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Taylor County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 54 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12123

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

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Population
21,210
-546 (-2.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,043
square miles. A further 31.0% of the total area is water
Population density
20.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Perry
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Perry city
Population 7,330.

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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 738 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 Taylor 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
Population21,21054th of 671,765th of 3,144
Land area1,043 sq mi11th of 67629th of 3,144
Population density20.3 per sq mi64th of 672,236th of 3,144
Median household income$49,07363rd of 672,825th of 3,143

Full data for Taylor County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,210Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,756Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,799Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,043 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area468.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,512 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,073American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,976American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,259American 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
-129
208 births, 337 deaths
Net migration
-346
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Taylor 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
Jefferson CountyFlorida39 mi16,007
Lafayette CountyFlorida33 mi8,792
Madison CountyFlorida30 mi18,759
Dixie CountyFlorida30 mi18,038

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.