With great attractions like Busch Gardens, Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa Lowry Park and Zoo and plenty of fine and cultural dining locations, Hillsborough County makes an exciting place not only to visit but live. It is located on the west coast of central Florida. Even though Hillsborough County has 3,671 cities, towns, and other populated areas, Hillsborough County has 10 cities which includes Tampa, Brandon, Town ‘n’ Country, Greater Carrollwood, Egypt Lake-Leto, University, Plant City, and Lake Maga, but only three are incorporated cities which include Tampa, Plant City, and Temple Terrace.
POPULATION ECONOMIC STATUS ASSESSMENT
With a population of 1,277,746 in 2012 from 646,939 in 1980 and expected to grow up to 1,439,000 in 2020, this area has grown double in 32 years. There are slightly more women compared to men at 51.8% to 48.2%. This is near the national average. In 2010, the median age of the area was 36.1 years old and the highest percentage age group ranged from 45-49 years old. The majority of the population at 71.8% is Caucasian then Hispanics is 25.1%. The Hispanic or Latino population includes Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban. The strong history of Cuban migrants leads to 5.3 % of Hillsborough county population. African American or Black is 16.9 %. The diversity in the area is also noted with a mixture of American Indian and Alaska Natives, Asians, Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican and Puerto Ricans as a small minority.
A variety of industries in the area provide diversity in employment for the residents of major Federal interstates I-4, I-75, and I-275 which run through Hillsborough County, in
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the Tampa Bay Police Department is made up of mostly white officers, but of the
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Hispanics comprise California’s largest minority group. They make up 37.6% of the total population (US Census, 2011). The term Hispanic defines a population of Spanish-speaking individuals from Cuba, Mexico, South America, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
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It should be highlighted, that the major issues of Florida state government issues lie in the legislative sphere, and are seriously discussed in the society. With a slowly recovering economy producing more revenue appears a serious question of passing a new state budget. It faces plenty of complicated challenges, which are ranging from increasing pressure to expand and fund Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the disabled and the poor, to an ongoing debate over education standards, school grades and the whole testing process. According to the research, despite the anticipated increase in Florida state revenue, lawmakers and the governor ask state agencies to outline a potential five percent cut in their spending that will be used in evaluating the next budget. It can be named as one of the most actual budget issue in Florida.
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The coastline of the Florida state has reduced in size from its original because of the increasing sea levels. Basically Florida has been divided in to Sixty Seven counties. Alabama and Georgia shares borders with this state on the west and north respectively. The northern part of Florida comprises of hills and the southern parts are warmer and flatter.
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They then attach to various kinds of sea grasses on the ocean floor and coat them as well. Individual chambers combine to form rock-like structures. Over thousands of years, when South Florida was completely submerged, a vast amount of this limestone combined with other ocean sediments and was laid down over the area now covered by the Everglades. Prior to the draining activities of humans and its use as an agricultural area, the Everglades was flooded about nine to eleven months of the year. It also lost only about 0.03 inches of soil per year.
11. The cost of living is lower. Sure, to live in Miami and Tampa Bay you’ll pay a high rate to live, but millions of Floridians live in other cities as well as communities. Your housing costs will be lower and your utilities will come in reasonable. Taxes in Florida are lower too.
Population is the major concern for Florida for many reasons. Increased population means more children, which calls for more schools. Leon Bouvier says from the "population of two point one million students in 1990 will increase to three point five million by the year 2020, and will expect fifty thousand new kids a year for the rest of the decade." To keep up with this growth two thousand eight hundred teachers will need to bee hired each year, and a new school will have to be built every week. Population growth will also include the elderly, as well as middle age people. This means the government will have to hire over twenty thousand new physicians, and over one hundred thousand new nurses. By the end of this decade fifty more hospitals will have to be built to keep up with growth.
Florida has had quite an eventful history. It’s first human inhabitants are believed to be several Native American tribes, including The Panzacola, Chatot, Apalachicola, Apalachee, Timucua, Calusa, and the Matecumbe. These tribes occupied land all over Florida.