Florida · Census place 1228400

Haines City, Florida

Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida with an estimated 42,073 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
42,073
#77 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+50.5%
+14,124 people
Land area
23.8 sq mi
+ 1.56 sq mi water
Density
1,766 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Haines City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Haines City population, 2020 to 2024

Haines City added 14,124 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +50.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4,535. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Haines City is 1.9 times that size.

27.9k202029.9k202133.7k202237.5k202342.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,540. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Haines City covers 23.83 square miles of land and 1.56 of water, for 1,766 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Haines City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Haines City is in

All of Haines City's residents live in Polk County, which had 852,878 residents in 2024. Haines City holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Haines City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Haines City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33844. 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 Haines City is

The Census internal point of Haines City is at 28.112800, -81.616500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 227.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winter Haven, FL (59,975 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 21.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.112800, -81.616500
DMS
28°06'46.08"N 81°36'59.40"W
UTM
17N 439446.7E 3109851.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WW497M+4C

Daylight in Haines City

At 28.11° N, Haines City gets about 13 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Haines City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Davenport, 3.4 miles away, with 16,764 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Haines City, FL?

42,073 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14,124 (50.5%) from 27,949 in July 2020.

What county is Haines City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Haines City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33844.

How far is Haines City from Tallahassee?

227.1 miles (365.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Haines City.

What is the nearest larger city to Haines City?

Winter Haven, FL, with 59,975 residents, 8.5 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.