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Glades County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 64 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12043

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

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Population
13,270
+1,191 (+9.9%) since 2020
Land area
806.8
square miles. A further 18.3% of the total area is water
Population density
16.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Moore Haven
Seat of county government.
Established
1921
104 years ago
Largest city
Moore Haven city
Population 1,745.

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 Glades 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 Glades 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 596 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 Glades 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
Population13,27064th of 672,209th of 3,144
Land area806.8 sq mi24th of 671,054th of 3,144
Population density16.4 per sq mi65th of 672,353rd of 3,144
Median household income$45,87067th of 672,938th of 3,143

Full data for Glades County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,270Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,079Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,128Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area806.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area180.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area987.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,870American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$137,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,690American 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
-81
74 births, 155 deaths
Net migration
+165
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 7 areas bordering Glades 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
Hendry CountyFlorida54 mi48,276
Highlands CountyFlorida52 mi111,122
Okeechobee CountyFlorida24 mi42,608
Charlotte CountyFlorida18 mi217,212
Lee CountyFloridaa single point875,607
Martin CountyFloridaa single point166,272
Palm Beach CountyFloridaa single point1,575,726

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.