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Tallahassee, Florida

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The 2000 Census showed that Tallahassee had a population of 150,624 people ^<1>. This represents 0.94% of the total population of Florida, making it the state's 8th 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	171,922	+14.14%	+0.92% since 2007
2007	170,355	+13.1%	+2.19% since 2006
2006	166,712	+10.68%	+2.21% since 2005
2005	163,110	+8.29%	+1.48% since 2004
2004	160,739	+6.72%	+1.36% since 2003
2003	158,577	+5.28%	+2.51% since 2002
2002	154,696	+2.7%	+1% since 2001
2001	153,159	+1.68%	+1.68% since 2000
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2000	150,624	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
5	Hialeah	SE	397 mi [638 km]	210,542	7.01% decrease
6	Orlando	SE	226 mi [363.7 km]	230,519	23.97% increase
7	Fort Lauderdale	SE	388 mi [624 km]	183,126	20.16% increase
-8-	Tallahassee			171,922	14.14% increase
9	Hollywood	SE	393 mi [632 km]	141,740	1.71% increase
10	Pembroke Pines	SE	388 mi [624 km]	145,661	5.99% increase
11	Coral Springs	SE	377 mi [606 km]	125,783	7% increase

Tallahassee had 68,417 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Tallahassee has a total area of 98.3 square miles [254.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 95.7 square miles [247.9 km²]2.54 square miles [6.59 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Tallahassee had a 2000 population density of 1,573 people per square mile [607 people/km²], making it the state's 190th most densely populated area.

Leon County

The city of Tallahassee is located in Leon County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 240,378 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 150,624 people, Tallahassee contained 62.7% of the Leon County total.

In addition, where the community of Tallahassee has a population density of 1,573 people per square mile [607 people/km²], Leon County averages 360.5 people per square mile [139.2 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Tallahassee and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tallahassee. 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]	1	171,922	14.14% increase
10 mi [16 km]	1	171,922	14.14% increase
15 mi [24 km]	3	176,369	14.69% increase
20 mi [32 km]	4	176,688	14.69% increase
25 mi [40 km]	7	186,557	13.71% increase
30 mi [48 km]	13	199,965	12.99% 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 Tallahassee. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Tallahassee, it also contains a comparison between Tallahassee and the state of Florida.

Click here for the Tallahassee QuickFact (QF-1270600).

A Census Quickfact is available for Leon County (QF-12073).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Leon County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Gadsden	QF-12039	NW	47,560	5.55% increase
Jefferson	QF-12065	E	14,547	12.72% increase
Liberty	QF-12077	W	7,957	13.74% increase
Wakulla	QF-12129	S	31,089	35.23% increase
Grady (GA)	QF-13131	N	25,115	6.2% increase
Thomas (GA)	QF-13275	NE	45,778	6.93% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	12 (Florida)
	County Code:	073 (Leon County)
	Place Code:	70600 (Tallahassee)

	State & County Code:	12073 (Florida/Leon County)

	State & Place Code:	1270600 (Florida/Tallahassee)

Tallahassee 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 Tallahassee.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Tallahassee. 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 Tallahassee? Please visit the Map Page for Tallahassee.

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 Tallahassee 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 Tallahassee. 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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