Florida · Census place 1213000
Clewiston, Florida
Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida with an estimated 7,496 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 195th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,496
- #195 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +181 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,666 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Clewiston population, 2020 to 2024
Clewiston added 181 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +120. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Clewiston is 34% of it.
Clewiston covers 4.50 square miles of land, for 1,666 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Clewiston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clewiston is in
All of Clewiston's residents live in Hendry County, which had 46,130 residents in 2024. Clewiston holds 16.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clewiston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clewiston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33440. 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 Clewiston is
The Census internal point of Clewiston is at 26.752800, -80.939200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 325.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belle Glade, FL (17,363 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Port St. Lucie, FL, 49.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.752800, -80.939200
- DMS
- 26°45'10.08"N 80°56'21.12"W
- UTM
- 17N 506045.4E 2959057.5N
- Geohash
- dhy2nnjy7
- Plus code
- 76RXQ336+48
Daylight in Clewiston
At 26.75° N, Clewiston gets about 13 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clewiston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Moore Haven, 11.3 miles away, with 1,711 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clewiston, FL?
7,496 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 181 (2.5%) from 7,315 in July 2020.
What county is Clewiston in?
Hendry County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clewiston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33440.
How far is Clewiston from Tallahassee?
325.4 miles (523.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Clewiston.
What is the nearest larger city to Clewiston?
Belle Glade, FL, with 17,363 residents, 17.4 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.