Florida · Census place 1201700

Apopka, Florida

Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida with an estimated 62,777 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
62,777
#50 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+14.3%
+7,849 people
Land area
35.2 sq mi
+ 1.33 sq mi water
Density
1,785 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Apopka. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Apopka population, 2020 to 2024

Apopka added 7,849 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,448. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Apopka is 2.9 times that size.

54.9k202055.6k202157.5k202260.3k202362.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 54,910. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Apopka covers 35.17 square miles of land and 1.33 of water, for 1,785 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Apopka is less dense than the typical town.

What county Apopka is in

All of Apopka's residents live in Orange County, which had 1,533,646 residents in 2024. Apopka holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Apopka

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Apopka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32703, 32712, 32768. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Apopka is

The Census internal point of Apopka is at 28.701700, -81.531800. Tallahassee, the capital, is 204.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sanford, FL (66,919 people), 16.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Deltona, FL, 24.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.701700, -81.531800
DMS
28°42'6.12"N 81°31'54.48"W
UTM
17N 448054.3E 3175053.0N
Geohash
djn528yre
Plus code
76WWPF29+M7

Daylight in Apopka

At 28.70° N, Apopka gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Apopka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Ocoee, 8.5 miles away, with 51,269 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Apopka, FL?

62,777 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,849 (14.3%) from 54,928 in July 2020.

What county is Apopka in?

Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Apopka?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32703, 32712, 32768.

How far is Apopka from Tallahassee?

204.2 miles (328.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Apopka.

What is the nearest larger city to Apopka?

Sanford, FL, with 66,919 residents, 16.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.