THE TAMPA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southwestern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Tampa city has 114.5 square miles of land in Hillsborough County. Its Census reference point is in Southwestern Florida Flatwoods, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Tampa and Hillsborough County
Tampa is associated with Hillsborough County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Tampa by land and water
The Census records 63.6 square miles of water within Tampa, or 35.7% of its total area. It is 12.7 percentage points higher than the 23% recorded for Hillsborough County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tampa city has 19.3 times the land area of nearby Egypt Lake-Leto CDP (5.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

