Vero Beach is a
city in
Indian River County,
Florida,
USA. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau's
2006 estimates, the city had a population of 19,916. It
is the
county seat of
Indian River County.
Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian-Vero
Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to
130,100 people.
Vero Beach may be best known as the
location of
Dodgertown, where the
Los Angeles Dodgers
baseball team held their
spring training camp
from 1948 until 2008, and where the minor league
Vero Beach Devil Rays
play during their regular season.
Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here.
Major industries include
citrus fruit packing
and
tourism.
