Hillsborough
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Hillsborough

County

Territory

  • officials recorded 2
  • partly recorded 1
  • nothing recorded 30
GEOID
12057
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:fl/county:hillsborough
POP
1,574,115 (2025)
CENTER
27.8916, -82.3702
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of Hillsborough

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to Hillsborough itself. Jurisdictions inside it are listed separately below.

Organization 22

Departments

  • Governing body of Hillsborough County, Florida. Seven elected commissioners — 4 district, 2 at-large, and 1 countywide chair.

  • Manages the county budget, financial planning, and fiscal oversight for Hillsborough County.

  • Constitutional officer serving as clerk of courts, county recorder, county auditor, and custodian of county funds for Hillsborough County.

  • Handles public information, media relations, and community outreach for Hillsborough County government.

  • Manages land use planning, zoning, development review, and infrastructure planning for Hillsborough County.

  • Chief executive office overseeing day-to-day operations of Hillsborough County government.

  • Coordinates disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation for Hillsborough County.

  • Manages environmental protection, conservation, and sustainability programs for Hillsborough County.

  • Provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, and rescue operations for unincorporated Hillsborough County.

  • Manages employment, benefits, training, and workforce development for Hillsborough County government.

  • Manages information technology, digital services, and innovation initiatives for Hillsborough County.

  • Operates the Hillsborough County public library system.

  • Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation

    Manages county parks, recreation facilities, and programming for Hillsborough County.

  • Constitutional officer responsible for assessing the value of all real and tangible personal property in Hillsborough County.

  • Provides legal defense to indigent defendants in the 13th Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County).

  • Provides water, wastewater, and reclaimed water services for Hillsborough County.

  • Public Works Public Works

    Manages roads, stormwater, solid waste, and transportation infrastructure for Hillsborough County.

  • Manages county-owned real estate, buildings, and facility maintenance for Hillsborough County.

  • Constitutional officer providing law enforcement and corrections services for Hillsborough County.

  • Elected state attorney prosecuting criminal cases in the 13th Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County).

  • Constitutional officer responsible for voter registration and administering elections in Hillsborough County.

  • Constitutional officer responsible for collecting property taxes, issuing driver licenses, and processing vehicle registrations in Hillsborough County.

Within Hillsborough

Each of these governs itself. Counts are that jurisdiction's own records.

jurisdictions
34
agencies
34
bodies
3
officials
13
Name Agencies Bodies Officials
Tampa 20 1 7
Plant City 13 1 6
Temple Terrace 1 1 0
Apollo Beach 0 0 0
Balm 0 0 0
Bloomingdale 0 0 0
Brandon 0 0 0
Carrollwood 0 0 0
Cheval 0 0 0
Citrus Park 0 0 0
Dover 0 0 0
East Lake-Orient Park 0 0 0
Egypt Lake-Leto 0 0 0
Fish Hawk 0 0 0
Gibsonton 0 0 0
Hillsborough County School District 0 0 0
Keystone 0 0 0
Lake Magdalene 0 0 0
Lutz 0 0 0
Mango 0 0 0
Northdale 0 0 0
Palm River-Clair Mel 0 0 0
Pebble Creek 0 0 0
Progress Village 0 0 0
Riverview 0 0 0
Ruskin 0 0 0
Seffner 0 0 0
Sun City Center 0 0 0
Thonotosassa 0 0 0
Town 'n' Country 0 0 0
University 0 0 0
Valrico 0 0 0
Westchase 0 0 0
Wimauma 0 0 0