Is Florida's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 196,700 between 2024 and 2025, the second most among all states. That’s more than the population of the city of Fort Lauderdale. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Florida’s 0.85% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Florida’s population grew by 16.5%.
+197K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.85%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Florida's population increased in 25 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2021 and 2022, when it gained 577,300 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2008 and 2009 when it gained 125,300 residents.
Florida gained 196,700 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Florida?
A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was negative in Florida, with deaths exceeding births by 1,300.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Florida’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 178,700 more people coming from another country to Florida than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Florida’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 22,500 more people moving to Florida from other states than leaving.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Florida.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Florida are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 67 county equivalents, Polk County had the largest population growth in Florida, welcoming 23,356 new residents. Pinellas County lost the most, with a loss of 11,834 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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St. Johns County led Florida in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 3.9 percent. Taylor County ranked last with a 2.2 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, St. Johns County gained 3.9% in population, the largest increase in Florida.
Population change
How does population change in Florida compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Florida’s population has increased by 16.5%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Florida ranks 3rd among states in population growth over that decade.
Florida ranked third in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Florida
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | St. Johns County, FL | +3.9% |
| 2. | Walton County, FL | +3.5% |
| 3. | Hendry County, FL | +3.5% |
| 4. | Marion County, FL | +3.4% |
| 5. | Osceola County, FL | +3.4% |
| 6. | Union County, FL | +3.1% |
| 7. | Flagler County, FL | +3% |
| 8. | Lake County, FL | +2.8% |
| 9. | Pasco County, FL | +2.8% |
| 10. | St. Lucie County, FL | +2.8% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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