Fanning Springs, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Fanning Springs had a population of 737 people^<1>.

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

Fanning Springs had 397 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Fanning Springs has an area^<3> of 3.56 square miles [9.21 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Fanning Springs had a 2000 population density of 207.2 people per square mile [80 people/km²].

Gilchrist County

The city of Fanning Springs is primarily located in Gilchrist County. A portion of Fanning Springs extends into Levy County.

The county had a population of 14,538 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 737 people, Fanning Springs contained 5.07% of the Gilchrist County total.

In addition, where the community of Fanning Springs has a population density of 207.2 people per square mile [80 people/km²], Gilchrist County averages 41.67 people per square mile [16.09 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Fanning Springs and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Fanning Springs. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Fanning Springs.

A Census Quickfact is available for Gilchrist County (QF-12041).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Gilchrist County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alachua	QF-12001	E	241,364	10.43% increase
	Columbia	QF-12023	N	69,092	21.79% increase
	Dixie	QF-12029	SW	14,957	8.25% increase
	Lafayette	QF-12067	NW	8,013	13.84% increase
	Levy	QF-12075	S	39,460	13.99% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Fanning Springs is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

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

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Fanning Springs. 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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