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Citrus County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 32 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12017

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

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Population
171,666
+17,103 (+11.1%) since 2020
Land area
582
square miles. A further 39.4% of the total area is water
Population density
295
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Inverness
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Inverness city
Population 7,796.

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 Citrus 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 Citrus 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 800 by 620 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 Citrus 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
Population171,66632nd of 67411th of 3,144
Land area582 sq mi48th of 671,691st of 3,144
Population density295 per sq mi28th of 67445th of 3,144
Median household income$56,54654th of 672,368th of 3,143

Full data for Citrus County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population171,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020154,563Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?153,843Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area582 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area378.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area960.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?295 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,546American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$245,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age56.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households71,291American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units84,929American 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
-1,971
1,108 births, 3,079 deaths
Net migration
+3,850
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 4 areas bordering Citrus 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
Levy CountyFlorida44 mi48,520
Hernando CountyFlorida40 mi221,701
Sumter CountyFlorida29 mi157,772
Marion CountyFlorida24 mi442,660

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

All 67 counties of Florida

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