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Other notable events include the Outback Bowl, which is held New Years Day at Raymond James Stadium. The Florida State Fair in mid-February, also brings in an attendance of 400,000, and Guavaween, an open street Halloween celebration with Latin flavor taking place in Ybor City.

Tampa`s library system is operated by the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System. THPLS operates 28 libraries throughout Tampa and Hillsborough County, including the John F. Germany Main Library in Downtown Tampa. The Tampa library system first started in the early 1900`s, with the West Tampa Library, which was made possible with the funds donated by Andrew Carnegie.

University of South Florida, is located in Tampa, inside close proximity to the city of Temple Terrace and Busch Gardens. It is currently 9th in the nation in terms of enrolled students, with a total of 44,891 students for the 2007 academic year. It`s mascot is the Bull, with green and gold as it`s colors.

As of 2000, English spoken as a first language accounted for 77.43% of all residents, while 22.56% spoke other languages as their mother tongue. The most significant was Spanish speakers who made up 17.76% of the populus, while French came up as the third most spoken language, which made up 0.63%, and Italian was at fourth, with 0.56% of the populus.

In the city the populus was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.7 years old. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The racial makeup of the city was 64.22% White (51.0% White Non-Hispanic), 26.07% Black or African US, 0.38% US Indian and Alaska Native, 2.15% Asian, 0.09% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 4.17% from other races, and 2.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.29% of the populus.