Tarpon Springs, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Tarpon Springs had a population of 21,003 people^<1>. This represents 0.13% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 83rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
80	North Port	SE	83 mi [133.6 km]	54,907	140.85% increase
81	Casselberry	NE	95 mi [152.9 km]	24,759	9.41% increase
82	Royal Palm Beach	SE	185 mi [297.7 km]	30,312	40.84% increase
-83-	Tarpon Springs			23,369	11.27% increase
84	Jacksonville Beach	NE	169 mi [272 km]	21,673	3.25% increase
85	Naples	SE	150 mi [241.4 km]	21,532	2.65% increase
86	Temple Terrace	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	22,619	8.13% increase

Tarpon Springs had 10,759 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Tarpon Springs has a total area of 16.89 square miles [43.74 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 9.14 square miles [23.68 km²]7.74 square miles [20.06 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Tarpon Springs had a 2000 population density of 2,297 people per square mile [886 people/km²], making it the state's 137th most densely populated area.

Pinellas County

The coastal city of Tarpon Springs is located in Pinellas County.

The county had a population of 922,308 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 21,003 people, Tarpon Springs contained 2.28% of the Pinellas County total.

In addition, where the community of Tarpon Springs has a population density of 2,297 people per square mile [886 people/km²], Pinellas County averages 3,294 people per square mile [1,272 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Pinellas County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Tarpon Springs and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tarpon Springs. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Tarpon Springs, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dunedin	QF-1218575	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	35,988	0.83% increase
	Clearwater	QF-1212875	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	105,774	2.77% decrease
	Largo	QF-1239425	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	72,732	4.84% increase
	Pinellas Park	QF-1256975	S	20 mi [32.19 km]	47,173	3.32% increase
	Tampa	QF-1271000	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	340,882	12.34% increase
	Saint Petersburg	QF-1263000	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	245,314	1.18% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Tarpon Springs.

A Census Quickfact is available for Pinellas County (QF-12103).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Pinellas County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hillsborough	QF-12057	E	1,180,784	17.69% increase
	Pasco	QF-12101	NE	471,028	35.64% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Tarpon Springs:

Tarpon Springs is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Tarpon Springs.

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Tarpon Springs. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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