NerdWallet, a financial website, ranked Tampa sixth on its list of best cities to start a small business. The firm looked at several criteria including access to funding, affordability and the quality of the job pool. According to the study, Tampa has a population growing at a rate of 3 percent and banks willing to lend to small businesses. Last year, community banks made $80 million commercial and industrial loans to small businesses. Currently there are 11.5 businesses per 100 residents in the…