Demographics of Florida
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Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1830 | 34,730 | — | |
1840 | 54,477 | 56.9% | |
1850 | 87,445 | 60.5% | |
1860 | 140,424 | 60.6% | |
1870 | 187,748 | 33.7% | |
1880 | 269,493 | 43.5% | |
1890 | 391,422 | 45.2% | |
1900 | 528,542 | 35.0% | |
1910 | 752,619 | 42.4% | |
1920 | 968,470 | 28.7% | |
1930 | 1,468,211 | 51.6% | |
1940 | 1,897,414 | 29.2% | |
1950 | 2,771,305 | 46.1% | |
1960 | 4,951,560 | 78.7% | |
1970 | 6,791,418 | 37.2% | |
1980 | 9,746,324 | 43.5% | |
1990 | 12,937,926 | 32.7% | |
2000 | 15,982,378 | 23.5% | |
2010 | 18,801,310 | 17.6% | |
2020 | 21,538,187 | 14.6% | |
2023 (est.) | 22,610,726 | 5.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1830–1970[1] 1980[2] 1990[3] 2000[4] 2010[5] 2020[6] 2023[7] |
Between the 2010 and 2020 census, the population of the state overall did increase. 50 counties in Florida would experience population growth while 17 counties saw their populations decline. Most of Florida's population lives in urban areas as in the 2020 census, close to 97% of people in Florida resided in metropolitan areas.[9] Florida in the 2022 US Census estimate was the fastest growing state in terms of population and the first time it was the fastest growing since 1957.[10] In the 2020 census Florida had a population density of 401.4 people per square mile.[11]
Population
With a population getting close to 23 million people according to the 2023 US Census estimates,
Net domestic migration
Year[15] | In-migrants | Out-migrants | Net migration |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | 482,889 | 427,853 | 55,036 |
2011 | 498,597 | 437,202 | 61,395 |
2012 | 537,148 | 428,325 | 108,823 |
2013 | 529,406 | 423,995 | 105,411 |
2014 | 546,501 | 437,516 | 108,985 |
2015 | 584,938 | 445,320 | 139,618 |
2016 | 605,018 | 433,452 | 171,566 |
2017 | 566,476 | 447,586 | 118,890 |
2018 | 587,261 | 470,977 | 116,284 |
Population by county by year
The population for each respective year comes from the decennial United States Census results.
County | 2020[9] | 2010[9] | 2000[9] |
---|---|---|---|
Alachua | 278,468 | 247,336 | 217,955 |
Baker | 28,259 | 27,115 | 22,259 |
Bay | 175,216 | 168,852 | 148,217 |
Bradford | 28,303 | 28,520 | 26,088 |
Brevard | 606,612 | 543,376 | 476,230 |
Broward | 1,944,375 | 1,748,066 | 1,623,018 |
Calhoun | 13,648 | 14,625 | 13,017 |
Charlotte | 186,847 | 159,978 | 141,627 |
Citrus | 153,843 | 141,236 | 118,085 |
Clay | 218,245 | 190,865 | 140,814 |
Collier | 375,752 | 321,520 | 251,377 |
Columbia | 69,698 | 67,531 | 56,513 |
DeSoto | 33,976 | 34,862 | 32,209 |
Dixie | 16,759 | 16,422 | 13,827 |
Duval | 995,567 | 864,263 | 778,879 |
Escambia | 321,905 | 297,619 | 294,410 |
Flagler | 115,378 | 95,696 | 49,832 |
Franklin | 12,451 | 11,549 | 9,829 |
Gadsden | 43,826 | 46,389 | 45,087 |
Gilchrist | 17,864 | 16,939 | 14,437 |
Glades | 12,126 | 12,884 | 10,576 |
Gulf | 14,192 | 15,863 | 14,560 |
Hamilton | 14,004 | 14,799 | 13,327 |
Hardee | 25,327 | 27,731 | 26,938 |
Hendry | 39,619 | 39,140 | 36,210 |
Hernando | 194,515 | 172,778 | 130,802 |
Highlands | 101,235 | 98,786 | 87,366 |
Hillsborough | 1,459,762 | 1,229,226 | 998,948 |
Holmes | 19,653 | 19,927 | 18,564 |
Indian River | 159,788 | 138,028 | 112,947 |
Jackson | 47,319 | 49,746 | 46,755 |
Jefferson | 14,510 | 14,761 | 12,902 |
Lafayette | 8,226 | 8,870 | 7,022 |
Lake | 383,956 | 297,047 | 210,527 |
Lee | 760,822 | 618,754 | 440,888 |
Leon | 292,198 | 275,487 | 239,452 |
Levy | 42,915 | 40,801 | 34,450 |
Liberty | 7,974 | 8,365 | 7,021 |
Madison | 17,968 | 19,224 | 18,733 |
Manatee | 399,710 | 322,833 | 264,002 |
Marion | 375,908 | 331,303 | 258,916 |
Martin | 158,431 | 146,318 | 126,731 |
Miami-Dade (Dade) | 2,701,767 | 2,496,457 | 2,253,779 |
Monroe | 82,874 | 73,090 | 79,589 |
Nassau | 90,352 | 73,314 | 57,663 |
Okaloosa | 211,668 | 180,822 | 170,498 |
Okeechobee | 39,644 | 39,996 | 35,910 |
Orange | 1,429,908 | 1,145,956 | 896,344 |
Osceola | 388,656 | 268,685 | 172,493 |
Palm Beach | 1,492,191 | 1,320,134 | 1,131,191 |
Pasco | 561,891 | 464,697 | 344,768 |
Pinellas | 959,107 | 916,542 | 921,495 |
Polk | 725,046 | 602,095 | 483,924 |
Putnam | 73,321 | 74,364 | 70,423 |
St. Johns | 273,425 | 190,039 | 123,135 |
St. Lucie | 329,226 | 277,789 | 192,695 |
Santa Rosa | 188,000 | 151,372 | 117,743 |
Sarasota | 434,006 | 379,448 | 325,961 |
Seminole | 470,856 | 422,718 | 365,199 |
Sumter | 129,752 | 93,420 | 53,345 |
Suwannee | 43,474 | 41,551 | 34,844 |
Taylor | 21,796 | 22,570 | 19,256 |
Union | 16,147 | 15,535 | 13,442 |
Volusia | 553,543 | 494,593 | 443,343 |
Wakulla | 33,764 | 30,776 | 22,863 |
Walton | 75,305 | 55,043 | 40,601 |
Washington | 25,318 | 24,896 | 20,973 |
Total | 21,538,187 | 18,801,332 | 15,982,824 |
Race/ethnicity
2020 census
According to the 2020 census, the racial distributions are as follows; 51.5% Non-Hispanic White, 26.6% of the population are
Non-Hispanic White 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | Hispanic or Latino 50–60% 60–70% | Black or African American 50–60% |
2010 census
According to the 2010 census, the racial distributions are as follows; 53.5% Non-Hispanic White, 25.6% of the population are
2021 American Community Survey
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According to the 2021 US Census Bureau estimates, Florida's population was 56.1%
Historical composition
Historical racial composition | 2020[6] | 2010[5] | 2000[4] | 1990[3] | 1980[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic) | 51.5% | 57.9% | 65.4% | 73.2% | 76.7% |
Hispanic or Latino | 26.5% | 22.5% | 16.8% | 12.2% | 8.8% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
14.5% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 13.1% | 13.5% |
Asian and Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
|
3.0% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
Native American (non-Hispanic) | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
Other Race (non-Hispanic) | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) | 3.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% | N/A | N/A |
Population | 21,538,187 | 18,801,310 | 15,982,378 | 12,937,926 | 9,746,324 |
Ancestries
Ancestry[18] | Number (As of 2022) | % |
---|---|---|
American | 1,646,830 | 7.4 |
Arab | 159,421 | 0.7 |
Czech | 50,236 | 0.2 |
Danish | 38,448 | 0.2 |
Dutch | 141,601 | 0.6 |
English | 1,885,506 | 8.5 |
French (except Basque) | 378,739 | 1.7 |
French Canadian | 101,114 | 0.5 |
German | 2,007,413 | 9.0 |
Greek | 93,086 | 0.4 |
Hungarian | 99,417 | 0.4 |
Irish | 1,827,802 | 8.2 |
Italian | 1,281,496 | 5.8 |
Lithuanian | 37,376 | 0.2 |
Norwegian | 120,115 | 0.5 |
Polish | 463,313 | 2.1 |
Portuguese | 99,394 | 0.4 |
Russian | 171,638 | 0.8 |
Scotch-Irish | 148,942 | 0.7 |
Scottish | 319,847 | 1.4 |
Slovak | 31,993 | 0.1 |
Subsaharan African | 174,695 | 0.8 |
Swedish | 146,572 | 0.7 |
Swiss | 36,061 | 0.2 |
Ukrainian | 75,460 | 0.3 |
Welsh | 83,687 | 0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 971,341 | 4.4 |
Birth data
Note: Births in the table exceed 100% because some Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.
Race
|
2013[19] | 2014[20] | 2015[21] | 2016[22] | 2017[23] | 2018[24] | 2019[25] | 2020[26] | 2021[27] | 2022[28] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White: | 154,791 (71.8%) | 159,035 (72.3%) | 162,594 (72.5%) | 157,006 (69.8%) | 154,504 (69.1%) | 157,945 (71.3%) | 156,463 (71.1%) | 148,661 (70.9%) | ... | ... |
> Non-Hispanic White | 98,586 (45.7%) | 100,837 (45.8%) | 102,549 (45.7%) | 99,344 (44.1%) | 96,280 (43.1%) | 95,868 (43.2%) | 93,590 (42.5%) | 88,080 (42.0%) | 91,223 (42.2%) | 91,763 (40.9%) |
Black | 52,959 (24.6%) | 53,148 (24.1%) | 53,699 (23.9%) | 48,928 (21.7%) | 49,428 (22.1%) | 48,174 (21.7%) | 47,730 (21.7%) | 45,585 (21.7%) | 45,710 (21.1%) | 47,635 (21.2%) |
Asian | 7,265 (3.4%) | 7,402 (3.4%) | 7,603 (3.4%) | 7,178 (3.2%) | 7,015 (3.1%) | 6,996 (3.2%) | 7,069 (3.2%) | 6,539 (3.1%) | 6,506 (3.0%) | 6,592 (2.9%) |
American Indian | 392 (0.2%) | 406 (0.2%) | 373 (0.2%) | 237 (0.1%) | 429 (0.2%) | 413 (0.2%) | 400 (0.2%) | 229 (0.1%) | 227 (0.1%) | 386 (0.2%) |
Hispanic (of any race) | 59,206 (27.5%) | 61,849 (28.1%) | 64,078 (28.6%) | 65,895 (29.3%) | 67,049 (30.0%) | 67,201 (30.3%) | 68,234 (31.0%) | 66,156 (31.6%) | 69,375 (32.1%) | 74,864 (33.4%) |
Total | 215,407 (100%) | 219,991 (100%) | 224,269 (100%) | 225,022 (100%) | 223,630 (100%) | 221,542 (100%) | 220,002 (100%) | 209,671 (100%) | 216,260 (100%) | 224,433 (100%) |
Languages
As of 2010[update], 73.36% of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke
Florida's
A
Language | Percent of population (2010)[29] |
---|---|
English | 73.36% |
Spanish | 19.54% |
French Creole (including Haitian and Antillean Creoles) |
1.84% |
French | 0.60% |
Portuguese | 0.50% |
German | 0.42% |
Tagalog, Vietnamese, Italian (tied) | 0.31% |
Arabic |
0.22% |
Chinese | 0.20% |
Russian | 0.18% |
Polish | 0.14% |
Religion
Florida residents identify as mostly of various Protestant groups. Roman Catholics make up the single largest denomination in the state. Florida residents' current religious affiliations are shown in the table below:[35]
- Christianity 70%
- Protestantism 46%
- Evangelical Protestant24%
- Mainline Protestant 14%
- Historically Black Protestant 8%
- Catholicism21%
- Mormonism 1%
- Jehovah's Witness1%
- Other Christian 1%
- Protestantism 46%
- Non-Christian Faiths 6%
- Unaffiliated 24%
Veterans
There were 1.6 million veterans in Florida in 2010, representing 8% of the total population.[36]
Migration
In 2013, most net migrants come from 1) New York, 2) New Jersey, 3) Pennsylvania, and 4) the Midwestern United States; emigration is higher from these same states. For example, about 50,000 moved to New York; but more than 50,000 people moved from New York to Florida.[37]
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