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Hillsborough County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 4 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12057

Within Florida
Hillsborough County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
1,574,115
+107,869 (+7.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,023
square miles. A further 23.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1,539
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Q49255
Seat of county government.
Established
1834
191 years ago
Largest city
Tampa city
Population 413,554.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Hillsborough County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Hillsborough County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 765 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Hillsborough County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population1,574,1154th of 6726th of 3,144
Land area1,023 sq mi13th of 67649th of 3,144
Population density1,539 per sq mi5th of 67104th of 3,144
Median household income$79,54016th of 67605th of 3,143

Full data for Hillsborough County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,574,115Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,466,246Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,459,773Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,023 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area305.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,328 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,539 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,540American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$371,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households583,192American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units630,692American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+5,000
17,100 births, 12,100 deaths
Net migration
-1,999
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Hillsborough County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Pinellas CountyFlorida63 mi948,563
Manatee CountyFlorida55 mi468,200
Polk CountyFlorida39 mi874,790
Pasco CountyFlorida33 mi674,516
Hardee CountyFloridaa single point25,932

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.