Florida · Census place 1211925
Chiefland, Florida
Chiefland is a city in Levy County, Florida with an estimated 2,444 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 279th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,444
- #279 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +4.8%
- +111 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- Density
- 362 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Chiefland population, 2020 to 2024
Chiefland added 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +17.
Chiefland covers 6.76 square miles of land, for 362 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Chiefland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Chiefland is in
All of Chiefland's residents live in Levy County, which had 47,765 residents in 2024. Chiefland holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chiefland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chiefland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32626. 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 Chiefland is
The Census internal point of Chiefland is at 29.492200, -82.866300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 107.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newberry, FL (8,326 people), 19.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 33.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.492200, -82.866300
- DMS
- 29°29'31.92"N 82°51'58.68"W
- UTM
- 17N 319073.7E 3263970.1N
- Geohash
- djjpf2fse
- Plus code
- 76XVF4RM+VF
Daylight in Chiefland
At 29.49° N, Chiefland gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chiefland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Fanning Springs, 7.5 miles away, with 1,341 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chiefland, FL?
2,444 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 111 (4.8%) from 2,333 in July 2020.
What county is Chiefland in?
Levy County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chiefland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32626.
How far is Chiefland from Tallahassee?
107.0 miles (172.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Chiefland.
What is the nearest larger city to Chiefland?
Newberry, FL, with 8,326 residents, 19.4 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.
- 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.