Orlando, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Orlando had a population of 185,951 people^<1>. This represents 1.16% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 6th 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
3	Tampa	SW	77 mi [123.9 km]	340,882	12.34% increase
4	Saint Petersburg	SW	93 mi [149.7 km]	245,314	1.18% decrease
5	Hialeah	S	186 mi [299.3 km]	210,542	7.01% decrease
-6-	Orlando			230,519	23.97% increase
7	Fort Lauderdale	SE	172 mi [276.8 km]	183,126	20.16% increase
8	Tallahassee	NW	226 mi [363.7 km]	171,922	14.14% increase
9	Hollywood	SE	178 mi [286.5 km]	141,740	1.71% increase

Orlando had 88,486 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Orlando has a total area of 101 square miles [261.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 93.5 square miles [242.2 km²]7.46 square miles [19.32 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Orlando had a 2000 population density of 1,988 people per square mile [767 people/km²], making it the state's 153rd most densely populated area.

Orange County

The city of Orlando is located in Orange County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 902,764 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 185,951 people, Orlando contained 20.6% of the Orange County total.

In addition, where the community of Orlando has a population density of 1,988 people per square mile [767 people/km²], Orange County averages 994 people per square mile [384.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Orlando and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Orlando. 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 Orlando. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Orlando, it also contains a comparison between Orlando and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Orlando QuickFact (QF-1253000).

The following communities are nearby Orlando and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kissimmee	QF-1236950	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	62,291	30.28% increase
	Altamonte Springs	QF-1200950	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	39,947	3.04% decrease
	Winter Springs	QF-1278325	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	32,667	3.16% increase
	Sanford	QF-1263650	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	50,634	32.23% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Orlando.

A Census Quickfact is available for Orange County (QF-12095).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Orange County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brevard	QF-12009	SE	536,521	12.31% increase
	Lake	QF-12069	NW	307,243	44.38% increase
	Osceola	QF-12097	S	263,676	51.41% increase
	Polk	QF-12105	SW	580,594	19.63% increase
	Seminole	QF-12117	NE	410,854	11.94% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Orlando 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 Orlando.

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<6>

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) Orlando. 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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