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Columbia County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 41 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12023

Within Florida
Columbia County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
74,094
+4,336 (+6.2%) since 2020
Land area
797.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
92.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lake City
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Lake City city
Population 12,788.

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 Columbia 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 Columbia 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 364 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 Columbia 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
Population74,09441st of 67760th of 3,144
Land area797.4 sq mi25th of 671,073rd of 3,144
Population density92.9 per sq mi40th of 67966th of 3,144
Median household income$59,20548th of 672,156th of 3,143

Full data for Columbia County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population74,094Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202069,758Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?69,703Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area797.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area801.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?92.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,205American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$194,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households27,430American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,300American 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
-221
735 births, 956 deaths
Net migration
+587
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 8 areas bordering Columbia 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
Hamilton CountyFlorida42 mi14,180
Suwannee CountyFlorida32 mi48,149
Baker CountyFlorida31 mi29,737
Union CountyFlorida21 mi16,250
Alachua CountyFlorida17 mi290,028
Gilchrist CountyFlorida16 mi20,488
Clinch CountyGeorgia7.4 mi6,847
Echols CountyGeorgia6.3 mi3,685

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.