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Hillsborough's 2006-07 Population Growth Lowest Since 2000

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 7, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County's breakneck growth stumbled from 2006 to 2007, marking the smallest population gain this decade -- fewer people than Polk or Pasco counties.

The latest population data from the U.S. Census Bureau show Hillsborough County gained 12,845 people from July 1, 2006, through July 1, 2007. That's fewer than half the people the county gained during the same span in 2005 and 2006.

Pinellas County lost ground in the same period, losing 5,456 residents.

In sheer numbers, Pasco County gained the most people, by a few noses, with Polk County a close second.

Pasco's population increased by 16,844 people, and Polk gained 16,723, the census numbers show.

Despite the slower growth, Hillsborough easily remains the most populous county in the Tampa Bay area, with 1,174,727 people as of July 1, 2007. Pinellas ranks second at 917,237. Polk is third with 574,746, and Pasco comes in with 462,715.

Hillsborough's largest population growth came from July 1, 2004, through July 1, 2005, when the county's population swelled by 32,716.

Pinellas County wasn't alone in dropping population. Nine other Florida counties marked the arrival of July 1, 2007, with fewer people than 12 months earlier, including Broward, Monroe and Charlotte.

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