Florida · Census place 1237775
Lake City, Florida
Lake City is a city in Columbia County, Florida with an estimated 12,783 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 158th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,783
- #158 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +3.5%
- +438 people
- Land area
- 14.3 sq mi
- + 0.43 sq mi water
- Density
- 893 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Lake City population, 2020 to 2024
Lake City added 438 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +159. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 148th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Lake City is 58% of it.
Lake City covers 14.31 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 893 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Lake City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lake City is in
All of Lake City's residents live in Columbia County, which had 73,977 residents in 2024. Lake City holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lake City
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lake City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32025, 32055. 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 City is
The Census internal point of Lake City is at 30.188600, -82.642200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 99.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gainesville, FL (148,720 people), 39.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.188600, -82.642200
- DMS
- 30°11'18.96"N 82°38'31.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 341903.2E 3340823.5N
- Geohash
- djm5xrtv3
- Plus code
- 862V59Q5+C4
Daylight in Lake City
At 30.19° N, Lake City gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lake City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Butler, 21.4 miles away, with 1,983 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lake City, FL?
12,783 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 438 (3.5%) from 12,345 in July 2020.
What county is Lake City in?
Columbia County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lake City?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32025, 32055.
How far is Lake City from Tallahassee?
99.3 miles (159.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lake City.
What is the nearest larger city to Lake City?
Gainesville, FL, with 148,720 residents, 39.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.