Florida · Census place 1238425

Lake Mary, Florida

Lake Mary is a city in Seminole County, Florida with an estimated 16,989 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 137th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,989
#137 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+153 people
Land area
9.1 sq mi
+ 0.80 sq mi water
Density
1,871 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Lake Mary. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Lake Mary population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Mary added 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +94. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 199th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Lake Mary is 77% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,833. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Mary covers 9.08 square miles of land and 0.80 of water, for 1,871 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Lake Mary is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Mary is in

All of Lake Mary's residents live in Seminole County, which had 494,605 residents in 2024. Lake Mary holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Mary

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Mary by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32746. 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 Mary is

The Census internal point of Lake Mary is at 28.759100, -81.332800. Tallahassee, the capital, is 211.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sanford, FL (66,919 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Deltona, FL, 12.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.759100, -81.332800
DMS
28°45'32.76"N 81°19'58.08"W
UTM
17N 467510.3E 3181341.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WWQM58+JV

Daylight in Lake Mary

At 28.76° N, Lake Mary gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Mary

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Sanford, 4.0 miles away, with 66,919 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Mary, FL?

16,989 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 153 (0.9%) from 16,836 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Mary in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Mary?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32746.

How far is Lake Mary from Tallahassee?

211.7 miles (340.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lake Mary.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Mary?

Sanford, FL, with 66,919 residents, 4.0 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.