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Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area is made up of 4 counties in Florida: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando, largest first. About 3,418,895 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 7.7% more than in April 2020.

Hernando County, outlyingHillsborough County, centralPasco County, centralPinellas County, centralTampaSt. PetersburgClearwater
Central Outlying 4 counties in Florida
Population, July 2025
3,418,895 7.7% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 3 central, 1 outlying
Land area
2,516 sq mi (6,516 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Florida
CBSA code
45300
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Counties in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Hillsborough CountyCentral1,574,11546.0%
Pinellas CountyCentral948,56327.7%
Pasco CountyCentral674,51619.7%
Hernando CountyOutlying221,7016.5%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Tampa401,618 people
  2. St. Petersburg262,732 people
  3. Clearwater117,247 people
  4. Largo82,617 people
  5. Pinellas Park53,560 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Metropolitan divisions

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area is big enough to be split into 2 metropolitan divisions, each a job center with the counties that commute to it.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area33 mi east
  2. Homosassa Springs, FL Metro Area58 mi north
  3. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area65 mi south
  4. Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area71 mi northeast

Before using this answer on a form

A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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