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Most population gained, Florida counties · 2000

Florida counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 66 counties in Florida that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is +21,223.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Broward County, FLFL2,013,317+367,530–

02Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,726+267,666–

03Orange County, FLFL1,528,002+218,853–

04Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,115+164,894–

05Duval County, FLFL1,062,963+105,908–

06Lee County, FLFL875,607+105,775–

07Collier County, FLFL417,131+99,278–

08Polk County, FLFL874,790+78,542–

09Seminole County, FLFL491,884+77,667–

10Brevard County, FLFL663,982+77,252–

11Volusia County, FLFL606,573+72,631–

12Pinellas County, FLFL948,563+69,823–

13Osceola County, FLFL481,718+64,765–

14Marion County, FLFL442,660+64,083–

15Pasco County, FLFL674,516+63,634–

16Lake County, FLFL456,068+58,424–

17Manatee County, FLFL468,200+52,295–

18Sarasota County, FLFL479,958+48,181–

19Leon County, FLFL299,048+46,959–

20St. Lucie County, FLFL402,449+42,524–

21St. Johns County, FLFL346,328+39,306–

22Alachua County, FLFL290,028+36,359–

23Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,115+36,135–

24Clay County, FLFL239,593+34,828–

25Escambia County, FLFL333,834+31,612–

26Charlotte County, FLFL217,212+30,652–

27Hernando County, FLFL221,701+29,687–

28Okaloosa County, FLFL221,810+26,722–

29Martin County, FLFL166,272+25,831–

30Citrus County, FLFL171,666+24,570–

31Indian River County, FLFL172,799+22,739–

32Sumter County, FLFL157,772+21,768–

33Bay County, FLFL204,479+21,223–

34Flagler County, FLFL140,360+21,131–

35Highlands County, FLFL111,122+18,934–

36Columbia County, FLFL74,094+13,900–

37Nassau County, FLFL106,879+13,722–

38Walton County, FLFL93,288+12,841–

39Hendry County, FLFL48,276+10,437–

40Wakulla County, FLFL38,089+8,661–

41Levy County, FLFL48,520+8,527–

42DeSoto County, FLFL37,078+8,344–

43Suwannee County, FLFL48,149+8,064–

44Hardee County, FLFL25,932+7,439–

45Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608+6,283–

46Jackson County, FLFL49,629+5,380–

47Putnam County, FLFL77,734+5,353–

48Gilchrist County, FLFL20,488+4,770–

49Washington County, FLFL26,695+4,054–

50Gadsden County, FLFL44,298+3,982–

51Baker County, FLFL29,737+3,773–

52Bradford County, FLFL28,307+3,573–

53Dixie County, FLFL18,038+3,242–

54Union County, FLFL16,250+3,190–

55Glades County, FLFL13,270+2,985–

56Holmes County, FLFL20,119+2,786–

57Hamilton County, FLFL14,180+2,397–

58Madison County, FLFL18,759+2,164–

59Taylor County, FLFL21,210+2,145–

60Franklin County, FLFL13,029+2,090–

61Calhoun County, FLFL13,289+2,006–

62Gulf County, FLFL15,943+1,828–

63Jefferson County, FLFL16,007+1,606–

64Monroe County, FLFL80,406+1,565–

65Liberty County, FLFL8,035+1,452–

66Lafayette County, FLFL8,792+1,444–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS