Florida Counties Map: Click All 67 Counties

How many counties are in Florida?

Florida has 67 counties. 19 states have more, and 28 have fewer.

Florida has 67 counties. Dade County changed its name to Miami-Dade County in 1997. Monroe County holds the Florida Keys, though most of its land is in the Everglades on the mainland. The capital, Tallahassee, is in Leon County, far up in the Panhandle.

How Florida's counties were formed

Florida's first two counties, Escambia in the west and St. Johns in the east, were created in 1821, right after the United States took Florida from Spain. Tallahassee was chosen as the capital in 1824 because it sat about halfway between their seats, Pensacola and St. Augustine. Counties multiplied as railroads and land booms reached the peninsula, and Gilchrist County, created in 1925, was the 67th and last.

Florida regions and the counties in each

Florida's regions make the map easier. The Panhandle runs from Escambia to Jefferson County. North Florida includes Duval (Jacksonville), Alachua (Gainesville) and the Suwannee River counties. Central Florida holds Orange (Orlando), Polk, Volusia and Brevard, home of Cape Canaveral. The Tampa Bay counties (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco) and Southwest Florida (Sarasota, Lee, Collier) face the Gulf. South Florida is Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade, and Monroe County takes in the Keys and most of the Everglades' southern tip.

Notable places on the Florida county map

Britton Hill, in Walton County, is the lowest state high point in the country at 345 feet. Everglades National Park covers parts of Miami-Dade, Monroe and Collier counties, and Biscayne National Park, mostly water, is in Miami-Dade. Kennedy Space Center sits on Merritt Island in Brevard County, and Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, belongs to Monroe County.

Florida counties map: the biggest and smallest

Collier County is the largest county in Florida, with 1,997 square miles of land, about 4% of the state. That's more land than the whole state of Delaware and Rhode Island. Union County is the smallest, at 244 square miles.

The smallest counties by land area are Union County (244 sq mi), Pinellas County (274 sq mi) and Bradford County (294 sq mi).

Which counties in Florida have the most people?

Miami-Dade County has the most people, about 2,838,461 in the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate, or 12% of everyone in Florida. The three biggest counties together hold 28% of the state's 23,372,215 people. Liberty County has the fewest, about 7,955.

The most crowded is Pinellas County, with about 3,529 people per square mile. The emptiest is Liberty County, with about 10 people per square mile. Comparing the two is a quick way to show children that a big county on the map isn't always a big county in people.

What county is Tallahassee in?

Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, is in Leon County. Leon County ranks 23rd of 67 by population. Florida is called the Sunshine State, and it became the 27th state in 1845.

Counties on the Florida border

Learning the edge of the map first gives children a frame to fill in. Florida shares a border with Alabama and Georgia.

How Florida's counties compare with other states

Florida ranks 26th among the 50 states in land area and 3rd in population. Its average county covers about 801 square miles and holds about 348,839 people. Across the 50 states, the average county-level area covers about 1,139 square miles and holds about 109,381 people, so Florida's counties are smaller than usual in size. Small counties pack more names into the same space, so zooming in helps.

Landmarks for learning the counties of Florida

• The Panhandle stretches west from Leon County to Escambia County (Pensacola).
• Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties line the southeast coast.
• Hillsborough and Pinellas counties surround Tampa Bay on the Gulf coast.
• Monroe County curves out into the Keys at the very bottom of the map.

With 67 counties, work one region at a time: study it with names on, then take a Practice round and stop when you've found that group. Then print the Florida county map worksheet to check that it sticks on paper.

All 67 Florida counties

Every county on the map, A to Z, with its land area and July 2024 population estimate.

Florida geography for homeschoolers

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