TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — US Census data show that Pinellas County has the second-largest population decline in the country.
Nearly 12,000 Pinellas County residents have moved out the last two years, dropping from 960,397 to 948,563.
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“I think a lot of people have become a lot more intentional about moving to the Tampa Bay area for a multitude of reasons,” said realtor Mark Middleton, vice president of Suncoast Tampa Realtors Association.
Middleton, who is based in Pinellas County, said it may not be quite the exodus that it appears to be…