Sanford, Florida

Sanford population, 2020 to 2024

Sanford added 5,821 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.5%. In the latest year it moved by +883. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Sanford is 3.0 times that size.

Sanford covers 24.05 square miles of land and 3.60 of water, for 2,782 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Sanford is denser than the typical town.

What county Sanford is in

All of Sanford's residents live in Seminole County, which had 494,605 residents in 2024. Sanford holds 13.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sanford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sanford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32771, 32773. 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 Sanford is

The Census internal point of Sanford is at 28.789400, -81.275600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 213.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Deltona, FL (100,513 people), 8.9 miles away.

Daylight in Sanford

At 28.79° N, Sanford gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 18 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 Sanford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Mary, 4.0 miles away, with 16,989 people.