Baker County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 50 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12003

Within Florida
Baker County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Macclenny, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
29,737
+1,623 (+5.8%) since 2020
Land area
585.2
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
50.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Macclenny
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Macclenny city
Population 8,251.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Baker County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Baker County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 651 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Baker County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population29,73750th of 671,454th of 3,144
Land area585.2 sq mi46th of 671,680th of 3,144
Population density50.8 per sq mi51st of 671,450th of 3,144
Median household income$79,83614th of 67592nd of 3,143

Full data for Baker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,737Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,114Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,259Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area585.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area589 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,836American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$256,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,165American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,148American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+57
387 births, 330 deaths
Net migration
+168
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 9 areas bordering Baker County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Charlton CountyGeorgia32 mi13,121
Columbia CountyFlorida31 mi74,094
Union CountyFlorida19 mi16,250
Ware CountyGeorgia12 mi36,906
Nassau CountyFlorida6.1 mi106,879
Duval CountyFlorida6.0 mi1,062,963
Bradford CountyFlorida5.6 mi28,307
Clay CountyFlorida3.0 mi239,593
Clinch CountyGeorgia2.4 mi6,847

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Florida

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.