Florida · Census place 1209625

Bushnell, Florida

Bushnell is a city in Sumter County, Florida with an estimated 3,193 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 258th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,193
#258 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+52 people
Land area
13.6 sq mi
+ 0.29 sq mi water
Density
234 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Bushnell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Bushnell population, 2020 to 2024

Bushnell added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -24.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,134. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bushnell covers 13.64 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 234 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Bushnell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bushnell is in

All of Bushnell's residents live in Sumter County, which had 154,693 residents in 2024. Bushnell holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bushnell

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bushnell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33513, 33538. 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 Bushnell is

The Census internal point of Bushnell is at 28.686900, -82.114400. Tallahassee, the capital, is 177.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wildwood, FL (19,031 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 44.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.686900, -82.114400
DMS
28°41'12.84"N 82°06'51.84"W
UTM
17N 391128.3E 3173805.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WVMVPP+Q6

Daylight in Bushnell

At 28.69° N, Bushnell gets about 13 h 58 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 Bushnell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Center Hill, 7.5 miles away, with 1,055 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bushnell, FL?

3,193 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (1.7%) from 3,141 in July 2020.

What county is Bushnell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bushnell?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33513, 33538.

How far is Bushnell from Tallahassee?

177.7 miles (286.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Bushnell.

What is the nearest larger city to Bushnell?

Wildwood, FL, with 19,031 residents, 10.4 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.