Cheval is an unincorporated

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in Hillsborough County,

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, United States. The population was 10,702 at the 2010 census, up from 7,602 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Cheval is located in northwestern Hillsborough County at (28.146418, -82.515623). It is bordered to the east by

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, to the south by Northdale, to the west by Keystone, and to the north by

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(Dale Mabry Highway) forms part of the CDP eastern border, and State Road 589 (Suncoast Parkway) forms part of the western border. The community is north of

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. According to the

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, the Cheval CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 12.30%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,602 people, 3,407 households, and 2,047 families residing in the community. The population density was . There were 3,659 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the community was 85.86%

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, 4.63%

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, 0.18% Native American, 5.01% Asian, 0.16%

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, 2.12% from

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, and 2.04% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 13.02% of the population. There were 3,407 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.9% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.88. In the community the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 37.5% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males. The median income for a household in the community was $46,888, and the median income for a family was $65,960. Males had a median income of $45,551 versus $29,161 for females. The

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for the community was $32,444. About 2.5% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the

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, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

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