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Most densely populated, Florida counties

Florida counties ranked by residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 67 counties in Florida that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 209.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Pinellas County, FLFL948,5633,465+3%

02▲1Orange County, FLFL1,528,0021,692+70%

03▼1Broward County, FLFL2,013,3171,674+24%

04Seminole County, FLFL491,8841,590+35%

05Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,1151,539+58%

06Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,0291,475+24%

07Duval County, FLFL1,062,9631,394+36%

08Lee County, FLFL875,6071,121+99%

09▲2Pasco County, FLFL674,516903+96%

10▼1Sarasota County, FLFL479,958863+47%

11▼1Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,726802+39%

12▲1St. Lucie County, FLFL402,449704+109%

13▼1Brevard County, FLFL663,982654+39%

14Manatee County, FLFL468,200630+77%

15▲2St. Johns County, FLFL346,328577+181%

16▼1Volusia County, FLFL606,573551+37%

17▼1Escambia County, FLFL333,834508+13%

18▲3Polk County, FLFL874,790487+81%

19▲1Lake County, FLFL456,068479+117%

20▼1Hernando County, FLFL221,701469+69%

21▼3Leon County, FLFL299,048447+25%

22Clay County, FLFL239,593396+70%

23▲2Osceola County, FLFL481,718363+179%

24Indian River County, FLFL172,799344+53%

25▼2Alachua County, FLFL290,028331+33%

26▲1Charlotte County, FLFL217,212319+53%

27▼1Martin County, FLFL166,272306+31%

28Citrus County, FLFL171,666295+45%

29Flagler County, FLFL140,360289+182%

30▲1Sumter County, FLFL157,772283+196%

31▼1Marion County, FLFL442,660279+71%

32Bay County, FLFL204,479270+38%

33Okaloosa County, FLFL221,810239+30%

34Collier County, FLFL417,131209+66%

35Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,115209+79%

36Nassau County, FLFL106,879165+85%

37▲1Highlands County, FLFL111,122109+27%

38▼1Putnam County, FLFL77,734107+10%

39Bradford County, FLFL28,30796+9%

40Columbia County, FLFL74,09493+31%

41▲2Walton County, FLFL93,28890+130%

42▼1Gadsden County, FLFL44,29886−2%

43▼1Monroe County, FLFL80,40682+1%

44▲1Suwannee County, FLFL48,14970+38%

45▼1Union County, FLFL16,25067+21%

46Wakulla County, FLFL38,08963+67%

47▲3Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48859+42%

48▼1DeSoto County, FLFL37,07858+15%

49▼1Okeechobee County, FLFL42,60855+19%

50▼1Jackson County, FLFL49,62954+6%

51Baker County, FLFL29,73751+34%

52Washington County, FLFL26,69546+27%

53▲2Levy County, FLFL48,52043+41%

54▼1Holmes County, FLFL20,11942+8%

55▲1Hendry County, FLFL48,27642+33%

56▼2Hardee County, FLFL25,93241−4%

57▲2Gulf County, FLFL15,94329+20%

58▼1Hamilton County, FLFL14,18028+6%

59▼1Madison County, FLFL18,759270%

60Jefferson County, FLFL16,00727+24%

61▲1Dixie County, FLFL18,03826+30%

62▲1Franklin County, FLFL13,02924+18%

63▼2Calhoun County, FLFL13,28923+2%

64Taylor County, FLFL21,21020+10%

65▲1Glades County, FLFL13,27016+25%

66▼1Lafayette County, FLFL8,79216+25%

67Liberty County, FLFL8,03510+14%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES