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Palm Beach County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 3 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12099

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

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Population
1,575,726
+81,523 (+5.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,964
square miles. A further 17.6% of the total area is water
Population density
802
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
West Palm Beach
Seat of county government.
Established
1909
116 years ago
Largest city
West Palm Beach city
Population 127,189.

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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach 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 694 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 Palm Beach 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
Population1,575,7263rd of 6724th of 3,144
Land area1,964 sq mi2nd of 67291st of 3,144
Population density802 per sq mi11th of 67194th of 3,144
Median household income$83,5818th of 67463rd of 3,143

Full data for Palm Beach County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,575,726Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,494,203Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,492,191Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,964 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area418.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,383 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?802 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,581American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$447,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households605,430American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units719,463American 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
-593
15,217 births, 15,810 deaths
Net migration
+2,349
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 Palm Beach 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
Broward CountyFlorida56 mi2,013,317
Martin CountyFlorida54 mi166,272
Hendry CountyFlorida43 mi48,276
Glades CountyFloridaa single point13,270
Okeechobee CountyFloridaa single point42,608

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.