List of urbanized areas in Florida (by population)

The United States Census Bureau defines an Urbanized Area to be "one or more places ('central place') and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ('urban fringe') that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons." There are a number of rules specifying what is included in the urban fringe, but it "generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile".^[1] Urbanized Areas often form the cores of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and as they comprise census tracts rather than local political subdivisions (counties, in Florida), they are generally smaller than the corresponding Metropolitan Statistical Area. A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries, and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area. ^[2] As of 2020, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty-three Urbanized Areas in Florida.^[3]

Miami-Fort Lauderdale

List

The United States Census Bureau defines an Urbanized Area to be "one or more places ('central place') and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ('urban fringe') that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons." There are a number of rules specifying what is included in the urban fringe, but it "generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile".^[1] Urbanized Areas often form the cores of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and, as they comprise census tracts rather than local political subdivisions (counties, in Florida), they are generally smaller than the corresponding Metropolitan Statistical Area. A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries, and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area. ^[2] As of 2020, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty-three Urbanized Areas in Florida.^[3]

Rank	Name	Population in 2020^[3]	Metro Areas	Recent former name(s)
1	Miami-Fort Lauderdale	6,077,522	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale- Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area	Miami
2	Tampa-St. Petersburg	2,783,045	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
3	Orlando	1,853,896	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area
4	Jacksonville	1,247,374	Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area
5	Bradenton - Sarasota - Venice	779,075	North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton metropolitan statistical area and Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Sarasota - Bradenton
6	Cape Coral	599,242	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
7	Palm Bay-Melbourne	510,675	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
8	Port St. Lucie	437,745	Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
9	Bonita Springs - Estero	425,675	Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Bonita Springs
10	Kissimmee - St. Cloud	418,404	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area	Kissimmee
11	Daytona Beach - Palm Coast - Port Orange	402,126	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Palm Coast - Daytona Beach - Port Orange and Daytona Beach - Port Orange
12	Pensacola	390,172	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area
13	Lakeland	277,915	Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
14	Winter Haven	253,251	Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
15	Tallahassee	252,934	Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
16	Navarre - Miramar Beach - Destin	226,213	Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Fort Walton Beach - Navarre - Wright and Fort Walton Beach
17	Gainesville	213,748	Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
18	Deltona	210,712	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
19	Port Charlotte - North Port	199,998	Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	North Port - Port Charlotte
20	Ocala	182,647	Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
21	Vero Beach - Sebastian	174,292	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Sebastian - Vero Beach South - Florida Ridge
22	Spring Hill	169,050	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Brooksville
23	Panama City - Panama City Beach	162,060	Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Panama City
24	The Villages - Lady Lake	161,736	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sumter County	Lady Lake - The Villages and Lady Lake
25	Leesburg-Eustis-Tavares	151,523	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area	Leesburg - Eustis
26	Beverly Hills - Homosassa Springs - Pine Ridge	96,729	Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area	Homosassa Springs - Beverly Hills - Citrus Springs
27	Four Corners	92,396	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area and Lakeland, Florida metropolitan area
28	St. Augustine	91,786	Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area
29	Sebring-Avon Park	63,297	Sebring, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
30	Titusville	62,459	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
31	Zephyrhills	55,133	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area
32	Poinciana	53,267	Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area and Lakeland, Florida metropolitan area
33	Fernandina Beach - Yulee	50,805	Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area

References

^ ^a ^b US Census Bureau Urban and Rural definitions - URL retrieved August 22, 2006
^ ^a ^b State-sorted corrected list of Urbanized Areas as of 2002 - URL retrieved August 22, 2006
^ ^a ^b ^c "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

[census.gov-1] US Census Bureau Urban and Rural definitions - URL retrieved August 22, 2006

[ReferenceA-2] State-sorted corrected list of Urbanized Areas as of 2002 - URL retrieved August 22, 2006

[:0-3] "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

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