Ruskin (Florida)

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Ruskin
Hillsborough County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ruskin Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Hillsborough County
Coordinates : 27 ° 43 ′  N , 82 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 43 ′  N , 82 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 17,208 (as of 2010)
Population density : 466.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 40 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of
which 36.9 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 1 m
Area code : +1 813
FIPS : 12-62275
GNIS ID : 290065 2403499, 290065

Ruskin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County in the US state of Florida with 17,208 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Ruskin is located at the confluence of the Little Manatee River and Tampa Bay . The CDP is located around 25 km south of Tampa and is crossed or touched by Florida State Road 674 , the Tamiami Trail ( US 41 ) and Interstate 75 .

history

1919 was built by the Tampa Southern Railway , a subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , a railway line from Tampa via Ruskin to Palmetto , which was extended to Bradenton in 1920 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 17,208 inhabitants were distributed over 7,273 households. The population density was 466.3 inh / km². 71.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 9.1% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 15.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 42.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 22.8% of all households lived in 43.6% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 72.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.00 people and the average family size was 3.44 people.

33.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 30.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 22.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 32 years. 50.5% of the population were male and 49.5% were female.

The median annual income was $ 49,099, with 16.9% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 67.67% of the population, 31.93% spoke Spanish and 0.40% spoke German .

Attractions

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

Sons and daughters of Ruskin

  • Willa Ford (* 1981), pop singer, actress and photo model

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  2. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  4. ^ FLORIDA - Hillsborough County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 30, 2015 .