2024 population: 310,149 ( 23,178 from 2020)
Land area: 1968.5 square miles
Population density: 157.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	226,816	73.13%	5.7%
Black:	25,512	8.23%	5.2%
Indian:	1,721	0.55%	6.5%
Asian:	9,180	2.96%	17.6%
2+ races:	11,291	3.64%	11.5%
Hispanic:	35,629	11.49%	24.7%

Total non-White:	83,333	26.87%	15.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,007	13.1
Deaths:	13,128	11.4
Net Migration:	14,815	12.9
Net Immigration:	6,356	5.5

Change in White population:	12,225	4.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,953	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
286,971
214,591	74.78%
24,259	8.45%
1,616	0.56%
7,809	2.72%
10,131	3.53%
28,565	9.95%
72,380	25.22%

2010
235,865
186,357	79.01%
19,480	8.26%
1,358	0.58%
6,047	2.56%
6,947	2.95%
15,217	6.45%
49,508	20.99%

2000
211,099
173,484	82.18%
18,033	8.54%
1,417	0.67%
4,555	2.16%
5,007	2.37%
8,182	3.88%
37,615	17.82%

1990
171,536
147,473	85.97%
14,643	8.54%
1,334	0.78%
3,575	2.08%
n/a
4,511	2.63%
24,063	14.03%

1980
131,220
114,426	87.20%
11,271	8.59%
605	0.46%
1,925	1.47%
n/a
2,710	2.07%
16,794	12.80%

1970
104,274
93,509	89.68%
8,079	7.75%
132	0.13%
355	0.34%
n/a
2,028	1.94%
10,765	10.32%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
31,828	13.5
21,420	9.1
34,088	14.5
3,974	1.7

28,234	12.0
22,872	9.7

Number	Rate
2000's
29,522	14.0
17,465	8.3
10,684	5.1
292	0.1

12,873	6.1
11,893	5.6

Number	Rate
1990's
27,961	16.3
14,819	8.6
20,178	11.8
1,256	0.7

26,011	15.2
13,552	7.9

Number	Rate
1980's
25,918	19.8
10,131	7.7
25,379	19.3
n/a

33,047	25.2
7,269	5.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
11,417	10.9
n/a

20,917	20.1
6,029	5.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.0
62,868	10.5%
534,252	89.5%
49,873	8.4%

114,825
2.45

76,445	66.6%
60,575	79.2%
5,967	7.8%
38,380	33.4%

2010
Number	Percent
39.2
51,718	21.9%
184,147	78.1%
34,161	14.5%

94,680
2.42

62,969	66.5%
47,583	75.6%
6,349	10.1%
31,711	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
37.0
50,627	24.0%
160,472	76.0%
27,086	12.8%

82,939
2.46

58,158	70.1%
46,952	80.7%
5,463	9.4%
24,781	29.9%

1990
Number	Percent
32.6
43,650	25.4%
127,886	74.6%
17,960	10.5%

64,767
2.56

48,221	74.5%
40,310	83.6%
4,045	8.4%
16,546	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
28.8
38,711	29.5%
92,509	70.5%
9,772	7.4%

45,770
2.79

35,975	78.6%
30,941	86.0%
2,777	7.7%
9,795	21.4%

2022 Housing Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,981	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,154	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,474	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,608	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,885	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,828	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,443	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,059	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,050	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,782	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,641	11.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,305	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,180	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,716	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,681	8.4%
$200,000 or more	11,038	9.6%

Median Household Income	74,219
Per Capita Income	41,468

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,925	4.3%
Public Assistance	1,940	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,204	8.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	109,111	65.8%
Unemployed	4,565	2.8%
In Armed Forces	10,331	6.2%

Total Labor Force	124,007	74.8%
Not in Labor Force	41,721	25.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	42,540	36,943	53.5%
Non-Profit	2,047	3,826	34.9%
Self-Employed	11,737	7,642	60.6%

Local Government	4,065	4,917	45.3%
State Government	1,482	2,244	39.8%
Federal Government	7,816	3,298	70.3%

Total Private + Self	54,277	44,585	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,410	14,285	51.9%
Total	69,687	58,870	54.2%

Pct. Govt.	18.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	22,590	17.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	27,552	21.4%
Professional, Technical	28,628	22.2%
Service Occupations	25,397	19.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	256	0.2%
All others	24,778	19.2%

White Collar		61.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Accommodation and food services	15,327	11.9%
Retail trade	14,270	11.1%
Health care and social assistance	12,693	9.8%
Public administration	12,593	9.8%
Construction	11,205	8.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,867	8.4%
Educational services	8,078	6.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	7,672	5.9%
Other services	6,211	4.8%
Manufacturing	5,992	4.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,418	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	5,059	3.9%
Finance and insurance	4,858	3.8%
Wholesale trade	2,917	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,747	2.1%
Information	1,254	1.0%
Utilities	968	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	501	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	243	0.2%
Management	72	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	9,388	3.25%
Puerto Rican	5,152	1.78%
Cuban	1,393	0.48%
Dominican	961	0.33%

Total Central American	4,721	1.64%
Costa Rican	83	0.03%
Guatemalan	887	0.31%
Honduran	1,901	0.66%
Nicaraguan	424	0.15%
Panamanian	581	0.20%
Salvadoran	845	0.29%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,456	0.85%
Argentinean	56	0.02%
Bolivian	92	0.03%
Chilean	60	0.02%
Colombian	1,044	0.36%
Ecuadorian	194	0.07%
Paraguayan	20	0.01%
Peruvian	512	0.18%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	478	0.17%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,313	0.80%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,915	1.01%
Indian	1,134	0.39%
Thai	1,114	0.39%
Korean	828	0.29%
Chinese	636	0.22%
Vietnamese	565	0.20%
Japanese	268	0.09%
Taiwanese	52	0.02%
Indonesian	51	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	242,039	89.3%
Spanish	15,996	5.9%
Other Indo-European	3,292	1.2%
Other Asian	2,238	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,655	0.6%
German, other Germanic	1,543	0.6%
Tagalog	1,534	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	912	0.3%
Chinese	676	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	35,964	12.5%
German	34,902	12.1%
Irish	33,986	11.8%
American	20,715	7.2%
Italian	14,358	5.0%
French	7,732	2.7%
Scottish	7,410	2.6%
European	6,917	2.4%
Polish	5,068	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	4,816	1.7%
Dutch	3,522	1.2%
British	3,063	1.1%
Norwegian	2,768	1.0%
Swedish	2,630	0.9%
Welsh	2,137	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	278,465	96.5%
Not a citizen	10,174	3.5%

Native	266,134	92.2%
Foreign-born	22,505	7.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,435	2.7%	9,325	4.6%	51,775	25.6%	68,611	33.9%	42,849	21.2%	24,437	12.1%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,435	2.7%
9-12 Years	9,325	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	51,775	25.6%
Some College	68,611	33.9%
Bach. Degree	42,849	21.2%
Grad Degree	24,437	12.1%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	158,848	149,136	9,712	6.1%
1991	159,966	149,400	10,566	6.6%
1992	164,798	154,366	10,432	6.3%
1993	172,302	161,536	10,766	6.2%
1994	179,766	170,574	9,192	5.1%
1995	183,244	175,056	8,188	4.5%
1996	185,476	177,846	7,630	4.1%
1997	194,366	186,808	7,558	3.9%
1998	197,298	190,116	7,182	3.6%
1999	201,598	194,434	7,164	3.6%

2000	201,436	194,032	7,404	3.7%
2001	208,718	200,478	8,240	3.9%
2002	213,916	205,562	8,354	3.9%
2003	221,300	214,094	7,206	3.3%
2004	233,462	226,994	6,468	2.8%
2005	247,642	242,270	5,372	2.2%
2006	258,254	253,612	4,642	1.8%
2007	256,680	250,446	6,234	2.4%
2008	254,724	243,870	10,854	4.3%
2009	252,268	235,322	16,946	6.7%

2010	228,244	209,176	19,068	8.4%
2011	233,042	214,496	18,546	8.0%
2012	233,804	217,300	16,504	7.1%
2013	237,512	223,122	14,390	6.1%
2014	238,382	225,668	12,714	5.3%
2015	240,056	228,986	11,070	4.6%
2016	245,136	235,032	10,104	4.1%
2017	248,628	239,786	8,842	3.6%
2018	252,350	244,544	7,806	3.1%
2019	257,584	250,164	7,420	2.9%

2020	255,934	241,598	14,336	5.6%
2021	267,162	257,926	9,236	3.5%
2022	276,696	269,870	6,826	2.5%
2023	280,170	272,724	7,446	2.7%
2024	286,060	277,192	8,868	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	158,152
Median Value	$306,738

Occupied	114,825	72.6%
Vacant	43,327	27.4%

Owned	80,513	70.1%
Rented	34,312	29.9%
Median Rent	$1,411

Single-Family Units	103,728	65.6%
Detached	95,879	60.6%
Attached	7,849	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	34,347	21.7%
Mobile Homes	12,088	7.6%

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area