Agassi (seasonal resident)
- Barbara Becker
- Boris Becker
- Pavel Bure
- Bharat Desai
- Harold Ford Sr. (part-time resident)[25]
- Susana Giménez (seasonal resident)
- Sharon Gless
- Sergei Gonchar
- Burke Henry
- Robert Herjavec (seasonal resident)
- Ilya Kovalchuk (seasonal resident)[26]
- Igor Krutoy
- Karolina Kurkova
- Evgeni Malkin[27]
- Barney Rosenzweig
- Oprah Winfrey
- Caroline Wozniacki
- Martin Zweig[28]
See also
- Barrier island
- List of islands
References
- ^ a b "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "P1. Race – Fisher Island CDP, Florida: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "This Is America's Richest Zip Code". Yahoo.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "History Page | Fisher Island". Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ Stuart, Reginald (July 8, 1983). "Big Island Near Miami Being Developed". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Narishkin, Abby; Dyer, Clayton; Appolonia, Alexandra (September 5, 2020). "Inside the richest ZIP code in America, Fisher Island in Miami". Business Insider. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Fisher Island Village". Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
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- ^ Porter, Eduardo (February 1, 2007). "An Island of Moguls Is Latest Front in Union Battle". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ Barrionuevo, Alexei (December 27, 2012). "Fisher Island: A Gilded Island, Swirling With Intrigue". The New York Times.
- ^ [In re: Fisher Island Investments, Inc., and Little Rest Twelve, Inc., United States District Court For The Southern District of Florida, Case No. 12-cv-20939-KMW, 10/16.2013]
- ^ [IN THE MATTER of the trusts known as The Valmore Trust and The Summit Trust, Mr Justice Dudley, The Supreme Court of Gibraltar, Claim No. 2008 M No 70, 17 December 2009]
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Fisher Island CDP, Florida". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Fisher Island CDP, Florida". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Fisher Island CDP, Florida". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "This Is America's Richest Zip Code". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ "S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Fisher Island CDP, Florida". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "Demographics of Fisher Island, FL". MuniNetGuide.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
- ^ "MLA Data Center Results for Fisher Island, Florida". Modern Language Association. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
- ^ "Educating Your Child - Fisher Island Day School". www.fids.org. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ "Working poor on wealthy U.S. island seek to organize a union". New York Times. February 1, 2007.
- ^ "Sports Now". Los Angeles Times. July 11, 2010.
- ^ "Chaos, loathing and the Big Three: How the Penguins unraveled". theathletic.com. May 24, 2023.
- ^ Yardley, William (February 22, 2013). "Martin Zweig, Who Forecast '87 Market Crash, Dies at 70". Retrieved March 24, 2023 – via NYTimes.com.
External links
Media related to Fisher Island, Florida at Wikimedia Commons
- Fisher Island Club (private luxury community)
- Fisher Island Day School