Florida · Census place 1273675
Valparaiso, Florida
Valparaiso is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida with an estimated 4,852 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 232nd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,852
- #232 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +83 people
- Land area
- 11.9 sq mi
- + 0.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 407 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Valparaiso population, 2020 to 2024
Valparaiso added 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -48.
Valparaiso covers 11.91 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 407 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Valparaiso is less dense than the typical town.
What county Valparaiso is in
All of Valparaiso's residents live in Okaloosa County, which had 220,483 residents in 2024. Valparaiso holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Valparaiso
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Valparaiso by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32542, 32580. 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 Valparaiso is
The Census internal point of Valparaiso is at 30.489900, -86.514200. Tallahassee, the capital, is 133.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Niceville, FL (17,919 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 95.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.489900, -86.514200
- DMS
- 30°29'23.64"N 86°30'51.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 546622.7E 3373172.6N
- Geohash
- dj6mrqd29
- Plus code
- 862MFFQP+X8
Daylight in Valparaiso
At 30.49° N, Valparaiso gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Valparaiso
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Niceville, 3.5 miles away, with 17,919 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Valparaiso, FL?
4,852 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 83 (1.7%) from 4,769 in July 2020.
What county is Valparaiso in?
Okaloosa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Valparaiso?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32542, 32580.
How far is Valparaiso from Tallahassee?
133.0 miles (214.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Valparaiso.
What is the nearest larger city to Valparaiso?
Niceville, FL, with 17,919 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.