Jacksonville, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Jacksonville had a population of 735,617 people^<1>. This represents 4.58% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's most populous community.

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

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
-1-	Jacksonville			807,815	9.81% increase
2	Miami	S	327 mi [526 km]	413,201	14% increase
3	Tampa	S	170 mi [273.6 km]	340,882	12.34% increase
4	Saint Petersburg	S	187 mi [300.9 km]	245,314	1.18% decrease
5	Hialeah	S	319 mi [513 km]	210,542	7.01% decrease
6	Orlando	S	134 mi [215.7 km]	230,519	23.97% increase
7	Fort Lauderdale	S	304 mi [489.2 km]	183,126	20.16% increase

Jacksonville had 308,826 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Jacksonville has a total area of 874 square miles [2,264 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 757 square miles [1,962 km²]116.6 square miles [302.1 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Jacksonville had a 2000 population density of 970 people per square mile [374.9 people/km²].

Duval County

The coastal city of Jacksonville is located in Duval County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 779,762 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 735,617 people, Jacksonville contained 94.3% of the Duval County total.

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

Population Rings

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

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 Jacksonville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Jacksonville, it also contains a comparison between Jacksonville and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Jacksonville QuickFact (QF-1235000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Duval County (QF-12031).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Duval County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Baker	QF-12003	W	26,164	16.94% increase
	Clay	QF-12019	SW	184,727	30.44% increase
	Nassau	QF-12089	N	69,835	20.5% increase
	Saint Johns	QF-12109	SE	181,540	45.85% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville.

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<7>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found 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) Jacksonville. 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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