Valrico

Valrico
County and state location
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Florida
County :	Hillsborough County
Coordinates :	27 ° 56 ′  N , 82 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 27 ° 56 ′  N , 82 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	35,545 (as of 2010)
Population density :	2,369.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	22.07 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 15 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	17 m
Postcodes :	33594-33596
Area code :	+1 813
FIPS :	12-73700
GNIS ID :	0292725

Valrico is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County in the US state of Florida with 35,545 inhabitants (as of 2010).

history

Before the Civil War , the area was known as Long Pond and consisted of several cotton plantations. It was renamed Valrico, which means "rich valley" in Spanish, in the 1880s when William G. Tousey, a philosophy professor from Tufts College, acquired real estate in the area. In 1890, an influx of immigrants came through the area after the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was built.

When the railroad was completed, Tousey began building the community with retail stores, roads, and a bank. In 1895 a severe frost stopped these developments and the population began to shrink. Even so, the city went on and a schoolhouse was completed in 1896. The population continued to decline, from 100 people in 1893 to just 50 in 1911.

This setback did not stop the local landowners from advancing the city's development. From 1910 to 1914, Judge Hamner, Governor Van Sant, D. Humbird, WH, SC Phipps, and WF Miller started an improvement project along Hopewell Road that was later referred to as SR 60. WF Miller, who served as President of the Valrico Improvement Association, raised $ 3,500 to build the Valrico Civic Center, now known as the James McCabe Theater. The area's first general store was opened by Lovett Brandon in 1912.

Valrico suffered another major blow during the 1929 stock market crash that closed almost every business in town. It wasn't until the mid-1950s that the city began to grow again, mainly due to the connection of SR 60 with Adamo Drive in Tampa, which placed Valrico directly on an important thoroughfare in Florida.

Cyclists in Valrico

geography

Valrico is about 20 km east of Tampa . The CDP is crossed by Florida State Road 60 .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 35,545 inhabitants were distributed over 13,487 households. The population density was 2369.7 inh / km². 81.4% of the population identified themselves as white, 8.7% as African-American , 0.3% as Native American and 3.9% as Asian Americans . 2.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.8% to several ethnic groups. 16.3% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 39.4% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 25.2% of all households. 78.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.80 people and the average family size was 3.15 people.

28.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 74,809, with 6.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 90.17% of the population and Spanish was spoken by 9.83%.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Historic Resources Survey Report: Valrico . October 1, 1998. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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.