Okaloosa County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 26 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12091

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

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Population
221,810
+9,728 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
929.8
square miles. A further 25.4% of the total area is water
Population density
239
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Crestview
Seat of county government.
Established
1917
108 years ago
Largest city
Crestview city
Population 31,193.

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 Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa 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 494 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 Okaloosa 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
Population221,81026th of 67324th of 3,144
Land area929.8 sq mi19th of 67775th of 3,144
Population density239 per sq mi33rd of 67513th of 3,144
Median household income$81,99811th of 67507th of 3,143

Full data for Okaloosa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population221,810Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020212,082Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?211,667Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area929.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area316.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,247 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?239 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,998American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$351,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households85,411American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units103,864American 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
+411
2,557 births, 2,146 deaths
Net migration
+1,271
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 4 areas bordering Okaloosa 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
Walton CountyFlorida53 mi93,288
Santa Rosa CountyFlorida53 mi211,115
Covington CountyAlabama18 mi37,947
Escambia CountyAlabama5.8 mi36,665

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.