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Most population lost, Florida counties

Florida counties that lost the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 67 counties in Florida that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000201020202025
Most population lost by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000
01Pinellas County, FLFL948,563-10,544−115%
02Monroe County, FLFL80,406-2,468−258%
03Taylor County, FLFL21,210-586−127%
04Calhoun County, FLFL13,289-359−118%
05Bradford County, FLFL28,307+4−100%
06Liberty County, FLFL8,035+61−96%
07Union County, FLFL16,250+103−97%
08Hamilton County, FLFL14,180+176−93%
09Holmes County, FLFL20,119+466−83%
10Gadsden County, FLFL44,298+472−88%
11Lafayette County, FLFL8,792+566−61%
12Franklin County, FLFL13,029+578−72%
13Hardee County, FLFL25,932+605−92%
14Madison County, FLFL18,759+791−63%
15Glades County, FLFL13,270+1,144−62%
16Dixie County, FLFL18,038+1,279−61%
17Washington County, FLFL26,695+1,377−66%
18Baker County, FLFL29,737+1,478−61%
19Jefferson County, FLFL16,007+1,497−7%
20Gulf County, FLFL15,943+1,751−4%
21Jackson County, FLFL49,629+2,310−57%
22Gilchrist County, FLFL20,488+2,624−45%
23Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608+2,964−53%
24DeSoto County, FLFL37,078+3,102−63%
25Wakulla County, FLFL38,089+4,325−50%
26Columbia County, FLFL74,094+4,396−68%
27Putnam County, FLFL77,734+4,413−18%
28Suwannee County, FLFL48,149+4,675−42%
29Levy County, FLFL48,520+5,605−34%
30Leon County, FLFL299,048+6,850−85%
31Martin County, FLFL166,272+7,841−70%
32Hendry County, FLFL48,276+8,657−17%
33Highlands County, FLFL111,122+9,887−48%
34Okaloosa County, FLFL221,810+10,142−62%
35Alachua County, FLFL290,028+11,560−68%
36Escambia County, FLFL333,834+11,929−62%
37Indian River County, FLFL172,799+13,011−43%
38Nassau County, FLFL106,879+16,527+20%
39Citrus County, FLFL171,666+17,823−27%
40Walton County, FLFL93,288+17,983+40%
41Seminole County, FLFL491,884+21,028−73%
42Clay County, FLFL239,593+21,348−39%
43Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,115+23,115−36%
44Flagler County, FLFL140,360+24,982+18%
45Hernando County, FLFL221,701+27,186−8%
46Sumter County, FLFL157,772+28,020+29%
47Bay County, FLFL204,479+29,263+38%
48Charlotte County, FLFL217,212+30,365−1%
49Collier County, FLFL417,131+41,379−58%
50Sarasota County, FLFL479,958+45,952−5%
51Volusia County, FLFL606,573+53,030−27%
52Brevard County, FLFL663,982+57,370−26%
53Marion County, FLFL442,660+66,752+4%
54Duval County, FLFL1,062,963+67,396−36%
55Manatee County, FLFL468,200+68,490+31%
56Broward County, FLFL2,013,317+68,942−81%
57Lake County, FLFL456,068+72,112+23%
58St. Johns County, FLFL346,328+72,903+85%
59St. Lucie County, FLFL402,449+73,223+72%
60Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,726+83,535−69%
61Osceola County, FLFL481,718+93,062+44%
62Orange County, FLFL1,528,002+98,094−55%
63Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,029+100,262
64Pasco County, FLFL674,516+112,625+77%
65Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,115+114,353−31%
66Lee County, FLFL875,607+114,785+9%
67Polk County, FLFL874,790+149,744+91%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES