Florida · Census place 1207775

Bowling Green, Florida

Bowling Green is a city in Hardee County, Florida with an estimated 2,456 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 278th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,456; #278 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020: +2.7%; +65 people
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 1,949 / sq mi; State median 2,498

Orange pin: Bowling Green. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

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Bowling Green population, 2020 to 2024

Bowling Green added 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,390. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bowling Green covers 1.26 square miles of land, for 1,949 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Bowling Green is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bowling Green is in

All of Bowling Green's residents live in Hardee County, which had 26,068 residents in 2024. Bowling Green holds 9.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bowling Green

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bowling Green by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33834. 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 Bowling Green is

The Census internal point of Bowling Green is at 27.637800, -81.824800. Tallahassee, the capital, is 243.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wauchula, FL (4,984 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 30.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 27.637800, -81.824800
DMS: 27°38'16.08"N 81°49'29.28"W
UTM: 17N 418632.4E 3057352.4N
Geohash: dhvv4p2cz
Plus code: 76VWJ5QG+43

Daylight in Bowling Green

At 27.64° N, Bowling Green gets about 13 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bowling Green

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Wauchula, 6.3 miles away, with 4,984 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bowling Green, FL?

2,456 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 65 (2.7%) from 2,391 in July 2020.

What county is Bowling Green in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bowling Green?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33834.

How far is Bowling Green from Tallahassee?

243.8 miles (392.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Bowling Green.

What is the nearest larger city to Bowling Green?

Wauchula, FL, with 4,984 residents, 6.3 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.

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