Brevard County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 11 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12009

Within Florida
Brevard County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Titusville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
663,982
+55,217 (+9.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,015
square miles. A further 34.8% of the total area is water
Population density
654
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Titusville
Seat of county government.
Established
1844
181 years ago
Largest city
Palm Bay city
Population 148,092.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Brevard County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Brevard County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 436 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Brevard County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population663,98211th of 67109th of 3,144
Land area1,015 sq mi15th of 67659th of 3,144
Population density654 per sq mi13th of 67221st of 3,144
Median household income$78,47617th of 67648th of 3,143

Full data for Brevard County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population663,982Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020608,765Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?606,616Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,015 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area542.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,557 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?654 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,476American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$339,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households257,695American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units299,305American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-2,807
5,398 births, 8,205 deaths
Net migration
+10,630
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Brevard County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Orange CountyFlorida37 mi1,528,002
Osceola CountyFlorida37 mi481,718
Volusia CountyFlorida32 mi606,573
Indian River CountyFlorida31 mi172,799
Seminole CountyFloridaa single point491,884

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.