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Cities in Florida by population

Jacksonville, FL had the highest population of 176 cities in 2020, at 951,880. Lake Alfred, FL had the lowest, at 6,541. The median was 31,096 and the figure for Florida was 21.59 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest951,880Jacksonville, FL
Lowest6,541Lake Alfred, FL
Median31,096176 cities
Florida21,591,325History

Top 40 cities, 2020

Jacksonville, FL: 951,880 personsJacksonville, FL951,880Miami, FL: 442,895 personsMiami, FL442,895Tampa, FL: 388,655 personsTampa, FL388,655Orlando, FL: 308,190 personsOrlando, FL308,190St. Petersburg, FL: 259,305 personsSt. Petersburg, FL259,305Hialeah, FL: 222,417 personsHialeah, FL222,417Port St. Lucie, FL: 206,788 personsPort St. Lucie, FL206,788Tallahassee, FL: 197,919 personsTallahassee, FL197,919Cape Coral, FL: 195,442 personsCape Coral, FL195,442Fort Lauderdale, FL: 182,726 personsFort Lauderdale, FL182,726Pembroke Pines, FL: 171,077 personsPembroke Pines, FL171,077Hollywood, FL: 152,816 personsHollywood, FL152,816Gainesville, FL: 142,298 personsGainesville, FL142,298Miramar, FL: 134,518 personsMiramar, FL134,518Coral Springs, FL: 134,159 personsCoral Springs, FL134,159Palm Bay, FL: 120,159 personsPalm Bay, FL120,159West Palm Beach, FL: 117,493 personsWest Palm Beach, FL117,493Clearwater, FL: 117,250 personsClearwater, FL117,250Lakeland, FL: 113,862 personsLakeland, FL113,862Pompano Beach, FL: 111,984 personsPompano Beach, FL111,984Miami Gardens, FL: 111,282 personsMiami Gardens, FL111,282Davie, FL: 106,073 personsDavie, FL106,073Boca Raton, FL: 98,240 personsBoca Raton, FL98,240Sunrise, FL: 97,204 personsSunrise, FL97,204Deltona, FL: 94,039 personsDeltona, FL94,039Plantation, FL: 91,947 personsPlantation, FL91,947Palm Coast, FL: 89,713 personsPalm Coast, FL89,713Fort Myers, FL: 87,289 personsFort Myers, FL87,289Deerfield Beach, FL: 86,779 personsDeerfield Beach, FL86,779Melbourne, FL: 85,090 personsMelbourne, FL85,090Largo, FL: 82,737 personsLargo, FL82,737Miami Beach, FL: 82,494 personsMiami Beach, FL82,494Homestead, FL: 80,496 personsHomestead, FL80,496Boynton Beach, FL: 80,473 personsBoynton Beach, FL80,473Kissimmee, FL: 79,215 personsKissimmee, FL79,215Doral, FL: 76,193 personsDoral, FL76,193North Port, FL: 75,698 personsNorth Port, FL75,698Lauderhill, FL: 74,367 personsLauderhill, FL74,367Daytona Beach, FL: 72,283 personsDaytona Beach, FL72,283Tamarac, FL: 71,916 personsTamarac, FL71,916Jacksonville, FL: 951,880 personsJacksonville, FL951,880Miami, FL: 442,895 personsMiami, FL442,895Tampa, FL: 388,655 personsTampa, FL388,655Orlando, FL: 308,190 personsOrlando, FL308,190St. Petersburg, FL: 259,305 personsSt. Petersburg, FL259,305Hialeah, FL: 222,417 personsHialeah, FL222,417Port St. Lucie, FL: 206,788 personsPort St. Lucie, FL206,788Tallahassee, FL: 197,919 personsTallahassee, FL197,919Cape Coral, FL: 195,442 personsCape Coral, FL195,442Fort Lauderdale, FL: 182,726 personsFort Lauderdale, FL182,726Pembroke Pines, FL: 171,077 personsPembroke Pines, FL171,077Hollywood, FL: 152,816 personsHollywood, FL152,816Gainesville, FL: 142,298 personsGainesville, FL142,298Miramar, FL: 134,518 personsMiramar, FL134,518Coral Springs, FL: 134,159 personsCoral Springs, FL134,159Palm Bay, FL: 120,159 personsPalm Bay, FL120,159West Palm Beach, FL: 117,493 personsWest Palm Beach, FL117,493Clearwater, FL: 117,250 personsClearwater, FL117,250Lakeland, FL: 113,862 personsLakeland, FL113,862Pompano Beach, FL: 111,984 personsPompano Beach, FL111,984Miami Gardens, FL: 111,282 personsMiami Gardens, FL111,282Davie, FL: 106,073 personsDavie, FL106,073Boca Raton, FL: 98,240 personsBoca Raton, FL98,240Sunrise, FL: 97,204 personsSunrise, FL97,204Deltona, FL: 94,039 personsDeltona, FL94,039Plantation, FL: 91,947 personsPlantation, FL91,947Palm Coast, FL: 89,713 personsPalm Coast, FL89,713Fort Myers, FL: 87,289 personsFort Myers, FL87,289Deerfield Beach, FL: 86,779 personsDeerfield Beach, FL86,779Melbourne, FL: 85,090 personsMelbourne, FL85,090Largo, FL: 82,737 personsLargo, FL82,737Miami Beach, FL: 82,494 personsMiami Beach, FL82,494Homestead, FL: 80,496 personsHomestead, FL80,496Boynton Beach, FL: 80,473 personsBoynton Beach, FL80,473Kissimmee, FL: 79,215 personsKissimmee, FL79,215Doral, FL: 76,193 personsDoral, FL76,193North Port, FL: 75,698 personsNorth Port, FL75,698Lauderhill, FL: 74,367 personsLauderhill, FL74,367Daytona Beach, FL: 72,283 personsDaytona Beach, FL72,283Tamarac, FL: 71,916 personsTamarac, FL71,916
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons
1Jacksonville, FL951,880
2Miami, FL442,895
3Tampa, FL388,655
4Orlando, FL308,190
5St. Petersburg, FL259,305
6Hialeah, FL222,417
7Port St. Lucie, FL206,788
8Tallahassee, FL197,919
9Cape Coral, FL195,442
10Fort Lauderdale, FL182,726
11Pembroke Pines, FL171,077
12Hollywood, FL152,816
13Gainesville, FL142,298
14Miramar, FL134,518
15Coral Springs, FL134,159
16Palm Bay, FL120,159
17West Palm Beach, FL117,493
18Clearwater, FL117,250
19Lakeland, FL113,862
20Pompano Beach, FL111,984
21Miami Gardens, FL111,282
22Davie, FL106,073
23Boca Raton, FL98,240
24Sunrise, FL97,204
25Deltona, FL94,039
26Plantation, FL91,947
27Palm Coast, FL89,713
28Fort Myers, FL87,289
29Deerfield Beach, FL86,779
30Melbourne, FL85,090
31Largo, FL82,737
32Miami Beach, FL82,494
33Homestead, FL80,496
34Boynton Beach, FL80,473
35Kissimmee, FL79,215
36Doral, FL76,193
37North Port, FL75,698
38Lauderhill, FL74,367
39Daytona Beach, FL72,283
40Tamarac, FL71,916
41Weston, FL68,003
42Delray Beach, FL66,821
43Ocala, FL63,867
44Port Orange, FL62,731
45Wellington, FL61,560
46Sanford, FL61,207
47Jupiter, FL61,163
48North Miami, FL59,817
49St. Cloud, FL59,565
50Palm Beach Gardens, FL59,242
51Margate, FL58,784
52Coconut Creek, FL57,500
53Bradenton, FL55,817
54Sarasota, FL55,221
55Apopka, FL54,904
56Pensacola, FL54,566
57Bonita Springs, FL53,894
58Pinellas Park, FL53,379
59Winter Haven, FL50,692
60Coral Gables, FL49,740
61Titusville, FL48,838
62Fort Pierce, FL47,573
63Ocoee, FL47,505
64Winter Garden, FL47,480
65Altamonte Springs, FL46,171
66Cutler Bay, FL45,206
67North Lauderdale, FL44,758
68Oakland Park, FL44,320
69Greenacres, FL44,002
70North Miami Beach, FL43,468
71Clermont, FL43,297
72Ormond Beach, FL43,125
73Lake Worth Beach, FL42,244
74Hallandale Beach, FL41,131
75Aventura, FL40,036
76Oviedo, FL39,974
77Plant City, FL39,787
78Royal Palm Beach, FL39,511
79Winter Springs, FL38,394
80DeLand, FL38,211
81Riviera Beach, FL37,637
82Estero, FL37,044
83Dunedin, FL36,136
84Lauderdale Lakes, FL35,952
85Parkland, FL34,910
86Cooper City, FL34,321
87Panama City, FL32,882
88Dania Beach, FL31,736
89New Smyrna Beach, FL30,456
90Miami Lakes, FL30,433
91Winter Park, FL30,018
92Casselberry, FL29,076
93Haines City, FL27,873
94Rockledge, FL27,712
95Crestview, FL27,516
96Leesburg, FL27,147
97Palm Springs, FL26,894
98Temple Terrace, FL26,699
99West Melbourne, FL26,583
100Key West, FL26,364
101Venice, FL25,604
102Sebastian, FL25,115
103Tarpon Springs, FL25,114
104Palmetto Bay, FL24,329
105Jacksonville Beach, FL23,819
106Eustis, FL23,231
107Edgewater, FL23,141
108Hialeah Gardens, FL22,955
109Sunny Isles Beach, FL22,256
110DeBary, FL22,236
111Fort Walton Beach, FL20,947
112Bartow, FL19,689
113Punta Gorda, FL19,656
114Maitland, FL19,507
115Seminole, FL19,421
116Sweetwater, FL19,266
117Naples, FL19,146
118Cocoa, FL19,037
119Tavares, FL19,014
120Groveland, FL18,873
121Lynn Haven, FL18,658
122Pinecrest, FL18,318
123Panama City Beach, FL17,986
124Stuart, FL17,489
125Zephyrhills, FL17,331
126Safety Harbor, FL17,055
127Lake Mary, FL16,834
128New Port Richey, FL16,787
129Belle Glade, FL16,717
130Vero Beach, FL16,430
131Opa-locka, FL16,382
132Mount Dora, FL16,360
133Lake Wales, FL16,285
134Lady Lake, FL16,052
135Wildwood, FL15,959
136Niceville, FL15,857
137Marco Island, FL15,764
138Auburndale, FL15,722
139Longwood, FL15,421
140West Park, FL15,097
141Oldsmar, FL14,916
142Key Biscayne, FL14,745
143St. Augustine, FL14,698
144Minneola, FL14,203
145Destin, FL14,043
146Miami Springs, FL13,794
147Atlantic Beach, FL13,500
148Palmetto, FL13,326
149North Palm Beach, FL13,139
150Fernandina Beach, FL13,101
151Florida City, FL13,016
152Callaway, FL12,986
153Holly Hill, FL12,980
154South Daytona, FL12,972
155Orange City, FL12,778
156Lake City, FL12,354
157South Miami, FL11,984
158Gulfport, FL11,769
159Miami Shores, FL11,694
160Lantana, FL11,658
161Wilton Manors, FL11,438
162Cocoa Beach, FL11,351
163Satellite Beach, FL11,261
164Sebring, FL10,967
165Alachua, FL10,573
166Lighthouse Point, FL10,471
167Palatka, FL10,449
168Milton, FL10,280
169Green Cove Springs, FL9,872
170Marathon, FL9,863
171Davenport, FL9,684
172Avon Park, FL9,648
173Brooksville, FL8,925
174Dade City, FL7,230
175Mascotte, FL6,735
176Lake Alfred, FL6,541

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Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Florida by population, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Florida by population, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/florida-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Florida by population, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/florida-cities?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Florida by population, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/florida-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Jacksonville, FL, with 951,880 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population?

Lake Alfred, FL, with 6,541 in 2020.

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