Where we move totes in South Florida

Why the map matters for totes

A tote is heavy, and where it comes from and where it goes decides whether a request is simple. The three counties differ in what their economies move. Miami-Dade has PortMiami and the busiest US airport for international cargo, and ranks first in the country for ornamental plants. Broward has Port Everglades. Palm Beach County has its own port and leads the nation in sugarcane, sweet corn and sweet bell peppers.

The tables and the city pages below take their numbers from the port authorities, county agencies, the Census Bureau and Wikipedia, each listed at the foot of the page it supports.

The numbers behind the three counties

ZIP codes and people by county

The three counties are close in scale: Broward has the largest combined population among the listed cities despite having fewer of them than Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach has the fewest people of the three.

Working the port numbers

PortMiami and Port Everglades are close in container volume. Port Everglades handled 1,167,552 TEUs in fiscal year 2025 against PortMiami's 1,115,058, a gap of 52,494 TEUs, or about 4.7 percent. PortMiami grew 2.35 percent from 1,089,443 the year before. Port Everglades also moved 131,855,261 barrels of petroleum products, roughly 361,000 barrels a day if spread evenly over the year.

Palm Beach County's 440,209 acres in agriculture in 2017-18 equal about 688 square miles at 640 acres to the square mile, and its 35 percent share of county land implies a county of roughly 1,260 square miles. These are our own calculations from the sourced figures, shown so you can check them. The same method works for your own roof and your own tote, using the rainfall figure from the nearest city page.

How we read a request from a place

We read the city, the ZIP code and the kind of site you describe: a dock, a gravel lane or a driveway behind an association gate. The reply covers the equipment and the route, not just the tote. We cannot state a price or a pickup date on this site; the form is where you ask.

If your city is not on the list, ask anyway. The 33 pages cover the places in our plan, not every address we may be able to answer.

Which page to start with

Start with the county page for freight and farm context, or with the city page for the figures on your own town. Neighboring cities are linked at the foot of each city page because a request often sits near a border. If you are unsure which county your address falls in, the ZIP code on the city page will settle it. Unincorporated areas and places with a different mailing city can use the ZIP code from their mail and a cross street.

Coastal, inland and western differences

Coastal addresses meet salt air, which can corrode cage fittings, so rinse and inspect the cage more often. Inland suburbs often have larger lots and more room for a pad. Addresses toward the western farmland may be farther from main roads, so describe the access when you write. These are general points about tote care, not claims about any one place.