Florida · Census place 1201775
Archer, Florida
Archer is a city in Alachua County, Florida with an estimated 1,176 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 328th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,176
- #328 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +32 people
- Land area
- 9.1 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 129 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Archer population, 2020 to 2024
Archer added 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Archer covers 9.14 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 129 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Archer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Archer is in
All of Archer's residents live in Alachua County, which had 291,782 residents in 2024. Archer holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Archer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Archer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32618. 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 Archer is
The Census internal point of Archer is at 29.559700, -82.572900. Tallahassee, the capital, is 118.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newberry, FL (8,326 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 15.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.559700, -82.572900
- DMS
- 29°33'34.92"N 82°34'22.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 347622.3E 3271030.2N
- Geohash
- djm21j0jx
- Plus code
- 76XVHC5G+VR
Daylight in Archer
At 29.56° N, Archer gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Archer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Newberry, 6.1 miles away, with 8,326 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Archer, FL?
1,176 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 32 (2.8%) from 1,144 in July 2020.
What county is Archer in?
Alachua County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Archer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32618.
How far is Archer from Tallahassee?
118.9 miles (191.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Archer.
What is the nearest larger city to Archer?
Newberry, FL, with 8,326 residents, 6.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.