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Gadsden County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 46 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12039

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

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Population
44,298
+871 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
516.4
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
85.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Quincy
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Quincy city
Population 8,162.

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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden 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 499 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 Gadsden 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
Population44,29846th of 671,115th of 3,144
Land area516.4 sq mi57th of 672,020th of 3,144
Population density85.8 per sq mi42nd of 671,031st of 3,144
Median household income$48,80164th of 672,841st of 3,143

Full data for Gadsden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,298Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,427Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,823Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area516.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area528.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?85.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,801American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,872American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,144American 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
-102
474 births, 576 deaths
Net migration
+129
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 7 areas bordering Gadsden 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
Leon CountyFlorida56 mi299,048
Liberty CountyFlorida32 mi8,035
Decatur CountyGeorgia29 mi29,432
Jackson CountyFlorida9.3 mi49,629
Grady CountyGeorgia5.9 mi26,590
Seminole CountyGeorgia387 ft9,162
Calhoun CountyFloridaa single point13,289

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.