Baker County, Florida

Baker County population, land area and income

Baker County had 29,325 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 585.2 square miles of land. It ranks 50th of 67 in Florida by population and 46th by land area. That works out to 50.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Florida has 154,693 residents, so Baker County has 19% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,399 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Baker County's population changed since 2020

Baker County gained 1,203 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.3%. That ranks 52nd of 67 in Florida for growth. The median Florida county changed by +7.8%, and the state as a whole by +8.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Baker County recorded 1,515 births and 1,428 deaths, a natural change of +87. Net international migration added +107 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +800. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 800 people.

Where Baker County is

The Census internal point of Baker County is at 30.324400, -82.302300. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades Florida's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Baker County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Baker County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Baker County, 8,178 people together, or 28% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Baker County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Macclenny with 8,178.

Counties bordering Baker County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Baker County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Duval County, FL, with 1,055,159 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Duval County

  1,055,159 people

  39 mi E

• Clay County

  236,760 people

  35 mi SE

• Nassau County

  104,376 people

  37 mi ENE

• Columbia County

  73,977 people

  20 mi WSW

• GA

  Ware County, GA

  36,222 people

  51 mi N

• Bradford County

  28,075 people

  27 mi SSE

• Union County

  15,738 people

  19 mi SSW

• GA

  Charlton County, GA

  13,021 people

  33 mi NNE

• GA

  Clinch County, GA

  6,871 people

  47 mi NNW

Distance to Tallahassee and the nearest big city

Tallahassee is 118.2 miles W of Baker County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL (population 1,009,833), 38.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Lake City, FL (population 12,783), 22.4 miles away.

Baker County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Baker County is 12003: state code 12 for Florida plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,399.