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Wakulla County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 48 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12129

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

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Population
38,089
+4,172 (+12.3%) since 2020
Land area
606.4
square miles. A further 33.9% of the total area is water
Population density
62.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Crawfordville
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Sopchoppy city
Population 487.

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 Wakulla 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 Wakulla 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 503 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 Wakulla 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
Population38,08948th of 671,236th of 3,144
Land area606.4 sq mi42nd of 671,605th of 3,144
Population density62.8 per sq mi46th of 671,277th of 3,144
Median household income$81,89513th of 67510th of 3,143

Full data for Wakulla County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,089Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,917Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,763Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area606.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area310.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area916.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?62.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,895American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$258,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,745American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,599American 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
-16
350 births, 366 deaths
Net migration
+991
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 4 areas bordering Wakulla 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
Liberty CountyFlorida42 mi8,035
Leon CountyFlorida40 mi299,048
Franklin CountyFlorida39 mi13,029
Jefferson CountyFlorida23 mi16,007

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.