2024 population: 3,424,560 ( 1,782,672 from 2020)
Land area: 2515.2 square miles
Population density: 1361.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,985,102	57.97%	1.9%
Black:	412,613	12.05%	7.8%
Indian:	8,081	0.24%	6.7%
Asian:	152,362	4.45%	27.4%
2+ races:	76,577	2.24%	18.1%
Hispanic:	789,825	23.06%	21.2%

Total non-White:	1,439,458	42.03%	17.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	58,675	8.9
Deaths:	97,446	14.8
Net Migration:	119,337	18.2
Net Immigration:	31,828	4.8

Change in White population:	36,672	1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	212,603	6.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,175,285
1,948,430	61.36%
382,931	12.06%
7,571	0.24%
119,591	3.77%
64,854	2.04%
651,908	20.53%
1,226,855	38.64%

2010
2,783,243
1,879,437	67.53%
310,357	11.15%
6,733	0.24%
81,213	2.92%
47,571	1.71%
452,208	16.25%
903,806	32.47%

2000
2,395,997
1,821,955	76.04%
237,387	9.91%
6,693	0.28%
45,556	1.90%
32,040	1.34%
248,642	10.38%
574,042	23.96%

1990
2,067,959
1,722,299	83.28%
180,624	8.73%
6,327	0.31%
22,682	1.10%
n/a
136,027	6.58%
345,660	16.72%

1980
1,613,603
1,375,271	85.23%
145,717	9.03%
2,946	0.18%
7,911	0.49%
n/a
80,433	4.98%
238,332	14.77%

1970
1,105,553
932,737	84.37%
110,311	9.98%
828	0.07%
1,605	0.15%
n/a
59,346	5.37%
172,816	15.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
294,083	10.6
281,831	10.1
292,401	10.5
104,814	3.8

68,993	2.5
323,049	11.6

Number	Rate
2000's
292,213	12.2
264,578	11.0
260,333	10.9
76,592	3.2

57,482	2.4
329,764	13.8

Number	Rate
1990's
277,647	13.4
270,831	13.1
176,448	8.5
46,280	2.2

99,656	4.8
228,382	11.0

Number	Rate
1980's
236,052	14.6
230,860	14.3
458,240	28.4
n/a

347,028	21.5
107,328	6.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
510,125	46.1
n/a

442,534	40.0
65,516	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.8
622,397	9.4%
5,977,448	90.6%
638,923	9.7%

1,281,240
2.45

785,736	61.3%
572,999	72.9%
74,430	9.5%
495,504	38.7%

2010
Number	Percent
41.4
589,827	21.2%
2,193,416	78.8%
480,104	17.2%

1,151,263
2.37

715,524	62.2%
512,374	71.6%
80,408	11.2%
435,739	37.8%

2000
Number	Percent
40.4
522,941	21.8%
1,873,056	78.2%
460,558	19.2%

1,009,792
2.33

641,369	63.5%
493,046	76.9%
64,082	10.0%
368,423	36.5%

1990
Number	Percent
38.8
421,539	20.4%
1,646,420	79.6%
445,285	21.5%

870,999
2.32

579,152	66.5%
472,643	81.6%
45,123	7.8%
291,847	33.5%

1980
Number	Percent
40.7
359,831	22.3%
1,253,772	77.7%
346,960	21.5%

656,574
2.42

462,899	70.5%
391,425	84.6%
32,978	7.1%
193,675	29.5%

2022 Housing Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	68,025	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	47,339	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	45,438	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	52,147	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	52,875	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	53,672	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	52,777	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	50,921	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	54,533	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	100,055	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	124,826	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	165,174	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	121,440	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	80,330	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	97,877	7.6%
$200,000 or more	113,811	8.9%

Median Household Income	67,237
Per Capita Income	39,738

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	96

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	62,314	4.9%
Public Assistance	31,414	2.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	158,594	12.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,104,038	70.9%
Unemployed	55,766	3.6%
In Armed Forces	7,700	0.5%

Total Labor Force	1,167,504	74.9%
Not in Labor Force	390,657	25.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	568,606	501,186	53.2%
Non-Profit	35,380	70,521	33.4%
Self-Employed	106,761	62,729	63.0%

Local Government	42,252	58,404	42.0%
State Government	13,856	21,613	39.1%
Federal Government	18,725	13,848	57.5%

Total Private + Self	675,367	563,915	54.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	110,213	164,386	40.1%
Total	785,580	728,301	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	277,206	18.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	360,908	23.8%
Professional, Technical	350,333	23.1%
Service Occupations	252,345	16.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,845	0.5%
All others	275,612	18.2%

White Collar		65.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	215,815	14.2%
Retail trade	182,454	12.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	142,007	9.4%
Educational services	116,279	7.7%
Construction	114,084	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	113,220	7.5%
Finance and insurance	110,535	7.3%
Manufacturing	87,326	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	80,302	5.3%
Other services	71,543	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	65,019	4.3%
Public administration	55,497	3.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	39,098	2.6%
Wholesale trade	37,153	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	34,581	2.3%
Information	27,169	1.8%
Utilities	11,129	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	9,898	0.7%
Management	2,722	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	573	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	115,643	3.62%
Puerto Rican	201,202	6.30%
Cuban	140,795	4.41%
Dominican	34,370	1.08%

Total Central American	41,815	1.31%
Costa Rican	3,630	0.11%
Guatemalan	9,106	0.29%
Honduran	12,012	0.38%
Nicaraguan	5,025	0.16%
Panamanian	5,361	0.17%
Salvadoran	6,426	0.20%
Other Central American	255	0.01%

Total South American	91,014	2.85%
Argentinean	4,060	0.13%
Bolivian	1,668	0.05%
Chilean	1,964	0.06%
Colombian	39,574	1.24%
Ecuadorian	9,467	0.30%
Paraguayan	336	0.01%
Peruvian	11,459	0.36%
Uruguayan	1,680	0.05%
Venezuelan	20,636	0.65%
Other South American	170	0.01%

Other Hispanic	44,452	1.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	39,454	1.24%
Vietnamese	20,906	0.65%
Filipino	16,565	0.52%
Chinese	14,364	0.45%
Korean	4,255	0.13%
Laotian	3,091	0.10%
Thai	2,505	0.08%
Japanese	1,932	0.06%
Cambodian	1,870	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,358,849	77.8%
Spanish	463,037	15.3%
Other Indo-European	54,478	1.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	26,586	0.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	24,868	0.8%
Other Asian	23,228	0.8%
Arabic	18,141	0.6%
Vietnamese	17,090	0.6%
German, other Germanic	11,557	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	366,077	11.5%
Irish	324,064	10.1%
English	283,291	8.9%
American	274,079	8.6%
Italian	230,892	7.2%
Polish	90,514	2.8%
French	71,817	2.2%
Scottish	51,762	1.6%
European	42,798	1.3%
Swedish	28,111	0.9%
Dutch	27,209	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	25,120	0.8%
Greek	23,598	0.7%
Russian	22,495	0.7%
Jamaican	22,462	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,996,197	93.8%
Not a citizen	198,113	6.2%

Native	2,726,103	85.3%
Foreign-born	468,207	14.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
82,142	3.5%	135,677	5.9%	645,006	27.9%	683,121	29.5%	490,870	21.2%	277,790	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	82,142	3.5%
9-12 Years	135,677	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	645,006	27.9%
Some College	683,121	29.5%
Bach. Degree	490,870	21.2%
Grad Degree	277,790	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,055,554	1,950,212	105,342	5.1%
1991	2,042,864	1,903,878	138,986	6.8%
1992	2,077,826	1,921,842	155,984	7.5%
1993	2,143,198	1,999,298	143,900	6.7%
1994	2,216,922	2,100,190	116,732	5.3%
1995	2,251,956	2,152,424	99,532	4.4%
1996	2,278,016	2,184,508	93,508	4.1%
1997	2,359,894	2,272,700	87,194	3.7%
1998	2,439,054	2,359,358	79,696	3.3%
1999	2,508,218	2,435,004	73,214	2.9%

2000	2,421,304	2,338,918	82,386	3.4%
2001	2,446,622	2,341,304	105,318	4.3%
2002	2,433,432	2,309,782	123,650	5.1%
2003	2,430,406	2,317,060	113,346	4.7%
2004	2,505,076	2,409,110	95,966	3.8%
2005	2,496,478	2,419,708	76,770	3.1%
2006	2,549,940	2,482,290	67,650	2.7%
2007	2,585,316	2,493,302	92,014	3.6%
2008	2,597,246	2,436,346	160,900	6.2%
2009	2,560,042	2,299,228	260,814	10.2%

2010	2,745,514	2,450,828	294,686	10.7%
2011	2,780,256	2,504,406	275,850	9.9%
2012	2,802,694	2,565,248	237,446	8.5%
2013	2,833,050	2,629,708	203,342	7.2%
2014	2,863,016	2,685,846	177,170	6.2%
2015	2,894,226	2,741,282	152,944	5.3%
2016	2,961,424	2,824,440	136,984	4.6%
2017	3,009,744	2,887,032	122,712	4.1%
2018	3,049,226	2,940,464	108,762	3.6%
2019	3,110,634	3,006,424	104,210	3.4%

2020	3,097,486	2,875,960	221,526	7.2%
2021	3,166,898	3,030,988	135,910	4.3%
2022	3,299,658	3,206,856	92,802	2.8%
2023	3,384,572	3,283,318	101,254	3.0%
2024	3,404,314	3,286,582	117,732	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,471,328
Median Value	$275,500

Occupied	1,281,240	87.1%
Vacant	190,088	12.9%

Owned	857,640	66.9%
Rented	423,600	33.1%
Median Rent	$1,366

Single-Family Units	914,936	62.2%
Detached	823,968	56.0%
Attached	90,968	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	323,370	22.0%
Mobile Homes	147,218	10.0%

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area