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Coordinates: 27°56′51″N 82°27′31″W / 27.94750°N 82.45861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Hillsborough |
Settled (Fort Brooke) | 1823 |
Incorporated (Village of Tampa) | January 18, 1849 |
Incorporated (Town of Tampa) | September 10, 1853 and August 11, 1873 |
Incorporated (City of Tampa) | December 15, 1855[a] and July 15, 1887 |
Government | |
• Type | Strong Mayor–Council |
• Mayor | Jane Castor (D) |
• Legislative | Tampa City Council |
Area | |
• City | 175.83 sq mi (455.40 km2) |
• Land | 114.02 sq mi (295.30 km2) |
• Water | 61.82 sq mi (160.10 km2) 35.3% |
• Urban | 968.9 sq mi (2,509.5 km2) |
• Metro | 2,554 sq mi (6,610 km2) |
Elevation | 48 ft (14.6 m) |
Population (2020)[5] | |
• City | 384,959 |
• Estimate (2022)[5] | 398,173 |
• Rank | 49th in the US |
• Density | 3,376.4/sq mi (1,303.6/km2) |
• Urban | 2,783,045 (US: 17th) |
• Urban density | 2,872.3/sq mi (1,109.0/km2) |
• Metro | 3,175,275 (US: 18th) |
Demonym(s) | Tampan, Tampanian, Tampeño[7] |
GDP | |
• Tampa (MSA) | $219.4 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 33601–33626, 33629–33631, 33633–33635, 33637, 33646, 33647, 33650, 33655, 33660–33664, 33672–33675, 33677, 33679–33682, 33684–33689, 33694[9] |
Area code(s) | 813, 656 |
FIPS code | 12-71000[10] |
GNIS feature ID | 0292005[11] |
Website | www |
Tampa is a city in Florida, a state of the United States. It has a population of about 384,959 people as of 2020.[5] Tampa is 3rd largest city in Florida, and the 52nd largest city in the USA.
Tampa is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm.