Florida · Census place 1237225

LaBelle, Florida

LaBelle is a city in Hendry County, Florida with an estimated 5,472 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 223rd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,472
#223 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+10.3%
+512 people
Land area
14.5 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
378 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: LaBelle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

LaBelle population, 2020 to 2024

LaBelle added 512 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.3%. In the latest year it moved by +149. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so LaBelle is 25% of it.

4,96020205,00720215,11320225,32320235,4722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,965. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

LaBelle covers 14.49 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 378 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so LaBelle is less dense than the typical town.

What county LaBelle is in

All of LaBelle's residents live in Hendry County, which had 46,130 residents in 2024. LaBelle holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in LaBelle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps LaBelle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33935. 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 LaBelle is

The Census internal point of LaBelle is at 26.721000, -81.452500. Tallahassee, the capital, is 308.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Myers, FL (99,918 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cape Coral, FL, 34.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.721000, -81.452500
DMS
26°43'15.60"N 81°27'9.00"W
UTM
17N 454994.6E 2955613.9N
Geohash
dhy0482j5
Plus code
76RWPGCX+C2

Daylight in LaBelle

At 26.72° N, LaBelle 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 LaBelle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Moore Haven, 23.2 miles away, with 1,711 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of LaBelle, FL?

5,472 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 512 (10.3%) from 4,960 in July 2020.

What county is LaBelle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover LaBelle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33935.

How far is LaBelle from Tallahassee?

308.9 miles (497.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from LaBelle.

What is the nearest larger city to LaBelle?

Fort Myers, FL, with 99,918 residents, 24.4 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.

  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.