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Washington County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 52 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12133

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

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Population
26,695
+1,371 (+5.4%) since 2020
Land area
584.7
square miles. A further 5.1% of the total area is water
Population density
45.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chipley
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Chipley city
Population 3,804.

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 Washington 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 Washington 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 738 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 Washington 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
Population26,69552nd of 671,551st of 3,144
Land area584.7 sq mi47th of 671,683rd of 3,144
Population density45.7 per sq mi52nd of 671,558th of 3,144
Median household income$58,21050th of 672,246th of 3,143

Full data for Washington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,695Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,324Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,321Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area584.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area616 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?45.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,210American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,287American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,044American 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
-66
290 births, 356 deaths
Net migration
+303
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 Washington 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
Bay CountyFlorida45 mi204,479
Walton CountyFlorida43 mi93,288
Holmes CountyFlorida33 mi20,119
Jackson CountyFlorida28 mi49,629

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.