2024 population: 170,174 ( 16,329 from 2020)
Land area: 581.9 square miles
Population density: 292.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	144,860	85.12%	7.7%
Black:	5,282	3.10%	18.0%
Indian:	626	0.37%	17.2%
Asian:	2,802	1.65%	7.4%
2+ races:	3,065	1.80%	28.0%
Hispanic:	13,539	7.96%	45.9%

Total non-White:	25,314	14.88%	31.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,250	6.9
Deaths:	14,001	22.8
Net Migration:	25,268	41.1
Net Immigration:	777	1.3

Change in White population:	10,307	6.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,022	3.9

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
153,845
134,553	87.46%
4,475	2.91%
534	0.35%
2,610	1.70%
2,395	1.56%
9,278	6.03%
19,292	12.54%

2010
141,236
126,549	89.60%
3,767	2.67%
418	0.30%
2,012	1.42%
1,777	1.26%
6,584	4.66%
14,687	10.40%

2000
118,085
109,828	93.01%
2,712	2.30%
389	0.33%
915	0.77%
1,055	0.89%
3,141	2.66%
8,257	6.99%

1990
93,515
88,852	95.01%
2,002	2.14%
639	0.68%
557	0.60%
n/a
1,465	1.57%
4,663	4.99%

1980
54,703
51,910	94.89%
1,748	3.20%
112	0.20%
156	0.29%
n/a
762	1.39%
2,793	5.11%

1970
19,196
17,130	89.24%
1,865	9.72%
17	0.09%
5	0.03%
n/a
177	0.92%
2,066	10.76%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
9,689	6.9
23,074	16.3
21,425	15.2
331	0.2

8,004	5.7
4,605	3.3

Number	Rate
2000's
9,233	7.8
20,177	17.1
33,035	28.0
731	0.6

16,721	14.2
6,430	5.4

Number	Rate
1990's
8,657	9.3
16,875	18.0
30,878	33.0
448	0.5

20,976	22.4
3,594	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
7,217	13.2
10,998	20.1
42,433	77.6
n/a

36,942	67.5
1,870	3.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
37,050	193.0
n/a

34,780	181.2
727	3.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Citrus 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
56.9
22,889	7.1%
301,130	92.9%
56,413	17.4%

67,551
2.26

42,889	63.5%
34,180	79.7%
2,318	5.4%
24,662	36.5%

2010
Number	Percent
54.0
22,394	15.9%
118,842	84.1%
45,041	31.9%

63,304
2.20

41,368	65.3%
33,074	80.0%
2,744	6.6%
21,936	34.7%

2000
Number	Percent
52.5
20,188	17.1%
97,897	82.9%
38,119	32.3%

52,661
2.20

36,415	69.1%
30,970	85.0%
2,125	5.8%
16,246	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
50.8
16,587	17.7%
76,928	82.3%
29,339	31.4%

40,514
2.27

29,759	73.5%
26,284	88.3%
1,305	4.4%
10,755	26.5%

1980
Number	Percent
52.0
10,489	19.2%
44,214	80.8%
15,883	29.0%

22,983
2.36

17,824	77.6%
16,197	90.9%
667	3.7%
5,159	22.4%

2022 Housing Data for Citrus County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,120	6.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,348	5.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,703	5.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,463	5.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,527	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,867	5.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,694	5.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,996	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,383	5.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,859	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,561	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,986	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,874	7.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,939	4.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,447	5.1%
$200,000 or more	2,784	4.1%

Median Household Income	52,569
Per Capita Income	33,514

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	79
Compared to U.S.	77

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,233	6.3%
Public Assistance	1,931	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,085	13.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	40,846	56.2%
Unemployed	2,907	4.0%
In Armed Forces	30	0.0%

Total Labor Force	43,783	60.3%
Not in Labor Force	28,880	39.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		43.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	18,497	16,258	53.2%
Non-Profit	708	1,895	27.2%
Self-Employed	3,651	2,359	60.7%

Local Government	1,649	2,388	40.8%
State Government	654	478	57.8%
Federal Government	491	176	73.6%

Total Private + Self	22,148	18,617	54.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,502	4,937	41.5%
Total	25,650	23,554	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,557	13.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	11,617	23.6%
Professional, Technical	10,430	21.1%
Service Occupations	9,133	18.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	240	0.5%
All others	11,578	23.5%

White Collar		58.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	8,078	16.4%
Retail trade	7,668	15.5%
Construction	4,424	9.0%
Accommodation and food services	4,131	8.4%
Educational services	3,271	6.6%
Other services	3,175	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,507	5.1%
Public administration	2,467	5.0%
Manufacturing	2,381	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,025	4.1%
Transportation and warehousing	1,619	3.3%
Finance and insurance	1,495	3.0%
Utilities	1,446	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,232	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,133	2.3%
Information	893	1.8%
Wholesale trade	847	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	428	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	95	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,911	1.23%
Puerto Rican	3,597	2.32%
Cuban	1,323	0.85%
Dominican	401	0.26%

Total Central American	711	0.46%
Costa Rican	243	0.16%
Guatemalan	73	0.05%
Honduran	215	0.14%
Nicaraguan	77	0.05%
Panamanian	71	0.05%
Salvadoran	32	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,004	0.65%
Argentinean	78	0.05%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	15	0.01%
Colombian	257	0.17%
Ecuadorian	300	0.19%
Paraguayan	12	0.01%
Peruvian	163	0.11%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	147	0.09%
Other South American	32	0.02%

Other Hispanic	1,034	0.67%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,283	0.83%
Chinese	187	0.12%
Vietnamese	153	0.10%
Korean	136	0.09%
Indian	121	0.08%
Japanese	33	0.02%
Laotian	30	0.02%
Hmong	26	0.02%
Thai	5	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	140,373	93.7%
Spanish	5,432	3.6%
German, other Germanic	902	0.6%
Tagalog	840	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	698	0.5%
Other Indo-European	553	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	342	0.2%
Chinese	177	0.1%
Vietnamese	157	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	24,865	16.0%
American	23,036	14.8%
Irish	20,661	13.3%
English	20,420	13.2%
Italian	12,913	8.3%
Polish	4,440	2.9%
French	4,413	2.8%
Scottish	3,728	2.4%
European	3,185	2.1%
Dutch	2,569	1.7%
French Canadian	1,962	1.3%
Swedish	1,517	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	1,474	0.9%
Norwegian	1,210	0.8%
Welsh	1,169	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	152,846	98.5%
Not a citizen	2,327	1.5%

Native	146,773	94.6%
Foreign-born	8,400	5.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,396	2.7%	8,447	6.8%	46,644	37.7%	40,928	33.1%	15,052	12.2%	9,315	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,396	2.7%
9-12 Years	8,447	6.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	46,644	37.7%
Some College	40,928	33.1%
Bach. Degree	15,052	12.2%
Grad Degree	9,315	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	33,298	30,508	2,790	8.4%	6.2%
1991	33,685	30,276	3,409	10.1%	7.6%
1992	33,773	30,392	3,381	10.0%	8.4%
1993	34,502	31,359	3,143	9.1%	7.4%
1994	35,714	32,911	2,803	7.8%	6.5%
1995	35,372	32,915	2,457	6.9%	5.6%
1996	35,713	33,406	2,307	6.5%	5.3%
1997	36,131	33,936	2,195	6.1%	4.9%
1998	36,931	34,622	2,309	6.3%	4.4%
1999	37,903	36,040	1,863	4.9%	3.9%

2000	44,138	42,052	2,086	4.7%	3.8%
2001	44,859	42,331	2,528	5.6%	4.4%
2002	46,008	43,237	2,771	6.0%	4.9%
2003	46,719	44,169	2,550	5.5%	4.5%
2004	47,716	45,536	2,180	4.6%	3.8%
2005	50,865	49,173	1,692	3.3%	2.9%
2006	54,053	52,470	1,583	2.9%	2.5%
2007	55,226	52,919	2,307	4.2%	3.3%
2008	56,134	51,883	4,251	7.6%	5.7%
2009	56,040	49,750	6,290	11.2%	9.6%

2010	52,351	45,375	6,976	13.3%	10.8%
2011	51,756	45,289	6,467	12.5%	10.0%
2012	51,257	45,575	5,682	11.1%	8.6%
2013	49,302	44,323	4,979	10.1%	7.5%
2014	48,186	43,951	4,235	8.8%	6.4%
2015	48,006	44,364	3,642	7.6%	5.5%
2016	48,006	44,748	3,258	6.8%	4.9%
2017	47,822	44,981	2,841	5.9%	4.2%
2018	47,473	44,941	2,532	5.3%	3.6%
2019	47,382	44,971	2,411	5.1%	3.3%

2020	46,500	42,582	3,918	8.4%	7.7%
2021	47,660	44,917	2,743	5.8%	4.6%
2022	49,308	47,269	2,039	4.1%	2.9%
2023	49,980	47,735	2,245	4.5%	2.9%
2024	53,829	51,137	2,692	5.0%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	82,142
Median Value	$190,800

Occupied	67,551	82.2%
Vacant	14,591	17.8%

Owned	57,661	85.4%
Rented	9,890	14.6%
Median Rent	$1,000

Single-Family Units	60,010	73.1%
Detached	57,817	70.4%
Attached	2,193	2.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,525	3.1%
Mobile Homes	17,019	20.7%

Citrus County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Citrus County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Citrus County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Citrus County, FL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Citrus County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Citrus County, FL