The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan statistical area is located on the eastern side of Tampa Bay to the west of Central Florida. It is made up of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando counties.

The population of Tampa has been steadily increasing over the past fifteen years, and is projected to continue this trend. Each of the three main cities in the area, Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, have seen significant growth over the past fifteen years as well.

Recently the greater Tampa area has seen an influx of immigrants. The Latino population has been consistently growing over recent years and a large influx of Cuban immigrants have been flooding into the area. Tampa Bay has also recently received a large amount of Asian immigrants from East and Southeast Asia creating a diverse foreign-born population.

Total Population: 2,975,225

(An increase of 6.9 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 341,221
• Language Spoken at Home - 483,030

Quick Facts

• The greater Tampa area is the second largest metropolitan area in the state of Florida.
  


• MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is one of the most important government buildings in the country. It hosts the United States Central Command, which oversees all U.S. military action that takes place in the Middle East.


• The Port of Tampa is the largest port in all of Florida, and is consistently one of the top ten ports in trade activity in the United States.


• Out of the top 50 most populated metropolitan areas in the United States, Tampa is the 50th in the percentage of the population that attends a religious service of any kind.


• Between the years 2000 and 2010 in the greater Tampa area, the population of Latinos has risen by 50%, and the population of Asians has risen by over 40%.


• Tampa has hosted an annual Asia Fest for the past 31 years.