Florida · Census place 1237650

Lake Butler, Florida

Lake Butler is a city in Union County, Florida with an estimated 1,983 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,983
#296 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+5 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
840 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Lake Butler. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

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Lake Butler population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Butler added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -27.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,979. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Butler covers 2.36 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 840 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Lake Butler is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Butler is in

All of Lake Butler's residents live in Union County, which had 15,738 residents in 2024. Lake Butler holds 12.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Butler

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Butler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32054. 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 Lake Butler is

The Census internal point of Lake Butler is at 30.017700, -82.343400. Tallahassee, the capital, is 119.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Starke, FL (5,966 people), 14.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gainesville, FL, 23.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.017700, -82.343400
DMS
30°01'3.72"N 82°20'36.24"W
UTM
17N 370449.2E 3321506.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
862V2M94+3J

Daylight in Lake Butler

At 30.02° N, Lake Butler gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Butler

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Starke, 14.6 miles away, with 5,966 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Butler, FL?

1,983 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.3%) from 1,978 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Butler in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Butler?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32054.

How far is Lake Butler from Tallahassee?

119.3 miles (191.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Lake Butler.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Butler?

Starke, FL, with 5,966 residents, 14.6 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.