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Charlotte County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 28 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12015

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

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Population
217,212
+29,189 (+15.5%) since 2020
Land area
681.1
square miles. A further 28.1% of the total area is water
Population density
319
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Punta Gorda
Seat of county government.
Established
1921
104 years ago
Largest city
Punta Gorda city
Population 20,383.

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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 800 by 348 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 Charlotte 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
Population217,21228th of 67330th of 3,144
Land area681.1 sq mi36th of 671,378th of 3,144
Population density319 per sq mi26th of 67416th of 3,144
Median household income$69,95233rd of 671,203rd of 3,143

Full data for Charlotte County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population217,212Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020188,023Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?186,823Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area681.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area266.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area947.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?319 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,952American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$328,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age59.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households90,542American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units118,679American 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
-2,042
1,065 births, 3,107 deaths
Net migration
+7,916
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 6 areas bordering Charlotte 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
Lee CountyFlorida56 mi875,607
Sarasota CountyFlorida37 mi479,958
DeSoto CountyFlorida31 mi37,078
Glades CountyFlorida18 mi13,270
Highlands CountyFlorida85 ft111,122
Hendry CountyFloridaa single point48,276

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.