Florida · Census place 1235000

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is a city in Duval County, Florida with an estimated 1,009,833 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,009,833
#1 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+6.1%
+57,908 people
Land area
747.3 sq mi
+ 127.19 sq mi water
Density
1,351 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Jacksonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Jacksonville population, 2020 to 2024

Jacksonville added 57,908 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +16,365. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Jacksonville is 46.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 949,618. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jacksonville covers 747.27 square miles of land and 127.19 of water, for 1,351 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Jacksonville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jacksonville is in

All of Jacksonville's residents live in Duval County, which had 1,055,159 residents in 2024. Jacksonville holds 95.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jacksonville

35 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jacksonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32202, 32203, 32204, 32205, 32206, 32207, 32208, 32209, 32210, 32211, 32212, 32214, 32216, 32217, 32218, 32219, 32220, 32221, 32222, 32223, 32224, 32225, 32226, 32227, 32228, 32233, 32234, 32244, 32246, 32250, 32254, 32256, 32257, 32258, 32277. 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 Jacksonville is

The Census internal point of Jacksonville is at 30.336900, -81.661600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 156.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Philadelphia, PA (1,573,916 people), 762.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Palm Coast, FL, 60.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
30.336900, -81.661600
DMS
30°20'12.84"N 81°39'41.76"W
UTM
17N 436406.1E 3356303.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
862W88PQ+Q9
Time zone
America/New_York

Daylight in Jacksonville

At 30.34° N, Jacksonville gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Jacksonville daylight page.

Places near Jacksonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Orange Park, 11.8 miles away, with 8,993 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jacksonville, FL?

1,009,833 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57,908 (6.1%) from 951,925 in July 2020.

What county is Jacksonville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jacksonville?

35 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32202, 32203, 32204, 32205, 32206, 32207, 32208, 32209, 32210, 32211, 32212, 32214, and more.

How far is Jacksonville from Tallahassee?

156.3 miles (251.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Jacksonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Jacksonville?

Philadelphia, PA, with 1,573,916 residents, 762.7 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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