The new census results is in 4 days http://www.census.gov/. We will see how Florida and Tampa's population increased. Will Tampa hit 400,000?

400,000???

I don't think it will even crack 350k.

I wonder when Pinellas County population is expected to hit 1 million?

I wonder if they ever will? I'd expect 2010 census to be around 934k maybe?
There isn't much room for growth except in the north, unless the south increases density which would be hard.

400,000???

I don't think it will even crack 350k.
We annexed more of the New Tampa area the last 10 years.. Who knows.

Which is largely how it went up so much from 303k in 2000.

I thought the population was something like 343,000 in 2008. I doubt the population is 400,000+ when the census comes out. I'll expect something around 350,000.

I wonder when Pinellas County population is expected to hit 1 million?

I wonder if they ever will? I'd expect 2010 census to be around 934k maybe?
There isn't much room for growth except in the north, unless the south increases density which would be hard.

Increased density is our only hope for population growth.

Increased density is our only hope for population growth.

Yeah, St. Pete seems to be increasing in density somewhat... not a lot but downtown and townhomes throughout the northeast.

Pinellas' best hope is the trend I've heard about where a number of snowbird homes now have permanent residents living in them. (for various economic reasons)

I don't expect anything amazing, people are leaving here.

Orlando is getting up there, it might surpass us one day.

^That's been a given for a long while now.

Orlando managed to swindle a CMA out of the Census folks whereas the Tampa Bay politicians were their usual ineffective and idiotic selves . . . so Orlando may pass us, but the metro area hasn't

I think we'll see an increase in diversity represented in the numbers, and maybe a small increase in educational attainment. That's just based on my anecdotal observations.

Florida gained two House seats.

City and County Census' don't come out until April, so we'll have to wait longer to find out about Tampa and the rest of the area.

Yeah we need to annex all of Brandon and we would go up to 600,ooo plus.

Funny as I-275 says everyone is moving, I'm coming back in March thank God get me the hell out of Charlotte,Nc... And there are like at least 10 of my friends moving back to the Bay area as well..:banana::cheers:


And as I agree Orlando is growing it will never pass us in overall metro population as well as the important TV Markets..

Brandon only has like 100k people, which would only bring Tampa to about 440k

I think Tampa should incorporate the areas around Town'n'Country and Carollwood on the western side and East Tampa, Palm-River, Gibsonton, Apollo Beach, East Lake and Orient Park on the eastern side.

I think Tampa should incorporate the areas around Town'n'Country and Carollwood on the western side and East Tampa, Palm-River, Gibsonton, Apollo Beach, East Lake and Orient Park on the eastern side.

Tampa could always pull a Jacksonville and just annex the entire county.

Think of it, Tampa:population 1.2 million

lol

Tampa could always pull a Jacksonville and just annex the entire county.

Think of it, Tampa:population 1.2 million

lol

Are there any plans out there to annex at all. Weren't there plans to annex parts of East Tampa?

Why would you want to be annexed? Higher taxes, more layers of bureaucracy, nothing extra that you don't have already except panhandlers.

Does Tampa really want the rest of Hillsborough though? just looking at the past election, referendums to close all the museums, shut down the streetcar, and cover the parks with parking lots would likely end up on the ballot.

I don't think Tampa really needs to annex at all and don't know what would annexing benefit except the population number. Why burden the budget any further at the moment?

Why would you want to be annexed? Higher taxes, more layers of bureaucracy, nothing extra that you don't have already except panhandlers.

I think to have incorporated and unincorporated areas at the same time is very ineffective. You have city police, county police etc. If every place was incorporated either by a city or form a city of its own, the adminstrational overlaps could be history and all responsibilities could be newly reconsidered. Thus, the cities would have certain responsibilities like water and sewer while the county could have others like garbage, schools, etc.

Why would you want to be annexed? Higher taxes, more layers of bureaucracy, nothing extra that you don't have already except panhandlers.
I don't want to be annexed, I want to eliminate the county govt all together.

The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709. Hillsborough Countys was 1,229,226. Pinellas lost population and was 916,542. http://www.tampabay.com/news/growth/2010-census-shows-florida-still-packing-in-newcomers/1158044

I honestly believe Pinellas will continue to lose population, I think St. Petersburg will grow but the rest of the county has poor infrastructure and little places of interest and is built out.

^^
Ditto

Pinellas is definitely showing its age. The housing stock is just not as attractive to retirees or families. Pinellas also needs to deal with transportation access to attract more jobs (and therefore more residents). The county needs to change course -- break the suburban mentality and embrace a more dense future, starting with the city of St. Petersburg. The county also needs to keep moving forward with rail transit planning and implementation.