------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Component | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hernando County, FL ************************ Hillsborough County, FL ********************************************************* Pasco County, FL ********************************** Pinellas County, FL ********************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% Principal/Central City Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 City | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Petersburg, FL ********************************************************* Tampa, FL ********************************************************* Clearwater, FL ************************ Largo, FL **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------