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Suwannee County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 45 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12121

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

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Population
48,149
+4,631 (+10.6%) since 2020
Land area
688.6
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
69.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Live Oak
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Live Oak city
Population 7,248.

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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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 631 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 Suwannee 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
Population48,14945th of 671,035th of 3,144
Land area688.6 sq mi35th of 671,360th of 3,144
Population density69.9 per sq mi44th of 671,182nd of 3,144
Median household income$56,65853rd of 672,364th of 3,143

Full data for Suwannee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population48,149Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,461Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area688.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area692.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?69.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,658American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,112American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,181American 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
-268
445 births, 713 deaths
Net migration
+613
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 Suwannee 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
Lafayette CountyFlorida49 mi8,792
Hamilton CountyFlorida38 mi14,180
Columbia CountyFlorida32 mi74,094
Madison CountyFlorida12 mi18,759
Gilchrist CountyFlorida7.1 mi20,488

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.