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Hillsborough County

county in Florida, United States
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Summary

Hillsborough County is a county of Florida[1]. It draws 3,093 Wikipedia views per month (county of florida category, ranking #8 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Tampa[5]
  • Shares border with: Pasco County[6], Polk County[7], Hardee County[8], Manatee County[9], Pinellas County[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tampa[11], Temple Terrace[12], Plant City[13]
  • Legislative body: Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners[14]
  • Commons category: Hillsborough County, Florida[15]
  • Inception: January 25, 1834[16]
  • Coordinate location: 27.91, -82.35[17]
  • Authority: government of Hillsborough County[18]
  • Official website: https://hcfl.gov/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hillsborough County, Florida[20]
  • Population: 1,229,226[21], 1,233,908[22], 1,270,293[23], 1,279,737[24], 1,291,578[25], 1,349,050[26], 1,459,762[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, Florida[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hillsborough County, Florida[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hillsborough County, Florida[30]
  • Number of households: 602,886[31], 536,092[32], 539,919[33]
  • Native label: Hillsborough County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108035[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hillsborough County, Florida[36]
  • Different from: Hillsborough County[37]
  • Area: 3279[38]
  • Water as percent of area: 19.4[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Hillsborough County, Florida[40]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Hillsborough County, Florida[41]

Why It Matters

Hillsborough County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Florida Tampa Bay Parenting United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hillsborough County. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hillsborough-county
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Hillsborough County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Hillsborough County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presi"
  2. 12w ago · Kleeblatt187 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Temple Terrace"
  3. 20w ago · Johand199 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1804935
    Osm name suggestion index id → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C108035
    Umls cui → C3812218
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Osm name suggestion index id: hillsboroughcounty-611b25, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  4. 22w ago · Hwierzbicki · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1229226'}, {'amount': '+1233908'}, {'amount': '+1270293'} +4
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 27.91, 'longitude': -82.35}
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Hillsborough County, Florida
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facebook username: HillsboroughFL"
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