Florida Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Florida (U.S. state abbreviation is 'FL') is located in the south-eastern of United States with Atlantic on one side and Mexico Gulf on the other side, Alabama to the north-west and Georgia to the east. Florida population in 2024 is estimated to be 22.73 million and its third most populous state in US. Florida is gaining population and increased by 1 million people since from the last census of 2020. Florida is the first region to be visited and settled by europeans in 15th Century. Florida attracted many Africans from British colonies who sought freedom from slavery. The area of Florida is 65,757.70 sq miles(170,312 sq km) and in the year 1513, Florida was named after Spain's Easter feast known as Pascua Florida. According to latest US Census there are 795 US Cities, the largest cities of Florida are Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Hialeah, Tallahassee, Cape Coral, Hollywood and Orlando is one of the most dangerous cities in Florida. Other top cities in Florida include Port St. Lucie, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Gainesville, Pompano Beach, Miami Gardens, Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Sunrise, Deltona, Plantation, Palm Coast and Miami Beach. Florida is on a peninsula between the the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Florida
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Florida

The United States Census estimates the Florida population growth as on July 1, 2018 is 2.4 million, which is 13.29% increase from the last census conducted in 2010. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, FL population in 2020 is 21,538,187. Florida population in 2023 is estimated to be 22.57 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 22.24 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 21.7 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	18,845,785
2011	19,093,352	1.31
2012	19,326,230	1.22
2013	19,563,166	1.23
2014	19,860,330	1.52
2015	20,224,249	1.83
2016	20,629,982	2.01
2017	20,976,812	1.68
2018	21,299,325	1.54
2019	21,618,815	1.50
2020	21,538,187	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	21,781,128	1.13
2022*	22,194,969	1.90
2023*	22,738,746	2.45

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Florida Population by Race

According to 2017 estimates population of Florida by race are:

White Population

White population in Florida are 15,343,997, percentage wise 75.67 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Florida are 3,270,863, percentage wise 16.13 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Florida, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian consists of Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese, out of these the majority is the Asian Indians with 153,968 people. Asian population in Florida are 543,394, percentage wise 2.68 percent are asians, out of these 153,968 are Asian Indians, 97,157 are Chinese, 99,641 are Filipinos, 14,570 are Japanese, 28,712 are Korean, 71,823 are Vietnamese and 77,523 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic or Latino consists of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and other Hispanic or Latino types. Hispanic population in Florida are 5,015,015. Percentage wise 24.73 percent are hispanics, out of these 694,779 are Mexican people, 1,065,351 are Puerto Ricans, 1,450,510 are Cubans, and 1,804,375 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

American Indian and Alaska Native with 56,730, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander with 12,342. The Cherokee, Chippewa, Navajo and Sioux tribal grouping are 12,393 people.

Total Population	20,278,447	Percent
White	15,343,997	75.67%
Black or African American	3,270,863	16.13%
American Indian and Alaska Native	56,730	0.280%
Cherokee tribal grouping	9,254	0.046%
Chippewa tribal grouping	1,279	0.006%
Navajo tribal grouping	588	0.003%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,272	0.006%
Asian Population	543,394	2.68%
Asian Indian	153,968	0.76%
Chinese	97,157	0.48%
Filipino	99,641	0.49%
Japanese	14,570	0.07%
Korean	28,712	0.14%
Vietnamese	71,823	0.35%
Other Asian Population	77,523
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	12,342	0.06%
Native Hawaiian	3,116	0.015%
Guamanian or Chamorro	3,426	0.017%
Samoan	1,961	0.010%
Other Pacific Islander	3,839
Some other race	536,298
Hispanic or Latino	5,015,015	24.73%
Mexican	694,779	3.43%
Puerto Rican	1,065,351	5.25%
Cuban	1,450,510	7.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,804,375

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Florida

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Jacksonville	903,889
2	Miami	470,914
3	Tampa	392,890
4	Orlando	285,713
5	St. Petersburg	265,098
6	Hialeah	238,942
7	Port St. Lucie	195,248
8	Tallahassee	193,551
9	Cape Coral	189,343
10	Fort Lauderdale	182,595
11	Pembroke Pines	172,374
12	Hollywood	154,823
13	Miramar	140,823
14	Gainesville	133,857
15	Coral Springs	133,507
16	Clearwater	116,478
17	Palm Bay	114,194
18	Miami Gardens	113,069
19	Pompano Beach	111,954
20	West Palm Beach	111,398

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Florida Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Florida by age is 20,278,447, out of these 9,914,361 are male, 10,364,086 are female, The sex ratio of Florida is 957. The Florida population by age are, under 15 years is 3,392,296, 15 years and over is 16,886,151, 30 years and over is 13,057,544, 65 years and over is 3,926,889 and 85 years and over is 522,530. 48.89 percent are male, 51.11 percent are female, 16.73 percent are under 15 years old, 83.27 percent are 15 years and over, 64.39 percent are 30 years and over, 19.36 percent are 65 years and over, 2.58 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in FL

27% of Florida's population speak their native language other than english. English is spoken 71% of the population, followed by Spanish with 21% and european language by 5%. Asian population in Florida is 543,394 which constitutes Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese, As per census stastics, the percentage of asian languages with 1.6%.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	13,669,654	71.30
Spanish Language	4,078,350	21.27
European Language	990,969	5.17
Asian Languages	306,592	1.60
Other Languages	127,520	0.67

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Florida Education

Below table shows the statistics of education levels in Florida state in 2017.

Population 18 to 24 years		1,770,799	909,836	860,963
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	279,021	166,645	112,376
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	536,501	304,160	232,341
	Some college or associates degree	800,769	377,203	423,566
	Bachelors degree or higher	154,508	61,828	92,680
Population 25 years and over		14,396,066	6,904,172	7,491,894
	Less than 9th grade	733,714	364,159	369,555
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,053,634	548,219	505,415
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,170,468	2,011,715	2,158,753
	Some college, no degree	2,937,324	1,389,608	1,547,716
	Associates degree	1,405,068	599,883	805,185
	Bachelors degree	2,616,384	1,251,899	1,364,485
	Graduate or professional degree	1,479,474	738,689	740,785

White		8,567,534	4,144,870	4,422,664
	High school graduate or higher	7,913,588	3,802,414	4,111,174
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,739,629	1,391,241	1,348,388
Black or African		2,027,318	939,106	1,088,212
	High school graduate or higher	1,662,559	755,863	906,696
	Bachelors degree or higher	366,786	144,840	221,946
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		39,889	20,808	19,081
	High school graduate or higher	32,427	16,285	16,142
	Bachelors degree or higher	7,673	3,869	3,804
Asian		387,880	171,279	216,601
	High school graduate or higher	336,167	152,163	184,004
	Bachelors degree or higher	189,844	90,136	99,708
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		8,134	3,795	4,339
	High school graduate or higher	7,226	3,478	3,748
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,799	907	892
Hispanic or Latino Origin		3,276,034	1,582,007	1,694,027
	High school graduate or higher	2,568,128	1,219,217	1,348,911
	Bachelors degree or higher	750,810	340,416	410,394

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below table shows the physically and mentally disabled stats of Florida state in 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	2,673,685
Male	1,298,968
Female	1,374,717
	-
White	2,145,776
Black or African American	375,497
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	11,216
Asian	37,215
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,036
Some other race	47,648
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	760,931
With a vision difficulty	502,939
With a cognitive difficulty	974,827
With an ambulatory difficulty	1,448,513
With a self-care difficulty	532,595
With an independent living difficulty	950,110

Counties of Florida

Miami metropolitan area constitues of three counties Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018. These three counties are also the top 3 populated counties in Florida. Miami-Dade County is the top rank with 2.73 million, Broward with 1.93 million, Palm Beach county with 1.48 million population. Miami-Dade is in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida with an area of 6,297 sq km, and Florida Zip codes starts with three.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Alachua County	266,820	269,956	1.2	23	23
Baker County	28,230	28,355	0.4	50	50
Bay County	184,046	185,287	0.7	28	28
Bradford County	27,133	27,732	2.2	52	51
Brevard County	588,265	596,849	1.5	10	10
Broward County	1,934,471	1,951,260	0.9	2	2
Calhoun County	14,437	14,587	1	61	61
Charlotte County	181,537	184,998	1.9	29	29
Citrus County	145,512	147,929	1.7	33	33
Clay County	212,177	216,072	1.8	25	25
Collier County	372,345	378,488	1.6	16	16
Columbia County	69,825	70,503	1	40	41
DeSoto County	37,252	37,489	0.6	48	48
Dixie County	16,636	16,700	0.4	58	58
Duval County	937,642	950,181	1.3	7	7
Escambia County	313,258	315,534	0.7	21	21
Flagler County	109,937	112,067	1.9	35	35
Franklin County	11,752	11,736	-0.1	65	65
Gadsden County	45,972	45,894	-0.2	43	43
Gilchrist County	17,865	18,256	2.2	57	57
Glades County	13,608	13,724	0.9	64	64
Gulf County	16,122	16,164	0.3	59	59
Hamilton County	14,389	14,310	-0.5	62	62
Hardee County	27,202	27,245	0.2	51	52
Hendry County	41,144	41,556	1	46	45
Hernando County	186,784	190,865	2.2	27	27
Highlands County	104,060	105,424	1.3	36	36
Hillsborough County	1,410,115	1,436,888	1.9	4	4
Holmes County	19,448	19,477	0.1	55	55
Indian River County	154,314	157,413	2	32	32
Jackson County	48,360	48,305	-0.1	42	42
Jefferson County	14,147	14,288	1	63	63
Lafayette County	8,623	8,732	1.3	66	66
Lake County	345,087	356,495	3.3	19	19
Lee County	739,506	754,610	2	8	8
Leon County	291,247	292,502	0.4	22	22
Levy County	40,306	40,770	1.2	47	47
Liberty County	8,242	8,457	2.6	67	67
Madison County	18,465	18,529	0.3	56	56
Manatee County	385,450	394,855	2.4	15	15
Marion County	353,717	359,977	1.8	17	18
Martin County	159,792	160,912	0.7	31	31
Miami-Dade County	2,744,878	2,761,581	0.6	1	1
Monroe County	76,636	75,027	-2.1	38	38
Nassau County	82,864	85,832	3.6	37	37
Okaloosa County	203,684	207,269	1.8	26	26
Okeechobee County	41,188	41,537	0.8	45	46
Orange County	1,352,933	1,380,645	2	5	5
Osceola County	352,661	367,990	4.3	18	17
Palm Beach County	1,470,338	1,485,941	1.1	3	3
Pasco County	525,021	539,630	2.8	12	12
Pinellas County	969,305	975,280	0.6	6	6
Polk County	685,830	708,009	3.2	9	9
Putnam County	73,385	74,163	1.1	39	39
St. Johns County	243,928	254,261	4.2	24	24
St. Lucie County	313,400	321,128	2.5	20	20
Santa Rosa County	174,069	179,349	3	30	30
Sarasota County	419,689	426,718	1.7	14	14
Seminole County	462,236	467,832	1.2	13	13
Sumter County	124,933	128,754	3.1	34	34
Suwannee County	44,136	44,191	0.1	44	44
Taylor County	21,815	21,623	-0.9	54	54
Union County	15,469	14,940	-3.4	60	60
Volusia County	538,180	547,538	1.7	11	11
Wakulla County	32,101	32,461	1.1	49	49
Walton County	68,275	71,375	4.5	41	40
Washington County	24,618	24,880	1.1	53	53