Hillsborough County, Florida

Hillsborough County
County
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Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 27°55′N 82°21′W / 27.91°N 82.35°W / 27.91; -82.35
Country	United States
State	Florida
Founded	January 25, 1834
Named for	Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough
Seat	Tampa
Largest city	Tampa
Area
• Total	1,266 sq mi (3,280 km2)
• Land	1,020 sq mi (2,600 km2)
• Water	246 sq mi (640 km2)  19.4%
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,459,762[1]
• Density	1,431/sq mi (553/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts	14th, 15th, 16th
Website	www.hillsboroughcounty.org

Hillsborough County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762,^[2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area. A 2021 estimate has the population of Hillsborough County at 1,512,070 people with a yearly growth rate of 1.34%,^[3] which itself is greater than the populations of 12 states according to their 2019 population estimates.^[4] Its county seat and largest city is Tampa.^[5] Hillsborough County is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area.