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.
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As of 2010, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty Urbanized Areas in Florida.
Alphabetical 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".[3] 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.
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As of 2010, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty Urbanized Areas in Florida.[citation needed]
- Bonita Springs (Map of Bonita Springs-Naples Urbanized Area)
- Cape Coral (Map of Cape Coral Urbanized Area)
- Deltona (Map of Deltona Urbanized Area)
- Fort Walton Beach - Navarre - Wright (formerly Fort Walton Beach) (Map of Fort Walton Beach - Navarre - Wright Urbanized Area)
- Gainesville (Map of Gainesville Urbanized Area)
- Homosassa Springs - Beverly Hills - Citrus Springs (added in 2010)
- Jacksonville (Map of Jacksonville Urbanized Area)
- Kissimmee (Map of Kissimmee Urbanized Area)
- Lady Lake - The Villages (formerly Lady Lake) (Map of Lady Lake Urbanized Area)
- Lakeland (Map of Lakeland Urbanized Area)
- Leesburg - Eustis - Tavares (formerly Leesburg - Eustis) (Map of Leesburg-Eustis Urbanized Area)
- Miami (Map of Miami Urbanized Area)
- North Port - Port Charlotte (Map of North Port-Punta Gorda Urbanized Area)
- Ocala (Map of Ocala Urbanized Area)
- Orlando (Map of Orlando Urbanized Area)
- Palm Bay - Melbourne (Map of Palm Bay-Melbourne Urbanized Area)
- Palm Coast - Daytona Beach - Port Orange (formerly Daytona Beach - Port Orange) (Map of Daytona Beach-Port Orange Urbanized Area)
- Panama City (Map of Panama City Urbanized Area)
- Pensacola (Map of Pensacola Urbanized Area)
- Port St. Lucie (Map of Port St. Lucie Urbanized Area)
- Sarasota - Bradenton (Map of Sarasota-Bradenton Urbanized Area)
- Sebastian - Vero Beach - Florida Ridge (formerly Vero Beach - Sebastian) (Map of Vero Beach-Sebastian Urbanized Area)
- Sebring - Avon Park (added in 2010)
- Spring Hill (formerly Brooksville) (Map of Brooksville Urbanized Area)
- St. Augustine (Map of St. Augustine Urbanized Area)
- Tallahassee (Map of Tallahassee Urbanized Area)
- Tampa - St. Petersburg (Map of Tampa-St. Petersburg Urbanized Area)
- Titusville (Map of Titusville Urbanized Area)
- Winter Haven (Map of Winter Haven Urbanized Area)
- Zephyrhills (Map of Zephyrhills Urbanized Area)
Population list
Rank | Name | Population | Metro Areas |
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1 | Miami | 5,502,379 | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale- Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area |
2 | Tampa-St. Petersburg | 2,441,770 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
3 | Orlando | 1,510,516 | Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area |
4 | Jacksonville | 1,065,219 | Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area |
5 | Sarasota-Bradenton | 643,260 | Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
6 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers | 530,290 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
7 | Palm Bay-Melbourne | 452,791 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
8 | Port St. Lucie | 376,047 | Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
9 | Palm Coast-Daytona Beach-Port Orange | 349,064 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
10 | Pensacola | 340,067 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area |
11 | Kissimmee | 314,071 | Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area |
12 | Naples | 310,298 | Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
13 | Lakeland | 262,596 | Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
14 | Tallahassee | 240,223 | Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
15 | Winter Haven | 201,289 | Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
16 | Fort Walton Beach-Navarre-Wright | 191,917 | Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
17 | Gainesville | 187,781 | Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
18 | Deltona | 182,169 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
19 | North Port-Port Charlotte | 169,541 | Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
20 | Ocala | 156,909 | Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
21 | Sebastian-Vero Beach South-Florida Ridge | 149,422 | Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
22 | Spring Hill | 148,220 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
23 | Panama City | 143,280 | Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
24 | Leesburg-Eustis-Tavares | 131,337 | Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area |
25 | Lady Lake-The Villages | 112,991 | Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sumter County |
26 | Homosassa Springs-Beverly Hills-Citrus Springs | 80,962 | Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
27 | St. Augustine | 69,173 | Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area |
28 | Zephyrhills | 66,609 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
29 | Sebring-Avon Park | 61,625 | Sebring, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
30 | Titusville | 54,386 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area |
References
^ US Census Bureau Urban and Rural definitions - URL retrieved August 22, 2006
^ State-sorted corrected list of Urbanized Areas as of 2002 - URL retrieved August 22, 2006
^ US Census Bureau Urban and Rural definitions - URL retrieved August 22, 2006
^ State-sorted corrected list of Urbanized Areas as of 2002 - URL retrieved August 22, 2006