Florida Population by the Numbers

Florida had 23,462,518 residents on July 1, 2025, in the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates, third among the states behind California and Texas (U.S. Census Bureau).

The state's own estimate is newer. The Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR) puts the April 1, 2026 population at 23,708,635, up 329,374 from 23,379,261 on April 1, 2025 (EDR Demographic Estimating Conference). EDR's April 1 series is the state's own estimate; the Census Bureau's figure is for July 1.

The April 1 date comes from EDR's assignment: each year it provides the Executive Office of the Governor with population estimates of local governmental units as of April 1, alongside state and county population projections (EDR).

Several official Florida population numbers circulate at once, and they differ because each has its own reference date and method. EDR's table starts at 21,538,187 Floridians on April 1, 2020 (EDR), while the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates base for the same date is 21,538,207, 20 more (Census Bureau). The ACS 2020-2024 5-year county figures further down are a different measure again: Miami-Dade County's is 2,738,356, against 2,802,029 in the Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025.

Florida added 196,680 residents between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, the second largest numeric gain of any state after Texas, but the pace is slowing (U.S. Census Bureau).

EDR's April 1 series shows the slowdown clearly. Florida grew 1.58 percent in the year to April 1, 2025 and 1.41 percent in the year to April 1, 2026 (EDR). For the period from April 1, 2026 to April 1, 2030, the Demographic Estimating Conference expects an average of 297,200 net new residents a year, 814 a day, an annual compound growth rate of 1.24 percent.

The June 22, 2026 conference lowered its numbers. It cut the April 2026 estimate for net domestic migration, which leaves the April 1, 2026 population 19,470 below the prior forecast, and it carried that lower baseline through every later year (EDR Demographic Estimating Conference). Year over year growth first drops below 1.00 percent in 2032 in the new forecast.

All of Florida's population growth now comes from people moving in, because deaths have outnumbered births in Florida every year since the 2020-21 fiscal year (EDR).

EDR's components table shows the balance for fiscal year 2024-25: 225,704 births, 228,321 deaths, a natural change of minus 2,617, and net migration of 373,455 (EDR components of change). The turn came quickly. In fiscal year 2019-20 Florida still had 3,167 more births than deaths; in 2020-21 deaths exceeded births by 42,021.

The mix of newcomers has shifted too. From July 2024 to June 2025, Florida's net international migration of 178,674 was the highest of any state, while net domestic migration from other states fell to 22,517, down sharply from 183,646 in 2023 and 310,892 in 2022 (U.S. Census Bureau). Florida, often at or near the top for domestic moves, ranked 8th in 2025, and neighboring Alabama drew more net domestic migrants than Florida that year.

Miami-Dade County is Florida's largest county, with 2,738,356 residents in the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, and it is one of six Florida counties above one million people (Census Bureau, county DP05).

The other five Florida counties over one million in the ACS 2020-2024 figures are Broward with 1,977,129, Palm Beach with 1,533,806, Hillsborough with 1,522,748, Orange with 1,471,937 and Duval with 1,023,153 (county DP05). Together those six counties hold about 10.3 million people, a little under half of the state. Leon County has 297,542.

Two large Florida counties lost population in the latest Census Bureau county estimates. In the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 county estimates, Pinellas County lost 11,834 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, the second largest numeric decline of any U.S. county, and Miami-Dade County lost 10,115, the third largest, falling to 2,802,029 (U.S. Census Bureau). Growth is happening elsewhere: the Census Bureau lists Florida among the southeast coast states where many of the fastest growing counties were found.

Florida has grown about eightfold since mid-century, from 2,888,965 residents in fiscal year 1950-51 to 23,289,598 in fiscal year 2024-25, in EDR's long series (EDR components of change).

The largest single-year gain in EDR's table came in fiscal year 1972-73, when Florida added 466,686 people to reach 7,920,325, a growth rate of 6.26 percent (EDR). Growth topped 5 percent a year in eight of the ten fiscal years from 1950-51 to 1959-60, peaking at 8.15 percent in 1956-57; the rate fell to 0.50 percent in fiscal year 2008-09 before climbing back above 1.5 percent in the late 2010s.

Growth also shows up in Washington. After the 2020 Census, Florida was one of five states to gain one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the apportionment results the Census Bureau delivered on April 26, 2021 (U.S. Census Bureau).

EDR's June 2026 forecast puts Florida at 24,865,263 residents on April 1, 2030 and 26,194,402 on April 1, 2036 (EDR Demographic Estimating Conference).

Each Florida forecast year is lower than the previous forecast, and the gap widens over time, reaching 79,137 fewer people by 2036 (EDR). The yearly gain shrinks from 329,374 in the year to April 2026 to 268,311 in the year to April 2030 and 193,217 in the year to April 2036.

A practical point for anyone citing Florida numbers: Census Bureau estimates carry a vintage year and EDR revised its forecast at the June 2026 conference, so the date next to a Florida population figure matters as much as the figure. Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the U.S. Census Bureau and EDR websites. The Florida aging population and retirees guide covers residents 65 and older.