Florida · Census place 1229275

Hawthorne, Florida

Hawthorne is a city in Alachua County, Florida with an estimated 1,529 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 315th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,529
#315 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+44 people
Land area
7.4 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
206 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Hawthorne. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Hawthorne population, 2020 to 2024

Hawthorne added 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

1,48520201,48220211,49520221,51520231,5292024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,485. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hawthorne covers 7.41 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 206 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Hawthorne is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hawthorne is in

All of Hawthorne's residents live in Alachua County, which had 291,782 residents in 2024. Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hawthorne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32640. 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 Hawthorne is

The Census internal point of Hawthorne is at 29.593700, -82.094500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 143.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Keystone Heights, FL (1,566 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 16.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.593700, -82.094500
DMS
29°35'37.32"N 82°05'40.20"W
UTM
17N 394007.3E 3274265.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76XVHWV4+F6

Daylight in Hawthorne

At 29.59° N, Hawthorne gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hawthorne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Interlachen, 12.2 miles away, with 1,508 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hawthorne, FL?

1,529 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 44 (3.0%) from 1,485 in July 2020.

What county is Hawthorne in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hawthorne?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32640.

How far is Hawthorne from Tallahassee?

143.2 miles (230.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Hawthorne.

What is the nearest larger city to Hawthorne?

Keystone Heights, FL, with 1,566 residents, 13.5 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.