Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939. It is the county seat of Indian River County, Florida. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian, Florida-Vero Beach Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 130,100 people.

Vero Beach may be best known as the location of Holman Stadium (Vero Beach), where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in Glendale, AZ. The stadium was also the home...

Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939. It is the county seat of Indian River County, Florida. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the Sebastian, Florida-Vero Beach Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 130,100 people.

Vero Beach may be best known as the location of Holman Stadium (Vero Beach), where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in Glendale, AZ. The stadium was also the home to the minor league Vero Beach Devil Rays; however, in August 2008 the franchise was sold to the Ripken Baseball Group and will not return to Vero Beach for the 2009 season.

Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here. Major industries include citrus fruit packing and tourism.

Geography and Climate
Vero Beach is located at (27.641817, -80.391105). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of. of it is land and of it (14.31%) is water.

The city is divided by the Indian River Lagoon into the mainland on one side and the oceanfront barrier island on the other. The island's population consists of wealthy vacation dwellers and well-to-do year-round residents. Restrictive zoning has allowed the island to repel attempts to develop high-rise hotels and large commercial centers, so it maintains a quiet, residential atmosphere.