2024 population: 291,782 ( 13,308 from 2020)
Land area: 875.6 square miles
Population density: 333.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	168,622	57.79%	1.7%
Black:	56,061	19.21%	2.1%
Indian:	669	0.23%	2.2%
Asian:	20,064	6.88%	20.1%
2+ races:	7,830	2.68%	14.2%
Hispanic:	38,536	13.21%	14.8%

Total non-White:	123,160	42.21%	9.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	11,058	9.9
Deaths:	9,928	8.9
Net Migration:	2,992	2.7
Net Immigration:	9,285	8.3

Change in White population:	2,835	1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,473	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
278,474
165,787	59.53%
54,882	19.71%
684	0.25%
16,705	6.00%
6,856	2.46%
33,560	12.05%
112,687	40.47%

2010
247,336
157,466	63.66%
49,420	19.98%
603	0.24%
13,220	5.34%
5,172	2.09%
20,752	8.39%
89,870	36.34%

2000
217,955
151,817	69.66%
41,597	19.09%
476	0.22%
7,691	3.53%
3,512	1.61%
12,493	5.73%
66,138	30.34%

1990
181,596
135,820	74.79%
34,215	18.84%
298	0.16%
4,585	2.52%
n/a
6,678	3.68%
45,776	25.21%

1980
151,348
115,667	76.42%
28,345	18.73%
189	0.12%
1,917	1.27%
n/a
5,016	3.31%
35,681	23.58%

1970
104,764
80,643	76.98%
21,036	20.08%
47	0.04%
332	0.32%
n/a
2,559	2.44%
24,121	23.02%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
26,402	10.7
17,253	7.0
2,088	0.8
10,518	4.3

8,321	3.4
22,817	9.2

Number	Rate
2000's
24,747	11.4
14,715	6.8
9,015	4.1
7,898	3.6

5,649	2.6
23,732	10.9

Number	Rate
1990's
25,535	14.1
14,062	7.7
267	0.1
3,483	1.9

15,997	8.8
20,362	11.2

Number	Rate
1980's
25,622	16.9
10,520	7.0
15,179	10.0
n/a

20,153	13.3
10,095	6.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
33,714	32.2
n/a

35,024	33.4
11,560	11.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Alachua County, FL

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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
31.7
49,377	8.7%
520,879	91.3%
41,025	7.2%

108,597
2.41

55,213	50.8%
40,550	73.4%
5,470	9.9%
53,384	49.2%

2010
Number	Percent
30.1
44,285	17.9%
203,051	82.1%
26,627	10.8%

100,516
2.32

53,500	53.2%
36,577	68.4%
6,756	12.6%
47,016	46.8%

2000
Number	Percent
29.6
43,762	20.1%
174,193	79.9%
20,750	9.5%

87,536
2.34

48,100	54.9%
34,760	72.3%
6,320	13.1%
39,436	45.1%

1990
Number	Percent
28.6
39,488	21.7%
142,108	78.3%
16,765	9.2%

71,295
2.39

41,439	58.1%
30,947	74.7%
4,979	12.0%
29,856	41.9%

1980
Number	Percent
25.0
35,553	23.5%
115,795	76.5%
10,678	7.1%

54,737
2.59

34,046	62.2%
26,978	79.2%
3,730	11.0%
20,691	37.8%

2022 Housing Data for Alachua County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,355	9.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,808	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,203	3.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,719	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,465	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,562	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,619	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,679	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,070	4.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,727	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,032	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,888	10.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	9,012	8.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,793	5.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,794	7.2%
$200,000 or more	8,871	8.2%

Median Household Income	57,566
Per Capita Income	35,684

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	87
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,210	3.9%
Public Assistance	2,101	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,824	10.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	111,450	65.2%
Unemployed	6,230	3.6%
In Armed Forces	94	0.1%

Total Labor Force	117,774	68.9%
Not in Labor Force	53,214	31.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	39,156	34,372	53.3%
Non-Profit	4,536	7,774	36.8%
Self-Employed	6,399	4,521	58.6%

Local Government	4,673	4,993	48.3%
State Government	9,925	12,412	44.4%
Federal Government	2,543	1,713	59.8%

Total Private + Self	45,555	38,893	53.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21,677	26,892	44.6%
Total	67,232	65,785	50.5%

Pct. Govt.	27.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	19,343	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	28,181	21.2%
Professional, Technical	44,591	33.5%
Service Occupations	24,538	18.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	577	0.4%
All others	16,572	12.4%

White Collar		69.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	26,998	20.3%
Health care and social assistance	23,273	17.5%
Retail trade	13,433	10.1%
Accommodation and food services	12,750	9.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,580	7.2%
Public administration	6,923	5.2%
Construction	5,602	4.2%
Other services	5,546	4.2%
Manufacturing	5,543	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,440	3.3%
Finance and insurance	3,893	2.9%
Transportation and warehousing	3,189	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,013	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,928	2.2%
Information	2,015	1.5%
Wholesale trade	1,994	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,092	0.8%
Utilities	848	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	132	0.1%
Management	33	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,697	1.32%
Puerto Rican	7,918	2.83%
Cuban	6,243	2.23%
Dominican	950	0.34%

Total Central American	3,102	1.11%
Costa Rican	283	0.10%
Guatemalan	483	0.17%
Honduran	788	0.28%
Nicaraguan	582	0.21%
Panamanian	294	0.11%
Salvadoran	672	0.24%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	5,904	2.11%
Argentinean	571	0.20%
Bolivian	282	0.10%
Chilean	189	0.07%
Colombian	1,775	0.63%
Ecuadorian	458	0.16%
Paraguayan	203	0.07%
Peruvian	756	0.27%
Uruguayan	37	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,568	0.56%
Other South American	65	0.02%

Other Hispanic	2,573	0.92%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,457	1.95%
Chinese	3,695	1.32%
Filipino	2,857	1.02%
Korean	1,492	0.53%
Vietnamese	1,486	0.53%
Indonesian	287	0.10%
Japanese	261	0.09%
Taiwanese	241	0.09%
Bangladeshi	234	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	225,594	84.8%
Spanish	18,894	7.1%
Other Indo-European	6,687	2.5%
Chinese	3,169	1.2%
Other Asian	2,028	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,543	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,513	0.6%
Tagalog	1,451	0.5%
Korean	1,291	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	32,835	11.7%
English	32,362	11.6%
Irish	27,190	9.7%
Italian	13,034	4.7%
American	11,942	4.3%
Scottish	8,436	3.0%
Polish	6,528	2.3%
French	5,947	2.1%
European	5,643	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	3,191	1.1%
British	2,631	0.9%
Swedish	2,570	0.9%
Dutch	2,323	0.8%
Russian	2,225	0.8%
Norwegian	2,046	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	265,612	95.0%
Not a citizen	14,117	5.0%

Native	249,510	89.2%
Foreign-born	30,219	10.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,323	2.0%	7,453	4.4%	33,952	20.0%	45,558	26.9%	40,168	23.7%	38,888	23.0%
Average years of education: 14.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,323	2.0%
9-12 Years	7,453	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	33,952	20.0%
Some College	45,558	26.9%
Bach. Degree	40,168	23.7%
Grad Degree	38,888	23.0%
Average years of education: 14.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	94,437	90,959	3,478	3.7%	6.2%
1991	95,149	90,757	4,392	4.6%	7.6%
1992	96,154	91,391	4,763	5.0%	8.4%
1993	99,649	95,643	4,006	4.0%	7.4%
1994	102,438	99,053	3,385	3.3%	6.5%
1995	103,550	100,559	2,991	2.9%	5.6%
1996	103,939	100,904	3,035	2.9%	5.3%
1997	105,487	102,318	3,169	3.0%	4.9%
1998	107,839	104,923	2,916	2.7%	4.4%
1999	109,850	107,345	2,505	2.3%	3.9%

2000	117,215	113,652	3,563	3.0%	3.8%
2001	119,195	115,074	4,121	3.5%	4.4%
2002	117,889	113,695	4,194	3.6%	4.9%
2003	118,193	114,395	3,798	3.2%	4.5%
2004	119,434	115,973	3,461	2.9%	3.8%
2005	122,826	120,035	2,791	2.3%	2.9%
2006	125,041	122,484	2,557	2.0%	2.5%
2007	128,559	125,393	3,166	2.5%	3.3%
2008	130,644	125,407	5,237	4.0%	5.7%
2009	128,714	120,235	8,479	6.6%	9.6%

2010	127,384	117,504	9,880	7.8%	10.8%
2011	128,282	118,574	9,708	7.6%	10.0%
2012	129,079	120,238	8,841	6.8%	8.6%
2013	129,007	121,314	7,693	6.0%	7.5%
2014	129,301	122,367	6,934	5.4%	6.4%
2015	129,993	123,941	6,052	4.7%	5.5%
2016	133,055	127,302	5,753	4.3%	4.9%
2017	135,272	130,056	5,216	3.9%	4.2%
2018	137,230	132,658	4,572	3.3%	3.6%
2019	138,972	134,690	4,282	3.1%	3.3%

2020	134,931	127,696	7,235	5.4%	7.7%
2021	138,216	132,947	5,269	3.8%	4.6%
2022	141,466	137,497	3,969	2.8%	2.9%
2023	143,954	139,514	4,440	3.1%	2.9%
2024	142,532	137,173	5,359	3.8%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	123,751
Median Value	$245,600

Occupied	108,597	87.8%
Vacant	15,154	12.2%

Owned	59,226	54.5%
Rented	49,371	45.5%
Median Rent	$1,191

Single-Family Units	68,223	55.1%
Detached	63,439	51.3%
Attached	4,784	3.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	36,230	29.3%
Mobile Homes	8,155	6.6%

Alachua County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Alachua County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Alachua County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Alachua County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Alachua County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Alachua County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Alachua County, FL