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Most sparsely populated, Florida counties

Florida counties with the fewest 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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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Liberty County, FLFL8,03510+14%

02▲1Lafayette County, FLFL8,79216+25%

03▼1Glades County, FLFL13,27016+25%

04Taylor County, FLFL21,21020+10%

05▲2Calhoun County, FLFL13,28923+2%

06▼1Franklin County, FLFL13,02924+18%

07▼1Dixie County, FLFL18,03826+30%

08Jefferson County, FLFL16,00727+24%

09▲1Madison County, FLFL18,759270%

10▲1Hamilton County, FLFL14,18028+6%

11▼2Gulf County, FLFL15,94329+20%

12▲2Hardee County, FLFL25,93241−4%

13▼1Hendry County, FLFL48,27642+33%

14▲1Holmes County, FLFL20,11942+8%

15▼2Levy County, FLFL48,52043+41%

16Washington County, FLFL26,69546+27%

17Baker County, FLFL29,73751+34%

18▲1Jackson County, FLFL49,62954+6%

19▲1Okeechobee County, FLFL42,60855+19%

20▲1DeSoto County, FLFL37,07858+15%

21▼3Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48859+42%

22Wakulla County, FLFL38,08963+67%

23▲1Union County, FLFL16,25067+21%

24▼1Suwannee County, FLFL48,14970+38%

25▲1Monroe County, FLFL80,40682+1%

26▲1Gadsden County, FLFL44,29886−2%

27▼2Walton County, FLFL93,28890+130%

28Columbia County, FLFL74,09493+31%

29Bradford County, FLFL28,30796+9%

30▲1Putnam County, FLFL77,734107+10%

31▼1Highlands County, FLFL111,122109+27%

32Nassau County, FLFL106,879165+85%

33Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,115209+79%

34Collier County, FLFL417,131209+66%

35Okaloosa County, FLFL221,810239+30%

36Bay County, FLFL204,479270+38%

37▲1Marion County, FLFL442,660279+71%

38▼1Sumter County, FLFL157,772283+196%

39Flagler County, FLFL140,360289+182%

40Citrus County, FLFL171,666295+45%

41▲1Martin County, FLFL166,272306+31%

42▼1Charlotte County, FLFL217,212319+53%

43▲2Alachua County, FLFL290,028331+33%

44Indian River County, FLFL172,799344+53%

45▼2Osceola County, FLFL481,718363+179%

46Clay County, FLFL239,593396+70%

47▲3Leon County, FLFL299,048447+25%

48▲1Hernando County, FLFL221,701469+69%

49▼1Lake County, FLFL456,068479+117%

50▼3Polk County, FLFL874,790487+81%

51▲1Escambia County, FLFL333,834508+13%

52▲1Volusia County, FLFL606,573551+37%

53▼2St. Johns County, FLFL346,328577+181%

54Manatee County, FLFL468,200630+77%

55▲1Brevard County, FLFL663,982654+39%

56▼1St. Lucie County, FLFL402,449704+109%

57▲1Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,726802+39%

58▲1Sarasota County, FLFL479,958863+47%

59▼2Pasco County, FLFL674,516903+96%

60Lee County, FLFL875,6071,121+99%

61Duval County, FLFL1,062,9631,394+36%

62Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,0291,475+24%

63Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,1151,539+58%

64Seminole County, FLFL491,8841,590+35%

65▲1Broward County, FLFL2,013,3171,674+24%

66▼1Orange County, FLFL1,528,0021,692+70%

67Pinellas County, FLFL948,5633,465+3%

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