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Liberty County, Florida

The least populous of Florida's 67 counties.

CountyFIPS 12077

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

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Population
8,035
+217 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
835.6
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
9.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bristol
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Bristol city
Population 936.

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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 679 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 Liberty 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
Population8,03567th of 672,568th of 3,144
Land area835.6 sq mi23rd of 671,006th of 3,144
Population density9.6 per sq mi67th of 672,580th of 3,144
Median household income$58,67149th of 672,209th of 3,143

Full data for Liberty County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,035Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,818Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,980Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area835.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area843.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,671American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$127,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,563American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,238American 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
88 births, 86 deaths
Net migration
+57
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 Liberty 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
Calhoun CountyFlorida47 mi13,289
Wakulla CountyFlorida42 mi38,089
Gadsden CountyFlorida32 mi44,298
Franklin CountyFlorida32 mi13,029
Gulf CountyFlorida28 mi15,943
Leon CountyFlorida12 mi299,048
Jackson CountyFloridaa single point49,629

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.