The census bureau released the official numbers from the 2020 census today. Duval County's population sits at 995,567, an increase of 131,000 over the last 10 years. That's the second largest decade of growth in Duval's history, after the 1950's which saw an increase of 151,000. Duval also surpasses Pinellas to become the 6th largest county in the state.
Jacksonville's population is now 949,611 and is one of 12 cities in the country to see population growth over 100k (consolidation for the win). In the next 5-7 years, expect Jax to become the 12th or 13th city in the US to reach 1 million residents depending on Fort Worth's growth. Both Jacksonville city and Duval County are now minority-majority.
With a population of 1,605,848, the overall Jax metro area has grown faster than ever before adding 260,000 people, an increase of 19.3%. By next year, Jax should surpass Providence as the 38th largest metro area in the US.
Duval - 995,567 (+131,304 +13.2%)
St Johns - 273,425 (+83,386 +43.9%)
Clay - 218,245 (+27,380 +14.4%)
Nassau - 90,352 (+17,038 +23.2%)
Baker - 28,259 (+1,144 +4.2%)
Quote2020 Census data released. How does Jacksonville rank?
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The U.S. Census Bureau has released the 2020 census results. Here is a brief look at where Jacksonville ranks in comparison to other cities and metropolitan areas throughout the country and state of Florida.
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I am starting to wish more and more for the days when Florida had a lot less people. I miss "old Florida." Much of what we have today could be Anywhere, USA. But, I guess you could say that about a lot of places nowadays.
We grew much faster than predicted. Many cities did while smaller, rural communities continued to shrink. At this rate Duval already has 1 million residents.
Quote from: jaxlongtimer on August 13, 2021, 12:58:07 AM
I am starting to wish more and more for the days when Florida had a lot less people. I miss "old Florida." Much of what we have today could be Anywhere, USA. But, I guess you could say that about a lot of places nowadays.
Old Florida is in Baker County. It is in Putnam County. It is in Levy County. It is in most of Nassau County. You don't have to go far still. Those areas are likely to change in the next 10-20 years too but there is a lot of old Florida throughout inland Florida on rivers and lakes that haven't changed much since 1950.
The big growth is in large and midsized metros along the coasts of Florida and in Gainesville, Ocala, and Polk.
Quote from: thelakelander on August 13, 2021, 07:24:20 AM
We grew much faster than predicted. Many cities did while smaller, rural communities continued to shrink. At this rate Duval already has 1 million residents.
Since they are trying to pinpoint population in April 2020, we probably passed 1 million by June 2020 with the way the housing market went crazy. I think the area has seen rapid intensifying growth over the last 14-15 months that this likely didn't completely capture.