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Hillsborough County Demographics |
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Located on the central west coast of Florida at an elevation of between 0 and 170 feet above sea level, the county is 27.58' N. latitude and 82.32' W. longitude. It is 268 miles northwest of Miami and 82 miles southwest of Orlando. The distance from New York City is 1,152 miles, from Atlanta 461 miles and from Washington, D.C. it is 919 miles.
The total county is 1,072.8 square miles. Tampa, the largest city, is 109.9 square miles. The rest is made up of Plant City with 19.3 square miles, Temple Terrace with 4.5 square miles and the unincorporated area making up the rest at 939.0 square miles.
The population at the 1990 Census was 834,054 with an estimate for 1994 of 864,608. The projection for 2000 will be 962,300. Tampa' s 1994 estimate was 280,587 or 2,553 people per square mile, Plant City was 24,788 or 1,286 people per square mile, Temple Terrace was 17,288 or 3,808 people per square mile and 541,945 or 577 people per square mile reside in the Unincorporated areas. The number of whites is 690,352 or 82.8%. The number of blacks is 110,283 or 13.2%. Those of Hispanic origin amount to 106,908 or 12.8% of the population. The median age is 33 years. There are 340,500 (1990 Census) total households and 384,137 (1994 estimate ) total housing units. Countywide there are 2.51 persons per household. The average new home price is $104,794 and the average home resale price is $ 78,981. There are 361 apartment complexes in the county with a total of 68,382 units. The average price of a condominium / townhouse is $68,328.
Voter Registration Information:
Democratic Party: 199,264 or 49.38%
Republican Party: 153,306 or 37.99%
Minor Parties:3,899 - No Affiliation 47,058 - or combined 12.63%
Number of registered voters: 403,527 county wide of which 11.12% or 44,881 are African-American: City of Tampa has 129,473 of which 20.98% or 27,158 are African-American: City of Plant City has 10,397 of which 15.57% or 1,619 are African-American : Temple Terrace has 10,073 of which 5.05% or 509 are African-American
The total number of precincts is 279 : 169 in the Unincorporated areas : 96 in the City of Tampa: 9 in Plant City: 4 in Temple Terrace
1994 Property Tax Millages:
* One mill represents $1.00 in tax on each $1,000.00 of taxable value
City of Tampa 27.1739- 29,8199
Plant City 24.2046-24.2506
Temple Terrace 24.4606
Unincorporated County 25.7480-25.7940
Homestead exemption is worth $25,000 off of the tax bill
$500 widow's exemption and $500 widower's exemption for permanent residents
$500 disability exemption and $500 blind person exemption for permanent residents
Apply between January 2 and March 1 for exemptions
Property Appraiser (813) 272-7250
The intangible property tax is 2 mills Tangible property tax is 23-27 mills
Sales tax is 6.5% There is no personal income tax
Labor Force:
The annual average labor force during 1993 was 465,142 with unemployment averaging 29,976
or 6.4%.
Employment by division:
Agriculture 11,144
Mining 18
Construction 19,199
Manufacturing 37,342
Transportation/Utilities 25,130
Wholesale Trade 33,362
Retail Trade 76,901
Financial/Insurance/RealEstate 35,335
Services 146,489
Other 356
Public 63,764
Private 385,275
Total 449,039
Income:
Total Effective Buying Income (EBI) in 1993 $13.7million
Per Capita personal income in 1993 was $15,645
Median Household EBI in 1993 $32,321
Major Employers:
Hillsborough County School Board 21,843 employees
Hillsborough County Government 8,527
University of South Florida 7,559
MacDill Airforce Base 5,890
Tampa International Airport 4,830
US Postal Service 4,284
City of Tampa 4,069
General Telephone (GTE) 4,010
Publix Supermarkets 3,566
GTE Data Services 3,500
Tampa Electric (TECO) 3.056
Kash n Karry Supermarkets 3,007
Tampa Tribune 2,200
Busch Entertainment 2,200
Banks & Savings & Loan Deposits
1994 (Sept.94) 7,330,084 Commercial / 762,331 Savings: 8,092,415 Total
Utilities:
Electricity: Tampa Electric (TECO)
Natural Gas: People's Gas Company
Water/Wastewater: Hillsborough County, Tampa, Plant City, Temple Terrace
Telephone: General Telephone, Florida, Inc.
Exhibition & Meeting Space:
State of Florida Expo Park: 88,000 square feet of exhibition space
Tampa Convention Center: 200,000 square feet of exhibition space & 36,000 square feet of ballroom space
Curtis Hixon:
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center:
Pari-mutuals:
Tampa Bay Downs Horseracing
Tampa Greyhound Track
Tampa Jai-Alai
Transportation:
Major Highways:
Interstate 4, Eastbound through Orlando
Interstate 75, Northbound through Atlanta, South to Miami
U.S. 301 Northbound through Jacksonville
U.S. 41 Northbound through Georgia
Rail Service:
Freight : CSX Railroad
Passenger: Amtrak
Major Airport:
Tampa International
Bus Service:
National: Greyhound
Local: Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)
Port of Tampa:
The Port Of Tampa is the closest deep water port to the Panama Canal. Garrison Seaport is being created by the Tampa Port Authority on 30 acres of downtown Tampa waterfront land.
Destined to be the largest mix-use entertainment complex in the country, the $300 million project will center around 2 state of the art cruise terminals. The 2 major tenants will be the Florida Aquarium and the Deuteron Entertainment Complex. In 1994, the cruise terminals had 304,345 passengers sailing out of the port.
Medical Centers:
Tampa General Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
University of South Florida
Climate:
Average Summer Temperature: 82-90 degrees
Average Winter Temperature: 50-56 degrees
Average Annual Rainfall: 52 inches
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