Flagler County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 35 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12035

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

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Population
140,360
+24,329 (+21.0%) since 2020
Land area
486.2
square miles. A further 14.8% of the total area is water
Population density
289
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bunnell
Seat of county government.
Established
1917
108 years ago
Largest city
Palm Coast city
Population 109,886.

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 Flagler 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 Flagler 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 726 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 Flagler 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
Population140,36035th of 67482nd of 3,144
Land area486.2 sq mi60th of 672,136th of 3,144
Population density289 per sq mi29th of 67450th of 3,144
Median household income$77,36320th of 67705th of 3,143

Full data for Flagler County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population140,360Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020116,031Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?115,378Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area486.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area84.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area570.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?289 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,363American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$364,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households52,582American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units60,934American 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
-855
872 births, 1,727 deaths
Net migration
+4,977
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 3 areas bordering Flagler 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
Volusia CountyFlorida44 mi606,573
St. Johns CountyFlorida28 mi346,328
Putnam CountyFlorida19 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.