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Florida population 2026

Q: What is the population of Florida in 2026?

The latest official figure is 23,462,518, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Florida would have about 23.7 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Florida has 23,462,518 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 196,680 more than a year earlier (+0.84%). It is 3rd of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 6.9% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 23.7 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Florida in numbers

Population: 23.5 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.84% +196,680 people
Change since 2020: +8.67% from 21.6 million
Share of the US: 6.9% 3rd of 50 states and DC
Population density: 169per km² 138,965 km²
Births in the year: 226 thousand deaths: 227 thousand
International migration: +179 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +23 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 1,333, 178,674 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 22,517 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Sri Lanka (23.3 million).

Population of Florida by year

23.5M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	18,846,143
2011	19,055,607
2012	19,302,016
2013	19,551,678
2014	19,853,880
2015	20,219,111
2016	20,627,237
2017	20,977,089
2018	21,254,926
2019	21,492,056
2020	21,591,325
2021	21,836,698
2022	22,413,989
2023	22,929,248
2024	23,265,838
2025	23,462,518

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	23,462,518	+196,680	+0.85%
2024	23,265,838	+336,590	+1.47%
2023	22,929,248	+515,259	+2.30%
2022	22,413,989	+577,291	+2.64%
2021	21,836,698	+245,373	+1.14%
2020	21,591,325	+99,269	+0.46%
2019	21,492,056	+237,130	+1.12%
2018	21,254,926	+277,837	+1.32%
2017	20,977,089	+349,852	+1.70%
2016	20,627,237	+408,126	+2.02%
2015	20,219,111	+365,231	+1.84%
2014	19,853,880	+302,202	+1.55%
2013	19,551,678	+249,662	+1.29%
2012	19,302,016	+246,409	+1.29%
2011	19,055,607	+209,464	+1.11%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Florida among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Florida

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Jacksonville1,009,833
Miami487,014
Tampa414,547
Orlando334,854
St. Petersburg257,083
Hialeah237,069

Air quality in Florida today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Jacksonville

Questions

What is the population of Florida in 2026?

The latest official figure is 23,462,518, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Florida would have about 23.7 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Florida’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 196,680 people (+0.84%) in the latest year, and has changed +8.67% since 2020. In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 1,333, 178,674 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 22,517 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Florida rank in the US?

Florida is 3rd of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 6.9% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Florida?

About 169 people per km², on 138,965 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Florida?

Jacksonville, with about 1 million people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Florida population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/florida/

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