Tampa, Florida

**Tampa** is a city in Florida, a state of the United States. It has a population of about 384,959 people as of 2020. Tampa is the 3rd largest city in Florida, and the 49th most populous city in the USA.

## Sports

Tampa is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm.

## People from Tampa

- Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
- Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
- Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900 – 2001), Ybor business pioneer
- Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues singer, pianist
- Aaron Carter (born 1987), actor/singer
- Oba Chandler (born 1946) murderer (lived there since early 80s)
- Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler

## References

- Notes

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Tampa
- **nicknames**: Cigar City, The Big Guava
- **settlement type**: City
- **image flag**: Flag of Tampa, Florida.svg
- **flag border**: no
- **image seal**: Seal of Tampa, Florida.svg
- **mapsize**: 290x200px
- **map caption**: Interactive map of Tampa
- **pushpin map**: Florida#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in the United States
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **pushpin label**: Tampa
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Florida
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Florida, County
- **subdivision name2**: Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough
- **government type**: Mayor-council government, Strong Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: List of mayors of Tampa, Florida, Mayor
- **leader name**: Jane Castor (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title1**: City Council, Legislative
- **leader name1**: Tampa City Council
- **established title**: Settler colonialism, Settled
(Fort Brooke)
- **established date**: 1823
- **established title1**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
(Village (Florida), Village of Tampa)
- **established date1**: January 18, 1849
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
(Town (Florida), Town of Tampa)
- **established date2**: September 10, 1853 and
August 11, 1873
- **established title3**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
(City (Florida), City of Tampa)
- **established date3**: December 15, 1855 and
July 15, 1887
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 455.40
- **area land km2**: 295.30
- **area water km2**: 160.10
- **area total sq mi**: 175.83
- **area land sq mi**: 114.02
- **area water sq mi**: 61.82
- **area water percent**: 35.3
- **area urban sq mi**: 968.9
- **area urban km2**: 2509.5
- **area metro sq mi**: 2554
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 384959
- **population est**: 414547
- **pop est as of**: 2024
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 49th in the US
- **population density sq mi**: 3376.4
- **population metro**: 3,175,275 (US: Metropolitan statistical area, 18th)
- **population urban**: 2,783,045 (US: List of United States urban areas, 17th)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,109.0
- **population density urban sq mi**: 2,872.3
- **demographics type2**: GDP
- **demographics2 title1**: Tampa (MSA)
- **demographics2 info1**: $219.4 billion (2022)
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 14.6
- **elevation ft**: 48
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 33601–33626, 33629–33631, 33633–33635, 33637, 33646, 33647, 33650, 33655, 33660–33664, 33672–33675, 33677, 33679–33682, 33684–33689, 33694
- **area code**: Area code 813, 813, Area code 656, 656
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 12-71000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0292005
- **population demonym**: Tampan, Tampanian, Tampeño