South Florida's three big counties hold 6.3 million people

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South Florida's three major counties are now home to over six million residents.

These six point three three million people live across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

Miami-Dade alone recorded about four thousand two hundred misdemeanor marijuana possession charges over five years.

Population data and arrest totals come from the US Census and FDLE files via Cala.