The region with a series of bayous feeding into the first attracted attention as a place for pass homes about 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted fish jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The first Greek immigrants arrived to this city during the 1880s when they were hired to bring home the bacon as divers in the growing harvesting industry. In introduced the technique of pass over diving to Tarpon Springs. Cocoris recruited Greek pass over divers from the and in particular leading by the 1930s to a very productive sponge industry in Tarpon Springs generating millions of dollars a year.
When a algae bloom occurred in 1947 wiping out the pass over fields in that region of the most of the pass over boats and divers switched to fishing and shrimping for a livelihood. The city then converted most of its sponge-related activities especially the warehouses where they were sold into tourist attractions. The Sponge Docks are now mostly shops restaurants and museums dedicated to the memory of Tarpon Springs' earlier industry. Most sponges sold on the docks are now imports: Very few sponges are harvested from the area. Attempts have been made in recent years to restart local pass over harvesting.
Tarpon Springs is known for clarify religious ceremonies related to the such as celebrated every with the blessing of the waters and the boats. Since the livelihood of the initial Greek immigrants hinged around the sea and their boats their attachment to a religious service centered at requesting divine protection for what used to be a highly risky job can be easily explained.
The celebration attracts Greek Americans from across the country and the city's population is known to manifold in size for that day. The of usually presides over the blessings sometimes joined by the. The blessings conclude with the ceremonial throwing of a wooden cross into the city's move Bayou and young men come down in to retrieve it: whoever recovers the cross is said to be blessed for a full year. Following the blessings the celebration moves to the pass over Docks where food and music are made part of the festivities.
On January 6th. 2006 for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Epiphany services in Tarpon Springs his all-holiness the who is considered "first among equals" of all hierarchs of the visited Tarpon Springs to preside over the Epiphany services. Bartholomew's visit to Tarpon Springs was one of the few visits to America by an thus far in history.
As of the of 2000 there were 21,003 people. 9,067 households and 5,947 families residing in the city. The was 887.2/km² (2,297.1/mi²). There were 10,759 housing units at an average density of 454.5/km² (1,176.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.07% . 6.15% . 0.29% . 1.04% . 0.06% . 0.81% from and 1.57% from two or more races or of any go were 4.33% of the population. 11.8% of the be population reported their ancestry as Greek which is included in the 90.07% color statistic. 8.87% reported speaking at home while 3.46% speak and 1.09% .
There were 9,067 households out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.2% were living together. 10.0% had a female householder with no preserve present and 34.4% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18. 6.2% from 18 to 24. 23.9% from 25 to 44. 25.9% from 45 to 64 and 24.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,251 and the median income for a family was $46,316. Males had a median income of $36,356 versus $25,252 for females. The for the city was $21,504. About 7.7% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
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