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Florida Population 1840-2000 by County

	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Alachua	2,282	2,524	8,232	17,328	16,462	22,934	32,245	34,305	31,689	34,365	38,607	57,026	74,074	104,764	151,348	181,596	217,955
Baker				1,325	2,303	3,333	4,516	4,805	5,622	6,273	6,510	6,313	7,363	9,242	15,289	18,486	22,259
Bay									11,407	12,091	20,686	42,689	67,131	75,283	97,740	126,994	148,217
Bradford (New River)			3,820	3,671	6,112	7,516	10,295	14,090	12,503	9,405	8,717	11,457	12,446	14,625	20,023	22,515	26,088
Brevard (St. Lucia)		139	246	1,216	1,478	3,401	5,158	4,717	8,505	13,283	16,142	23,653	111,435	230,006	272,959	398,978	476,230
Broward									5,135	20,094	39,794	83,933	333,946	620,100	1,018,200	1,255,488	1,623,018
Calhoun	1,142	1,377	1,446	998	1,580	1,681	5,132	7,465	8,775	7,298	8,218	7,922	7,422	7,624	9,294	11,011	13,017
Charlotte										4,013	3,663	4,286	12,594	27,559	58,460	110,975	141,627
Citrus						2,394	5,391	6,731	5,220	5,516	5,846	6,111	9,268	19,196	54,703	93,515	118,085
Clay			1,914	2,098	2,838	5,154	5,635	6,116	5,621	6,859	6,468	14,323	19,535	32,059	67,052	105,986	140,814
Collier										2,883	5,102	6,488	15,753	38,040	85,971	152,099	251,377
Columbia	2,102	4,808	4,646	7,335	9,589	12,877	17,094	17,689	14,290	14,638	16,859	18,216	20,077	25,250	35,399	42,613	56,513
Desoto						4,944	8,047	14,200	25,434	7,745	7,792	9,242	11,683	13,060	19,039	23,865	32,209
Dixie										6,419	7,018	3,928	4,479	5,480	7,751	10,585	13,827
Duval	4,156	4,539	5,074	11,921	19,431	26,800	39,733	75,163	113,540	155,503	210,143	304,029	455,411	528,865	571,003	672,971	778,879
Escambia	3,993	4,351	5,768	7,817	12,156	20,188	28,313	38,029	49,386	53,594	74,667	112,706	173,829	205,334	233,794	262,798	294,410
Flagler									2,442	2,466	3,008	3,367	4,566	4,454	10,913	28,701	49,832
Franklin	1,030	1,561	1,904	1,256	1,791	3,308	4,890	5,201	5,318	6,283	5,991	5,814	6,576	7,065	7,661	8,967	11,057
Gadsden	5,992	8,784	9,396	9,802	12,169	11,894	15,294	22,198	23,539	29,890	31,450	36,457	41,989	39,184	41,565	41,105	45,087
Gilchrist										4,137	4,250	3,499	2,868	3,551	5,767	9,667	14,437
Glades										2,762	2,745	2,199	2,950	3,669	5,992	7,591	10,576
Gulf										3,182	6,951	7,460	9,937	10,096	10,658	11,504	13,332
Hamilton	1,464	2,511	4,154	5,749	6,790	8,507	11,881	11,825	9,873	9,454	9,778	8,981	7,705	7,787	8,761	10,930	13,327
Hardee										10,348	10,158	10,073	12,370	14,889	19,379	19,499	26,938
Hendry										3,492	5,237	6,051	8,119	11,859	18,599	25,773	36,210
Hernando (Benton)		926	1,200	2,938	4,248	2,476	3,638	4,997	4,548	4,948	5,641	6,693	11,205	17,004	44,469	101,115	130,802
Highlands										9,192	9,246	13,636	21,338	29,507	47,526	68,432	87,366
Hillsborough	452	2,377	2,981	3,216	5,814	14,941	36,013	78,374	88,257	153,519	180,148	249,894	397,788	490,265	646,960	834,054	998,948
Holmes		1,205	1,386	1,572	2,170	4,336	7,762	11,557	12,850	12,924	15,447	13,988	10,844	10,720	14,723	15,778	18,564
Indian River										6,724	8,957	11,872	25,309	35,992	59,896	90,208	112,947
Jackson	4,681	6,639	10,209	9,528	14,372	17,544	23,377	29,821	31,224	31,969	34,428	34,645	36,208	34,434	39,154	41,375	46,755
Jefferson	5,713	7,718	9,876	13,398	16,065	15,757	16,195	17,210	14,502	13,408	12,032	10,413	9,543	8,778	10,703	11,296	12,902
Lafayette			2,068	1,783	2,441	3,686	4,987	6,710	6,242	4,361	4,405	3,440	2,889	2,892	4,035	5,578	7,022
Lake						8,034	7,467	9,509	12,744	23,161	27,255	36,340	57,383	69,305	104,870	152,104	210,528
Lee						1,414	3,071	6,294	9,540	14,990	17,488	23,404	54,539	105,216	205,266	335,113	440,888
Leon	10,713	11,442	12,343	15,236	19,662	17,752	19,887	19,427	18,059	23,476	31,646	51,590	74,225	103,047	148,655	192,493	239,452
Levy		465	1,781	2,018	5,767	6,586	8,603	10,361	9,921	12,456	12,550	10,637	10,364	12,756	19,870	25,923	34,450
Liberty			1,457	1,050	1,362	1,452	2,956	4,700	5,006	4,067	3,752	3,182	3,138	3,379	4,260	5,569	7,021
Madison	2,644	5,490	7,779	11,121	14,798	14,316	15,446	16,919	16,516	15,614	16,190	14,197	14,154	13,481	14,894	16,569	18,733
Manatee			854	1,931	3,544	2,895	4,663	9,550	18,712	22,502	26,098	34,704	69,168	97,115	148,442	211,707	264,002
Marion		3,338	8,609	10,804	13,046	20,796	24,403	26,941	23,968	29,578	31,243	38,187	51,616	69,030	122,488	194,833	258,916
Martin										5,111	6,295	7,807	16,932	28,035	64,014	100,900	126,731
Miami-Dade (Dade)	446	159	83	85	257	861	4,955	11,933	42,753	142,955	267,739	495,084	935,047	1,267,792	1,625,781	1,937,094	2,253,362
Monroe	688	2,645	2,913	5,657	10,940	18,786	18,006	21,563	19,550	13,624	14,078	29,957	47,921	52,586	63,188	78,024	79,589
Nassau	1,892	2,164	3,644	4,247	6,635	8,294	9,654	10,525	11,340	9,375	10,826	12,811	17,189	20,626	32,894	43,941	57,663
Okaloosa									9,360	9,897	12,900	27,533	61,175	88,187	109,920	143,776	170,498
Okeechobee									2,132	4,129	3,000	3,454	6,424	11,233	20,264	29,627	35,910
Orange (Mosquito)	73	466	987	2,195	6,618	12,584	11,374	19,107	19,890	49,737	70,074	114,950	263,540	344,311	471,016	677,491	896,344
Osceola						3,133	3,444	5,507	7,195	10,699	10,119	11,406	19,029	25,267	49,287	107,728	172,493
Palm Beach								5,577	18,654	51,781	79,989	114,688	228,106	348,753	576,863	863,518	1,131,184
Pasco						4,249	6,054	7,502	8,802	10,574	13,981	20,529	36,785	75,955	193,643	281,131	344,765
Pinellas									28,265	62,149	91,852	159,249	374,665	522,329	728,531	851,659	921,482
Polk				3,169	3,181	7,905	12,472	24,148	38,661	72,291	86,665	123,997	195,139	227,222	321,652	405,382	483,924
Putnam		687	2,712	3,821	6,261	11,186	11,641	13,096	14,568	18,096	18,698	23,615	32,212	36,290	50,549	65,070	70,423
St. Johns	2,694	2,525	3,038	2,618	4,535	8,712	9,165	13,208	13,061	18,676	20,012	24,998	30,034	30,727	51,303	83,829	123,135
St. Lucie								4,075	7,886	7,057	11,871	20,180	39,294	50,836	87,182	150,171	192,695
Santa Rosa		2,883	5,480	3,312	6,645	7,961	10,293	14,897	13,670	14,083	16,085	18,554	29,547	37,741	55,988	81,608	117,743
Sarasota										12,440	16,106	28,827	76,895	120,413	202,251	277,776	325,957
Seminole									10,986	18,735	22,304	26,883	54,947	83,692	179,752	287,529	365,196
Sumter			1,549	2,952	4,686	5,363	6,187	6,696	7,851	10,644	11,041	11,330	11,869	14,839	24,272	31,577	53,345
Suwannee			2,303	3,556	7,161	10,524	14,554	18,603	19,789	15,731	17,073	16,986	14,961	15,559	22,287	26,780	34,844
Taylor			1,384	1,453	2,279	2,122	3,999	7,103	11,219	13,136	11,565	10,416	13,168	13,641	16,532	17,111	19,256
Union										7,428	7,094	8,906	6,043	8,112	10,166	10,252	13,442
Volusia			1,158	1,723	3,294	8,467	10,003	16,510	23,374	42,757	53,710	74,229	125,319	169,487	258,762	370,712	443,343
Wakulla		1,955	2,839	2,506	2,723	3,117	5,149	4,802	5,129	5,468	5,463	5,258	5,257	6,308	10,887	14,202	22,863
Walton	1,461	1,817	3,037	3,041	4,201	4,816	9,346	16,460	12,119	14,576	14,246	14,725	15,576	16,087	21,300	27,760	40,601
Washington	859	1,950	2,154	2,302	4,089	6,426	10,154	16,403	11,828	12,180	12,302	11,888	11,249	11,453	14,509	16,919	20,973
Florida	54,477	87,445	140,424	187,748	269,493	391,422	528,542	752,619	968,470	1,468,211	1,897,414	2,771,305	4,951,560	6,789,443	9,746,324	12,937,926	15,982,378

Notes:

When tracking the growth of counties from 1850 through 1930, keep in mind that many of the older counties became significantly smaller as new counties were created.

1. Santa Rosa County was established on February 18, 1842, from a segment of Escambia County.
2. Hernando County was established on February 24, 1843, from segments of Hillsborough County, Mosquito County, and Alachua County.
3. Wakulla County was established on March 11, 1843, from a segment of Leon County.
4. Brevard County was established on March 14, 1844, from a segment of Mosquito County (Orange County).
5. Marion County was established on March 14, 1844, from segments of Alachua County and Mosquito County (Orange County).
6. Levy County was established on March 10, 1845, from a segment of Alachua County.
7. Holmes County was established on January 8, 1848, from segments of Walton County and Jackson County.
8. Putnam County was established on January 13, 1849, from segments of St. Johns County and Alachua County.
9. Sumter County was established on January 8, 1853, from a segment of Orange County.
10. Volusia County was established on December 29, 1854, from a segment of Orange County.
11. Manatee County was established on January 9, 1855, from segments of Hillsborough County and Orange County.
12. Liberty County was established on December 15, 1855, from a segment of Gadsden County.
13. Lafayette County was established on December 23, 1856, from a segment of Madison County.
14. Taylor County was established on December 23, 1856, from a segment of Madison County.
15. Bradford County was established on December 21, 1858, from segments of Columbia County and Alachua County.
16. Suwannee County was established on December 21, 1858, from a segment of Columbia County.
17. Clay County was established on December 31, 1858, from a segment of Duval County.
18. Baker County was established on February 8, 1861, from a segment of New River County (Bradford County).
19. Polk County was established on February 8, 1861, from segments of Brevard County and Hillsborough County.
20. Osceola County was established on May 12, 1887, from segments of Orange County and Brevard County.
21. Lee County was established on May 13, 1887, from a segment of Monroe County.
22. DeSoto County was established on May 19, 1887, from a segment of Manatee County.
23. Lake County was established on May 27, 1887, from segments of Sumter County and Orange County.
24. Citrus County was established on June 2, 1887, from a segment of Hernando County.
25. Pasco County was established on June 2, 1887, from a segment of Hernando County.
26. St. Lucie County was established on May 24, 1905, from a segment of Brevard County.
27. Palm Beach County was established on April 30, 1909, from a segment of Dade County.
28. Pinellas County was established on May 23, 1911, from a segment of Hillsborough County.
29. Bay County was established on April 24, 1913, from a segment of Washington County.
30. Seminole County was established on April 25, 1913, from a segment of Orange County.
31. Broward County was established on April 30, 1915, from a segment of Dade County (Miami-Dade).
32. Okaloosa County was established on June 13, 1915, from segments of Santa Rosa County and Walton County.
33. Flagler County was established on April 28, 1917, from segments of St. Johns County and Volusia County.
34. Okeechobee County was established on May 8, 1917, from segments of Osceola County and Brevard County.
35. Charlotte County was established on April 23, 1921, from a segment of DeSoto County.
36. Glades County was established on April 23, 1921, from a segment of Desoto County.
37. Hardee County was established on April 23, 1921, from a segment of Desoto County.
38. Highlands County was established on April 23, 1921, from a segment of Desoto County.
39. Dixie County was established on April 25, 1921, from a segment of Lafayette County.
40. Sarasota County was established on May 14, 1921, from a segment of Manatee County.
41. Union County was established on May 20, 1921, from a segment of Bradford County.
42. Collier County was established on May 8, 1923, from a segment of Lee County.
43. Hendry County was established on May 11, 1923, from a segment of Lee County.
44. Indian River County was established on May 30, 1925, from a segment of St. Lucie County.
45. Martin County was established on May 30, 1925, from segments of Palm Beach County and St. Lucie County.
46. Gulf County was established on June 6, 1925, from a segment of Calhoun County.
47. Gilchrist County was established on December 4, 1925, from a segment of Alachua County.

Sources:

• For years 1840-1890:

  University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center. United States Historical Census Data Browser. ONLINE. 1998. University of Virginia. Available: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/. [18 August, 2004].

• For years 1900-1990:

  Richard L. Forstall. Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990. ONLINE. 1995. Population Division, US Bureau of the Census. Available: http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/fl190090.txt. [18 August, 2004].

• For year 2000:

  Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File ONLINE. 2000. US Bureau of the Census. Available: http://factfinder.census.gov/ [18 August, 2004].

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