Florida · Census place 1244300

Mexico Beach, Florida

Mexico Beach is a city in Bay County, Florida with an estimated 1,210 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 325th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,210
#325 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+31.5%
+290 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
496 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Mexico Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Mexico Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Mexico Beach added 290 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +31.5%. In the latest year it moved by +77.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 916. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mexico Beach covers 2.44 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 496 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Mexico Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mexico Beach is in

All of Mexico Beach's residents live in Bay County, which had 199,718 residents in 2024. Mexico Beach holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mexico Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mexico Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32410, 32456. 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 Mexico Beach is

The Census internal point of Mexico Beach is at 29.945900, -85.412300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 75.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port St. Joe, FL (3,856 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 77.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.945900, -85.412300
DMS
29°56'45.24"N 85°24'44.28"W
UTM
16N 653222.9E 3313850.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
76XPWHWQ+93

Daylight in Mexico Beach

At 29.95° N, Mexico Beach 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 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mexico Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Port St. Joe, 10.8 miles away, with 3,856 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mexico Beach, FL?

1,210 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 290 (31.5%) from 920 in July 2020.

What county is Mexico Beach in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mexico Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32410, 32456.

How far is Mexico Beach from Tallahassee?

75.6 miles (121.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Mexico Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Mexico Beach?

Port St. Joe, FL, with 3,856 residents, 10.8 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.