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Bradford County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 51 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12007

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

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Population
28,307
+72 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
294
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
96.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Starke
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Starke city
Population 5,963.

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 Bradford 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 Bradford 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 629 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 Bradford 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
Population28,30751st of 671,500th of 3,144
Land area294 sq mi65th of 672,818th of 3,144
Population density96.3 per sq mi39th of 67940th of 3,144
Median household income$63,05041st of 671,792nd of 3,143

Full data for Bradford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,307Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,235Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,300Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area294 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area300.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?96.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,050American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$212,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,278American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,887American 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
-7
330 births, 337 deaths
Net migration
+160
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 5 areas bordering Bradford 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
Alachua CountyFlorida39 mi290,028
Union CountyFlorida30 mi16,250
Clay CountyFlorida29 mi239,593
Baker CountyFlorida5.6 mi29,737
Putnam CountyFlorida0.4 mi77,734

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.