Tampa (pronounced /ˈtæm.pə/) is a Gulf Coast city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.[7] Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447. According to the 2008 estimates, the city's population had grown to 340,882[8], making it the 53rd largest city in the United States.
Tampa is a part of the metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area. For U.S. Census purposes, Tampa is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA. The four-county area is composed of roughly 2.7 million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state, and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States, behind Miami, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.[9] The Greater Tampa Bay area has just over 4 million residents and generally includes the Tampa and Sarasota metro areas. The Tampa Bay Partnership and U.S. Census data showed an average annual growth of 2.47 percent, or a gain of approximately 97,000 residents per year. Between 2000 and 2006, the Greater Tampa Bay Market has experienced a combined growth rate of 14.8 percent, growing from 3.4 million to 3.9 million and hitting the 4 million people mark on April 1, 2007.[10] The Tampa Bay Designated Market Area (DMA) is the largest media market in the state of Florida and the fourteenth largest media market in the United States.[11]
In 2008, Tampa was ranked as the 5th best outdoor city by Forbes.[12] A 2004 survey by the NYU newspaper ranked Tampa as a top city for "twenty-somethings".
I love tampa.....
Kopihucky 2 days ago
I think I'm going to move from Baltimore to Tampa.
upinflamezzz 2 weeks ago
it looks so nice there
libby11526 1 month ago