Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

1950‑1959:		Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL SMA
1959‑1983:		Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL SMSA
1983‑2003:		Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
2003‑2006:		Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Hernando County, FL	6,693	11,205	17,004	44,469	101,115	130,802	158,135

Hillsborough County, FL	249,894	397,788	490,265	646,960	834,054	998,948	1,131,542

Pasco County, FL	20,529	36,785	75,955	193,643	281,131	344,765	430,053

Pinellas County, FL	159,249	374,665	522,329	728,531	851,659	921,482	926,810



Total	409,143	772,453	1,012,594	1,569,134	2,067,959	2,395,997	2,646,540
Percent Change	-	88.8%	31.1%	55.0%	31.8%	15.9%	10.5%



Total (as currently defined)	436,365	820,443	1,105,553	1,613,603	2,067,959	2,395,997	2,646,540
Percent Change	-	88.0%	34.8%	46.0%	28.2%	15.9%	10.5%

Timeline

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Component

Hernando County, FL

Hillsborough County, FL

Pasco County, FL

Pinellas County, FL

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


St. Petersburg, FL	96,738	*	181,298	*	216,232	*	238,647	*	238,629	*	248,232	*	249,079	*

Tampa, FL	124,681	*	274,970	*	277,767	*	271,523	*	280,015	*	303,447	*	325,989	*

Clearwater, FL	15,581		34,653		52,074		85,528		98,784	*	108,787	*	108,687	*

Largo, FL	1,547		5,302		22,031		58,977		65,674		69,371		74,473	*



Total	221,419		456,268		493,999		510,170		617,428		660,466		758,228
Metro	409,143		772,453		1,012,594		1,569,134		2,067,959		2,395,997		2,646,540
Percent	54.1%		59.1%		48.8%		32.5%		29.9%		27.6%		28.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

St. Petersburg, FL

Tampa, FL

Clearwater, FL

Largo, FL

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			326,267	79.7%
		UA Population		293,931	71.8%
	Rural Population			82,876	20.3%

	Inside Central Cities			221,419	54.1%
	Outside Central Cities			187,724	45.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			409,143	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Petersburg, FL		114,596	114,596	100.0%
	Tampa, FL		179,335	179,335	100.0%

	Total			293,931


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			658,885	85.3%
		UA Population		626,632	81.1%
	Rural Population			113,568	14.7%

	Inside Central Cities			456,268	59.1%
	Outside Central Cities			316,185	40.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			772,453	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Petersburg, FL		324,842	324,842	100.0%
	Tampa, FL		301,790	301,790	100.0%

	Total			626,632


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			926,314	85.1%
		UA Population		863,901	79.4%
	Rural Population			162,235	14.9%

	Inside Central Cities			493,999	45.4%
	Outside Central Cities			594,550	54.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,088,549	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Petersburg, FL		495,159	495,159	100.0%
	Tampa, FL		368,742	368,742	100.0%

	Total			863,901


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,427,895	88.5%
		UA Population		1,354,249	83.9%
	Rural Population			185,708	11.5%

	Inside Central Cities			595,698	36.9%
	Outside Central Cities			1,017,905	63.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,613,603	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	St. Petersburg, FL		833,337	833,337	100.0%
	Tampa, FL		520,912	520,912	100.0%

	Total			1,354,249


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,843,374	89.1%
		UA Population		1,760,766	85.1%
	Rural Population			224,585	10.9%

	Inside Central Cities			617,428	29.9%
	Outside Central Cities			1,450,531	70.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,067,959	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Spring Hill, FL		52,056	52,056	100.0%
	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL		1,708,710	1,708,710	100.0%

	Total			1,760,766


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,256,334	94.2%
		UA Population		2,218,520	92.6%
	Rural Population			139,663	5.8%

	Inside Principal Cities			729,837	30.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,666,160	69.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,395,997	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Brooksville, FL		102,193	102,193	100.0%
	Lakeland, FL		199,487	9	0.0%
	Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL		2,062,339	2,062,339	100.0%
	Zephyrhills, FL		53,979	53,979	100.0%

	Total			2,218,520


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL SMA
-		Hillsborough County, FL included as original SMA component
-		Pinellas County, FL included as original SMA component
-		St. Petersburg, FL designated as original central city of new SMA
-		Tampa, FL designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Pasco County, FL added


Jun 1983



-		Title of Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL SMSA changed to Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
-		Hernando County, FL added
-		Clearwater, FL designated as central city of MSA


Jun 2003



-		Largo, FL designated as principal city of Metro Area

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