Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Naranja, FL

Naranja is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Miami-Dade County, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Miami, and part of the Miami metropolitan area.

Naranja takes its name from the Spanish word for orange, because orange groves once covered the area, although local residents pronounce the name 'Na-Ran-Jah'.

Naranja was a stop on the Florida East Coast Railroad that once ran through this part of Miami-Dade County.

Naranja has grown explosively: its population reached 13,509 at the 2020 census, up 62.7% from 8,303 in 2010 and more than triple the 4,034 counted in 2000.

Naranja is compact and dense, covering just 1.7 square miles in total with about 9,015 people per square mile, and 100% of its residents are classified as urban.

Naranja is a young, family-heavy community, with a median age of 31.3 years at the 2020 census, 29.5% of residents under 18, and 47.6% of its 4,420 households including children under 18.

At the 2020 census, 60.2% of Naranja's residents were Hispanic or Latino.

U.S. Route 1, the Dixie Highway, runs along Naranja's northwest edge, and the city of Homestead lies about 5 miles to its southwest.

Naranja's local public schools include Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School, which opened in 1976 and stands inside the CDP, and the alternative Miami MacArthur South Senior High School.

Naranja was once counted together with its neighbor as a single census area, appearing with Princeton as the combined Naranja-Princeton CDP in the 1980 census.