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Hardee County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 53 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12049

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

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Population
25,932
+597 (+2.4%) since 2020
Land area
637.6
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
40.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wauchula
Seat of county government.
Established
1921
104 years ago
Largest city
Wauchula city
Population 4,946.

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 Hardee 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 Hardee 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 593 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 Hardee 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
Population25,93253rd of 671,588th of 3,144
Land area637.6 sq mi40th of 671,492nd of 3,144
Population density40.7 per sq mi56th of 671,660th of 3,144
Median household income$60,48947th of 672,043rd of 3,143

Full data for Hardee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,932Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,335Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area637.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.57 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area638.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,489American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$153,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,219American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,942American 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
+61
357 births, 296 deaths
Net migration
-232
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Hardee 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
DeSoto CountyFlorida30 mi37,078
Polk CountyFlorida30 mi874,790
Manatee CountyFlorida21 mi468,200
Highlands CountyFlorida21 mi111,122
Hillsborough CountyFloridaa single point1,574,115

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.