Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area

The Tampa Bay Area is a metropolitan region of west central Florida adjacent to Tampa Bay. Definitions of the region vary. It is often considered equivalent to the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (or MSA) defined by the United States Census Bureau. A wider definition including additional adjacent counties is adopted by most other entities, including state agencies like Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation, and the Tampa Bay Partnership. The Tampa Bay media market also includes Citrus, Manatee, Sarasota, and Polk counties.