Florida · Census place 1211362

Century, Florida

Century is a town in Escambia County, Florida with an estimated 1,780 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 302nd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,780
#302 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+61 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
553 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Century. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Century population, 2020 to 2024

Century added 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,712. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Century covers 3.22 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 553 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Century is less dense than the typical town.

What county Century is in

All of Century's residents live in Escambia County, which had 331,275 residents in 2024. Century holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Century

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Century by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 32535. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Century is

The Census internal point of Century is at 30.977300, -87.264700. Tallahassee, the capital, is 181.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brewton, AL (5,129 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 54.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.977300, -87.264700
DMS
30°58'38.28"N 87°15'52.92"W
UTM
16N 474724.1E 3427116.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
862JXPGP+W4

Daylight in Century

At 30.98° N, Century gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Century

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton, 27.2 miles away, with 11,182 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Century, FL?

1,780 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 61 (3.5%) from 1,719 in July 2020.

What county is Century in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Century?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32535.

How far is Century from Tallahassee?

181.1 miles (291.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Century.

What is the nearest larger city to Century?

Brewton, AL, with 5,129 residents, 14.4 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.