

The median age in Florida is approximately 41.6, with a slight gap in gender at 51.1% females and 48.9% males in the state. The largest county by population is Miami-Dade County, with well over 2 million individuals residing within the county lines.

The largest city in Florida by population is Jacksonville, with over 900,000 individuals in the area. Based on estimates, that equates to 353.4 people per square mile, (136.4 per square kilometer) and that makes it the eighth most densely populated state in the US. In terms of population density, Florida has a surface area of 65,755 square miles (170,304 square kilometers). The last official census within the United States was carried out in 2010 and the east coast state of Florida recorded a total number of citizens at 18,801,310. The most recent estimate was carried out in 2015 by the United States Census Bureau and it was estimated that the state’s population had reached 20,271,272.
