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Walton County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 38 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12131

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

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Population
93,288
+17,389 (+22.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,038
square miles. A further 26.3% of the total area is water
Population density
89.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
DeFuniak Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Freeport city
Population 7,543.

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 Walton 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 Walton 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 554 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 Walton 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
Population93,28838th of 67657th of 3,144
Land area1,038 sq mi12th of 67637th of 3,144
Population density89.8 per sq mi41st of 67999th of 3,144
Median household income$81,98612th of 67508th of 3,143

Full data for Walton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population93,288Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202075,899Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?75,305Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,038 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area371.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,409 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?89.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,986American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$425,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households34,362American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units61,272American 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
+130
994 births, 864 deaths
Net migration
+3,105
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 6 areas bordering Walton 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
Okaloosa CountyFlorida53 mi221,810
Washington CountyFlorida43 mi26,695
Holmes CountyFlorida31 mi20,119
Bay CountyFlorida20 mi204,479
Covington CountyAlabama12 mi37,947
Geneva CountyAlabama9.0 mi27,554

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.