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City in Florida

Tampa, FL

Hillsborough County

City in and seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

Population
414,547 (2024)
Density
3,621 / sq mi
Land area
114.5 sq mi
Water area
63.6 sq mi
Elevation
98 ft
Founded
1823
Coordinates
27.9701, -82.4797

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Photos of Tampa

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Climate

July average high
91°F
January average low
53°F
Annual rainfall
49.5 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 71° 53° Jan 2.7"
  2. 74° 56° Feb 2.6"
  3. 78° 59° Mar 2.5"
  4. 83° 65° Apr 2.6"
  5. 88° 71° May 2.6"
  6. 91° 75° Jun 7.4"
  7. 91° 77° Jul 7.8"
  8. 91° 77° Aug 9.0"
  9. 90° 75° Sep 6.1"
  10. 86° 69° Oct 2.3"
  11. 79° 61° Nov 1.4"
  12. 74° 56° Dec 2.6"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Tampa Intl Ap (6 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Tampa ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$71,302
Median rent
$1,567 / mo
Median home value
$375,300
Median age
35.6
Unemployment
4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
44.6%
Poverty rate
15.9%
Renter-occupied homes
49.8%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
175
Students enrolled
110,492
Students per teacher
17.8 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
53.1%
Charter schools
16.6%
School districts serving the city
3

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Districts: Hillsborough, Idea Public Schools, Santa Rosa

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
32.2%
No leisure-time physical activity
24.7%
Adults with diabetes
12.5%
Adults who smoke
12.9%
Frequent mental distress
17.2%
Sleeping under 7 hours
39.8%
Adults without health insurance
15.9%
Routine checkup in past year
76.2%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
64.2%
Share of city that is parkland
9.3%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
15.0
Median air quality index (county)
49
Unhealthy air days (county)
2

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
92.8%
Households with no internet
5.2%
Average commute
24.7 min
Work from home
19.3%
Commute by transit
1.3%
Commute on foot
2.3%
Commute by bike
0.8%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Hillsborough County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 20 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Lightning: very high
  • Tornado: very high
  • Cold wave: very high
  • Hurricane: very high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 33602
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  • 33609
  • 33610
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  • 33647