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Lafayette County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 66 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12067

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

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Population
8,792
+556 (+6.8%) since 2020
Land area
543.3
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
16.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mayo
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Mayo town
Population 1,119.

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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 785 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 Lafayette 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
Population8,79266th of 672,512th of 3,144
Land area543.3 sq mi56th of 671,919th of 3,144
Population density16.2 per sq mi66th of 672,354th of 3,144
Median household income$62,75742nd of 671,825th of 3,143

Full data for Lafayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,792Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,236Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,228Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area543.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area547.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,757American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,632American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,347American 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
-6
85 births, 91 deaths
Net migration
+72
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 Lafayette 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
Suwannee CountyFlorida49 mi48,149
Taylor CountyFlorida33 mi21,210
Dixie CountyFlorida25 mi18,038
Madison CountyFlorida7.2 mi18,759
Gilchrist CountyFlorida5.4 mi20,488

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.