Tampa Bay

Bay of Dreams

  • Motto: To the Sea (Ad Mare)

  • Flora: Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

  • Fauna: West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)

  • Dance: Salsa

⭐ Tampa, TB

  • Population: 2,418,869

  • Founded: 1849

  • Former State: Florida

  • Counties: Hillsborough, Pinellas

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If Tampa Bay was admitted as a state today, it would be the 36th largest by population, between Mississippi and New Mexico.