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Florence, Alabama

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The 2000 Census showed that Florence had a population of 36,264 people ^<1>. This represents 0.81% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	37,877	+4.45%	+1.22% since 2007
2007	37,422	+3.19%	+1.07% since 2006
2006	37,025	+2.1%	+1.09% since 2005
2005	36,624	+0.99%	+1.01% since 2004
2004	36,258
2003	36,002	-0.72%	+0.52% since 2002
2002	35,817	-1.23%	-0.63% since 2001
2001	36,045	-0.6%	-0.6% since 2000
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2000	36,264	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
8	Decatur	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	56,068	3.97% increase
9	Auburn	SE	197 mi [317 km]	56,088	30.48% increase
10	Gadsden	SE	109 mi [175.4 km]	36,816	5.55% decrease
-11-	Florence			37,877	4.45% increase
12	Bessemer	S	108 mi [173.8 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease
13	Madison	E	52 mi [83.7 km]	38,714	32% increase
14	Prichard	S	281 mi [452.2 km]	27,662	3.39% decrease

Florence had 17,707 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Florence has an area ^<4> of 24.93 square miles [64.6 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Florence had a 2000 population density of 1,454 people per square mile [561 people/km²], making it the state's 18th most densely populated area.

Lauderdale County

The city of Florence is located in Lauderdale County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 87,985 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 36,264 people, Florence contained 41.22% of the Lauderdale County total.

In addition, where the community of Florence has a population density of 1,454 people per square mile [561 people/km²], Lauderdale County averages 131.4 people per square mile [50.7 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Lauderdale County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Florence and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Florence. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	3	47,478	2.65% increase
10 mi [16 km]	6	69,960	4.18% increase
15 mi [24 km]	8	71,168	4.1% increase
20 mi [32 km]	13	76,279	3.83% increase
25 mi [40 km]	21	91,244	3.15% increase
30 mi [48 km]	23	94,773	2.88% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Florence. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Florence, it also contains a comparison between Florence and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Florence QuickFact (QF-0126896).

A Census Quickfact is available for Lauderdale County (QF-01077).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lauderdale County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Limestone	QF-01083	E	76,135	15.51% increase
Lawrence	QF-01079	SE	34,166	1.98% decrease
Colbert	QF-01033	SW	54,663	0.66% decrease
Tishomingo (MS)	QF-28141	W	18,947	1.1% decrease
Hardin (TN)	QF-47071	NW	26,227	2.55% increase
Lawrence (TN)	QF-47099	NE	40,954	2.48% increase
Wayne (TN)	QF-47181	NW	16,614	1.3% decrease
Giles (TN)	QF-47055	NE	29,184	0.96% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Florence:

	State Code:	01 (Alabama)
	County Code:	077 (Lauderdale County)
	Place Code:	26896 (Florence)

	State & County Code:	01077 (Alabama/Lauderdale County)

	State & Place Code:	0126896 (Alabama/Florence)

Florence is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Florence.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Alabama ^<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Florence. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Florence? Please visit the Map Page for Florence.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Florence and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Florence. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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