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Hernando County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 27 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12053

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

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Population
221,701
+26,091 (+13.3%) since 2020
Land area
473
square miles. A further 33.9% of the total area is water
Population density
469
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brooksville
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Brooksville city
Population 10,145.

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 Hernando 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 Hernando 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 425 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 Hernando 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
Population221,70127th of 67327th of 3,144
Land area473 sq mi62nd of 672,181st of 3,144
Population density469 per sq mi20th of 67298th of 3,144
Median household income$66,05836th of 671,534th of 3,143

Full data for Hernando County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population221,701Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020195,610Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?194,510Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area473 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area242.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area715.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?469 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,058American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$276,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households82,475American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units92,535American 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
-1,313
1,764 births, 3,077 deaths
Net migration
+5,511
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 3 areas bordering Hernando 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
Pasco CountyFlorida53 mi674,516
Citrus CountyFlorida40 mi171,666
Sumter CountyFlorida28 mi157,772

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.