County profile
Hillsborough County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#29 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$152.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
697,689
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
42,977
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$71.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,574,115
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$79.5k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
38.1%±0.5%
Poverty rate
12.7%±0.5%
Business applications
43,619 · 2025
Retail establishments
4,756
30.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Mosaic CompanyBasic Materials$12.1B60C2Primo Brands CorporationConsumer Defensive$6.7B55C3Bloomin' Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$4.0B53D4The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc.Financial Services$1.5B42D5Kforce Inc.Industrials$1.3B65B6Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. Common StockFinancial Services$1.2B67B7HCI Group, Inc.Financial Services$900.9M78B+8Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$847.3M77B+9Pacira BioSciences, Inc.Healthcare$726.4M78B+10Limbach Holdings, Inc.Basic Materials$646.8M77B+11American Integrity Insurance Group, Inc.Financial Services$276.5M58C12Exzeo Group, Inc.Financial Services$217.0M54D13EarthFirst Technologies, IncorporatedIndustrials$45.4M——14Green Street Capital Corp.Financial Services$30.3M——15Wellgistics Health, Inc.Healthcare$23.3M19D16Upexi, Inc.Communication Services$15.8M——17AtlasClear Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$10.9M——18Generation Income Properties, Inc.Real Estate$9.7M23D19LM Funding America, Inc.Financial Services$8.8M39D20LM Funding America IncIndustrials$8.8M27D21SRX Global Inc.Technology$6.5M28D22TheDirectory.com, IncCommunication Services$1.5M——23nFinanSe Inc.Financial Services$1.3M——24Specificity, Inc.Communication Services$1.1M28D25Stinger Systems, Inc.Industrials$668.1k——HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care22%
Finance & insurance17%
Professional services17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,574,115
residents · 2025 · +7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $67.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,664
International migration+81,842
Natural change+20,759
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$98.6B2019
$101.8B2020
$114.8B2021
$129.7B2022
$142.8B2023
$152.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$371.5k±$2.8k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±0.3%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.3B
8,696 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 100Tornado 100Cold wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5822016
6392017
6952018
7412019
7832020
9122021
11262022
12292023
12582024
12792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 202111,2812021
17,4432022
12,7162023
9,0532024
8,6962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.2 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
4.5 km
Tampa Port Authority, FL
Nearest commercial airport
22.7 km
TAMPA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):32,018,524 short tons/yr · Tampa Port Authority, FL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR19 filings from 8 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$71.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hillsborough?
Hillsborough's economy produced $152.0B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.