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Most population lost, Florida counties · 2020

Florida counties that lost the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Gadsden County, FLFL44,298-2,563−164%

02Jackson County, FLFL49,629-2,427−145%

03Hardee County, FLFL25,932-2,404−132%

04Gulf County, FLFL15,943-1,671−191%

05Madison County, FLFL18,759-1,256−158%

06Putnam County, FLFL77,734-1,043−119%

07Calhoun County, FLFL13,289-977−149%

08DeSoto County, FLFL37,078-886−111%

09Hamilton County, FLFL14,180-795−133%

10Taylor County, FLFL21,210-774−136%

11Glades County, FLFL13,270-758−125%

12Lafayette County, FLFL8,792-644−145%

13Liberty County, FLFL8,035-391−127%

14Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608-352−106%

15Holmes County, FLFL20,119-274−110%

16Jefferson County, FLFL16,007-251−116%

17Bradford County, FLFL28,307-217−106%

18Dixie County, FLFL18,038+337−90%

19Washington County, FLFL26,695+422−90%

20Hendry County, FLFL48,276+479−95%

21Union County, FLFL16,250+612−81%

22Franklin County, FLFL13,029+902−57%

23Gilchrist County, FLFL20,488+925−81%

24Baker County, FLFL29,737+1,144−70%

25Suwannee County, FLFL48,149+1,923−76%

26Levy County, FLFL48,520+2,114−75%

27Columbia County, FLFL74,094+2,167−84%

28Highlands County, FLFL111,122+2,449−87%

29Wakulla County, FLFL38,089+2,988−66%

30Bay County, FLFL204,479+6,364−70%

31Monroe County, FLFL80,406+9,784+525%

32Martin County, FLFL166,272+12,113−53%

33Citrus County, FLFL171,666+12,607−49%

34Leon County, FLFL299,048+16,711−64%

35Nassau County, FLFL106,879+17,038+24%

36Flagler County, FLFL140,360+19,682−7%

37Walton County, FLFL93,288+20,262+58%

38Hernando County, FLFL221,701+21,737−27%

39Indian River County, FLFL172,799+21,760−4%

40Escambia County, FLFL333,834+24,286−23%

41Charlotte County, FLFL217,212+26,869−12%

42Clay County, FLFL239,593+27,380−21%

43Okaloosa County, FLFL221,810+30,846+15%

44Alachua County, FLFL290,028+31,132−14%

45Sumter County, FLFL157,772+36,332+67%

46Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,115+36,628+1%

47Pinellas County, FLFL948,563+42,565−39%

48Marion County, FLFL442,660+44,610−30%

49Seminole County, FLFL491,884+48,138−38%

50St. Lucie County, FLFL402,449+51,437+21%

51Collier County, FLFL417,131+54,232−45%

52Sarasota County, FLFL479,958+54,558+13%

53Volusia County, FLFL606,573+58,950−19%

54Brevard County, FLFL663,982+63,236−18%

55Manatee County, FLFL468,200+76,877+47%

56St. Johns County, FLFL346,328+83,386+112%

57Lake County, FLFL456,068+86,904+49%

58Pasco County, FLFL674,516+97,194+53%

59Osceola County, FLFL481,718+119,971+85%

60Polk County, FLFL874,790+122,951+57%

61Duval County, FLFL1,062,963+131,304+24%

62Lee County, FLFL875,607+142,068+34%

63Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,726+172,057−36%

64Broward County, FLFL2,013,317+196,309−47%

65Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,029+205,332–

66Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,115+230,536+40%

67Orange County, FLFL1,528,002+283,952+30%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS