Demographic & Economic Data
The Planning Commission produces demographic and economic data in raw form for use within the agency’s various projection models. If requested, the Planning Commission provides demographic and economic analysis, to individuals and organizations in Hillsborough County. This support ranges from the provision of data, to survey implementation, to trend analysis. For additional information about the building permit program, contact economist Yassert Gonzalez at 813-582-7356.
Please browse some of the most requested data items:
The Planning Commission compiles, scrubs, and organizes raw reports detailing building permit activity throughout Hillsborough County. This data is updated quarterly. The spreadsheets below list new permitted commercial and residential structures by:
- Jurisdiction (e.g., “Plant City”, “Tampa”)
- Sub Areas (e.g., “Brandon”, “Carrollwood”)
- 2015 Traffic Analysis Zones (e.g., “TAZ 34”, “TAZ 884”)
- ZIP Codes (e.g., “33605”, “33618”)
- Unincorporated Planning Areas (e.g., “Boyette”, “Sun City Center”)
- Tampa Planning Districts (e.g., “South Tampa”, “New Tampa”)
- Census 2020 Tracts (e.g., “Census Tract 10.1”, “Census Tract 68.02”)
New nonresidential and residential building permits by Year (2012-2021)
New nonresidential and residential building permits by Quarter (2020 Q1-2022 Q2)
New nonresidential and residential demolition permits by Year (2012-2021)
New nonresidential and residential demolition permits by Quarter (2020 Q1-2022 Q2)
Newly built nonresidential and residential parcels by Year (2012-2021)
Alternatively, the Planning Commission has prepared dashboards for users to access new building and demolition permits:
1. New Nonresidential Building Permits Issued (2017-2021)
2. New Demolition Permits Issued (2017-2021)
3. New Residential Building Permits Issued (2017-2021)
If studying development trends, in addition to permits issued, it would be prudent to look at newly built parcels as well:
The Planning Commission routinely generates historical or projected residential units and population by any geographic boundary within Hillsborough County. The spreadsheets below list residential units and population by:
- Jurisdiction (e.g., “Plant City”, “Tampa”)
- Sub Areas (e.g., “Brandon”, “Carrollwood”)
- 2015 Traffic Analysis Zones (e.g., “TAZ 34”, “TAZ 884”)
- ZIP Codes (e.g., “33605”, “33618”)
- Unincorporated Planning Areas (e.g., “Boyette”, “Sun City Center”)
- Tampa Planning Districts (e.g., “South Tampa”, “New Tampa”)
- Census 2020 Tracts (e.g., “Census Tract 10.1”, “Census Tract 68.02”)
Residential Units and Population Tables and Graphs
For a visual representation, there is a StoryMap of the population data:
For a more detail discussion on how our 2045 population forecasts were developed, please refer to the technical documentation on the Long Range Growth Forecast Socioeconomic Data 2045
The Planning Commission also generates historical or projected employment numbers by any geographic boundary within Hillsborough County. We also keep track of commercial parcels and comercial space in millions of square feet. The spreadsheets below list commercial parcels, commercial space, and employment by:
- Jurisdiction (e.g., “Plant City”, “Tampa”)
- Sub Areas (e.g., “Brandon”, “Carrollwood”)
- 2015 Traffic Analysis Zones (e.g., “TAZ 34”, “TAZ 884”)
- ZIP Codes (e.g., “33605”, “33618”)
- Unincorporated Planning Areas (e.g., “Boyette”, “Sun City Center”)
- Tampa Planning Districts (e.g., “South Tampa”, “New Tampa”)
- Census 2020 Tracts (e.g., “Census Tract 10.1”, “Census Tract 68.02”)
Commercial parcels, commercial space, and employment
For a more detail discussion on how our 2045 employment forecasts were developed, please refer to the technical documentation on the Long Range Growth Forecast Socioeconomic Data 2045
The Planning Commission recently concluded its Nondiscrimination and Equity Plan. For more information, please email or call Joshua Barber at BarberJ@plancom.org or call (813) 576-2313.
Click to navigate to the Nondiscrimination and Equity Plan page.
As part of the plan implementation efforts, we are currently tracking equity and inclusion metrics by various geographies. Web Scenes are interactive maps that help user to visualize the location of vulnerable populations in Hillsborough County. For instance, a user could view where in Hillsborough County they could find the largest concentrations of limited English Speakers or the percent of households without vehicles in a specific area.
We also have created dashboards where we would be tracking changes across time. For example, a user can find out whether the population of Limited English Speakers in Plant City is higher than 2015 or, for ZIP Code 33510, whether the percent households without cars is lower than in 2015.
3) Planning Sub Area Dashboard
The Concentrations of Poverty: 1970-2018 provides an overview of poverty in Hillsborough County both with respect to how poverty thresholds are defined and where the impoverished live in the county. The report incorporates nearly 50 years of Census data to trace spatial changes over time. The Concentrations of Poverty report is available as a download or as an interactive story-map.