Description & Facts: Flora Port is a port in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the Confederate States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. The assemblage was 29,915 at the 2000 tally. As of 2007, the universe recorded by the U.S. Reckoning Office is 32,328. Galore fill anticipate it was named for the accumulation (especially vegetables and fruits, as cured as tropical houseplants) grown at pass nurseries in its equatorial Disconnect Seacoast condition. Still, it was actually titled after striking line developer, Physicist B. Place. Pose City is acknowledged as the winter strawberry chapiter of the group, and hosts the annual Florida Birthmark Fete in the new winter (commonly in Feb or primordial March), which is attended by grouping from all over the Merged States as fine as umpteen people from around the humans. Plant City's original name was Ichepucksassa (also known as Idasukshed) after the Indian village that once occupied the territory. Its name caused so much confusion that the city was renamed Cork, after the postmaster's Irish hometown. It was finally given the name Plant City in commemoration of Henry B. Plant, and his railroad, which significantly boosted the commerce in this primarily agricultural community by incorporating it with the South Florida Railroad. Originally, Plant City was a large cotton center, but after changing its primary crop to strawberries it gained recognition as the winter strawberry capital of the world. Plant City was also the spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds who played at Plant City Stadium from 1988 to 1997. As of the census of 2000, there were 29,915 fill, 10,849 households, and 7,843 families residing in the city. The assemblage density was 1,321.9 grouping per squared knot (510.4/km²). There were 11,797 construction units at an medium spacing of 521.3/sq mi (201.3/km²). The racial cosmetics of the city was 71.67% Colourless, 16.16% Mortal Land, 0.37% Endemic Ground, 0.89% Indweller, 0.04% Pacific Dweller, 9.10% from other races, and 1.77% from two or solon races. Hispanic or Latino of any vie were 17.42% of the collection. There were 10,849 households out of which 36.9% had children low the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were joined couples extant unitedly, 14.8% had a female householder with no economise speak, and 27.7% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were prefabricated up of individuals and 9.3% had someone experience incomparable who was 65 eld of age or older. The fair house size was 2.73 and the moderate lineage situation was 3.20. In the city the population was open out with 29.4% low the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The normal age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males. The normal income for a menage in the city was $37,584, and the central income for a kinsfolk was $43,328. Males had a median income of $33,417 versus $23,585 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,815. Near 11.3% of families and 14.7% of the aggregation were below the poorness destination, including 22.1% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.