Kissimmee, Florida

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The city of Kissimmee is located in Osceola County and is the county seat.

Kissimmee is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Kissimmee lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Pennsylvania has a community that is also named Kissimmee.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Kissimmee had a population of 47,814 people^<2> (or 27.45% of the total population of Osceola County). The population of Kissimmee represented 0.3% of the total of Florida, making it the state's 42nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Kissimmee had a population of 62,291 people. This is an increase of 30.28% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Kissimmee.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bay Lake	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	21	8.7% decrease
	Belle Isle	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	6,497	17.47% increase
	Davenport	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	2,560	33.06% increase
	Edgewood	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,080	9.42% increase
	Haines City	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	19,056	44.65% increase
	Lake Buena Vista	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	15	6.25% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Kissimmee.

Websites for Kissimmee

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The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<4>

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) Kissimmee. 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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