Florida · Census place 1251650

Opa-locka, Florida

Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida with an estimated 16,507 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 141st largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,507
#141 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+123 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
3,830 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Opa-locka. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Opa-locka population, 2020 to 2024

Opa-locka added 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +188. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 202nd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Opa-locka is 75% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,469. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Opa-locka covers 4.31 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 3,830 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Opa-locka is denser than the typical town.

What county Opa-locka is in

All of Opa-locka's residents live in Miami-Dade County, which had 2,838,461 residents in 2024. Opa-locka 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 Opa-locka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Opa-locka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33054. 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 Opa-locka is

The Census internal point of Opa-locka is at 25.900000, -80.255200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 398.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Miami Gardens, FL (116,173 people), 3.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
25.900000, -80.255200
DMS
25°54'0.00"N 80°15'18.72"W
UTM
17N 574602.1E 2864821.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76QXWP2V+2W

Daylight in Opa-locka

At 25.90° N, Opa-locka gets about 13 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Opa-locka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Miami Gardens, 3.5 miles away, with 116,173 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Opa-locka, FL?

16,507 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 123 (0.8%) from 16,384 in July 2020.

What county is Opa-locka in?

Miami-Dade County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Opa-locka?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 33054.

How far is Opa-locka from Tallahassee?

398.0 miles (640.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Opa-locka.

What is the nearest larger city to Opa-locka?

Miami Gardens, FL, with 116,173 residents, 3.5 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.