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Pinellas
County was originally part of Hillsborough
County, and seceded to become
a separate county in 1912 |
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Pinellas
County with an area of 280 square mile is
the 2nd smallest county in
the State of Florida. |
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Pinellas
County was Ranked 5th in
Population in the State as of 2000 |
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Pinellas
County is the most densely populated
county in Florida (3,212 persons
per square mile) |
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Pinellas
County has 115 bridges |
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Pinellas
County has 35 miles of sandy beaches |
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Two
of the top ten beaches in
the nation are located in Pinellas County
(Caladesi Island State Park and Fort De Soto
Park based on 1999 survey) |
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Pinellas
County has 587.77 miles of coastline |
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Pinellas
County has 52 golf courses and 623
tennis courts |
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The highest
natural point in Pinellas County
is 110 Ft. NGVD, and located north and
east of the intersection of State Rd. 580
and Countryside Blvd. |
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Pinellas
County Ranked 8th in Per
Capita Income in the State of Florida |
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Tarpon
Springs is the first incorporated city in
Pinellas County (1887) |
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Aviation
history is made in Pinellas County
as Tony Jannus pilots the world’s
first scheduled airline flight from
St. Petersburg to Tampa. |
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The Gandy
Bridge opened in 1924, and shortened
the traveling distance between St. Petersburg
and Tampa from 43 to 19 miles. |
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The
first span of the Sunshine Skyway
Bridge opened in 1954, linking south
Pinellas County with Manatee County. |
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The “STAR”
center (Scientific Technology
and Research Center) is the first
and only Department of Energy
plant in the nation to be transitioned
from nuclear weapons production to a commercially
viable high tech center. |
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Pinellas
County leads Florida's 21-county
High Tech Corridor with 29.9% of
med-tech companies according to research
by the University of South Florida. |
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More
than 33,000 businesses make their
home in Pinellas County, a 280 square
mile peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico
and Tampa Bay. |
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Pinellas
County is #2 in manufacturing employees and #3
in manufacturing firms in the state
of Florida. |
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Pinellas
County leads the 21-county High Tech
Corridor from the Gulf Coast to
the Space Coast with 22 percent of
the corridor's microelectronics firms. |
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One
of every 10 high tech employees in
the State of Florida works in Pinellas
County. |
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Within
the Florida High Tech Corridor, Pinellas
County is ranked #2 in optics and
photonics, and #3 in information
technology and aviation and aerospace. |
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While
Pinellas County is Florida's second smallest
county geographically, there are 3.8
high tech companies per square mile. |
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Pinellas
County is home to one of every 6
high tech companies within the 21-county
Florida High Tech Corridor. |
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Seventeen
of the top 25 Tampa Bay Area high-tech
product developers/ manufacturers are
in Pinellas County. |
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Pinellas
County is the most popular tourist
destination on Florida's Gulf of
Mexico with 12.3 million visitors
in 2001. |
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An
average of more than 65,000 persons seek
the services of Pinellas County’s one-stop
career centers annually. |
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Pinellas
averages 361 days of sunshine each
year, with an average temperature
in the mid-seventies. |
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St.
Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport,
located mid-county, offers world-class
transportation, lower fees and fares,
and fewer crowds and delays. |
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