Florida · Census place 1256150

Perry, Florida

Perry is a city in Taylor County, Florida with an estimated 7,306 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,306
#197 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+6.5%
+445 people
Land area
9.4 sq mi
Density
781 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Perry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Perry population, 2020 to 2024

Perry added 445 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 91st; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Perry is 33% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,863. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Perry covers 9.35 square miles of land, for 781 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Perry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Perry is in

All of Perry's residents live in Taylor County, which had 21,843 residents in 2024. Perry holds 33.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Perry

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Perry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32347, 32348. 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 Perry is

The Census internal point of Perry is at 30.109100, -83.582300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 47.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tallahassee, FL (205,089 people), 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.109100, -83.582300
DMS
30°06'32.76"N 83°34'56.28"W
UTM
17N 251173.9E 3333688.7N
Geohash
djke611np
Plus code
862R4C59+J3

Daylight in Perry

At 30.11° N, Perry gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Perry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Mayo, 24.6 miles away, with 1,087 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Perry, FL?

7,306 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 445 (6.5%) from 6,861 in July 2020.

What county is Perry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Perry?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32347, 32348.

How far is Perry from Tallahassee?

47.5 miles (76.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Perry.

What is the nearest larger city to Perry?

Tallahassee, FL, with 205,089 residents, 46.5 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.