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File:Florida counties.jpg|400px|alt=A map of Florida's counties with counties labeled. Florida is shaped liked an "L" rotated 180 degrees. Many of the county borders follow the winding courses of river, some are straight. 
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| territory          = [[State of Florida]]
| start_date         =
| current_number     = 67
| number_date        =
| population_range   =  7,955 ([[Liberty County, Florida|Liberty]]) – 2,838,461 ([[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]])
| area_range         =  {{Convert|240|sqmi}} ([[Union County, Florida|Union]]) – <br/> {{Convert|2034|sqmi}} ([[Palm Beach County|Palm Beach]])
| government         = [[County constitutional officer (Florida)|County constitutional officers]]
| subdivision        = Communities
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[[File:FloridaCountiesPopulation.png|thumb|right|250px|Population by county:{{legend|#FBD0D2|0–49,999}} {{legend|#F7A2A6|50,000–99,999}} {{legend|#F37278|100,000–199,999}} {{legend|#EF434B|200,000–299,999}} {{legend|#EB141F|300,000–499,999}} {{legend|#BC1018|500,000–749,999}} {{legend|#8D0C12|750,000–999,999}} {{legend|#5E090D|1,000,000–1,499,999}} {{legend|#2F0406|1,500,000–1,999,999}} {{legend|#020000|2,000,000+}}]]

[[File:Florida Counties over time.jpg|thumb|Florida counties 1820-1936]]

There are 67 [[County (United States)|counties]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Florida]], which became a [[Territories of the United States|territory of the U.S.]] in 1821 with two counties complementing the provincial divisions retained as a Spanish territory, [[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]] to the west and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]] to the east. The two counties were divided by the [[Suwannee River]]. All of the other counties were created later from these two original counties. Florida became the 27th U.S. state in 1845, and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of [[Gilchrist County, Florida|Gilchrist County]] from a segment of [[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua County]].<ref name="alachua">{{cite web|url=http://www.alachua.fl.us/government/history/?era=2500 |title=A Guide to Alachua County's History |work=Alachua County Florida |access-date=March 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006021239/http://www.alachua.fl.us/government/history/?era=2500 |archive-date=October 6, 2006 }}</ref> Florida's counties are subdivisions of the [[Government of Florida|state government]]. Florida's most populous county is [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], the seventh most populous county in the nation, with a population of 2,701,767 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US12086|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

In 1968, counties gained the power to develop their own [[charter]]s.<ref name="FAC">{{cite web |title=About Florida's Counties |url=http://www.fl-counties.com/Pages/About_Floridas_Counties.aspx |publisher=Florida Association of Counties |access-date=January 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004225842/http://www.fl-counties.com/Pages/About_Floridas_Counties.aspx |archive-date=October 4, 2012 }}</ref> All but two of Florida's [[county seat]]s are [[municipal corporation|incorporated municipalities]]: the exceptions are [[Crawfordville, Florida|Crawfordville]], county seat of rural [[Wakulla County, Florida|Wakulla County]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wakullacountychamber.com/living-in-wakulla/demographics/|title=Demographics|publisher=Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce|access-date=2012-01-30}}</ref> and [[East Naples, Florida|East Naples]], located outside [[Naples, Florida|Naples]] city limits in [[Collier County, Florida|Collier County]].

The names of Florida's counties reflect its cultural heritage. Some are named for [[Confederate States of America|Confederate political leaders]] and [[Conquistador|Spanish explorers]], marking the influence of [[Spanish Florida|Spanish sovereignty]], while others are named for Christian saints, Native American sites, as well as political leaders of the United States. Natural features of the region, including rivers, lakes and flora, are also commonly used for county names. Florida has counties named for participants on both sides of the [[Second Seminole War]]: [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] is partially named for [[Francis L. Dade]], a major in the U.S. Army at the time; [[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola County]] is named for the war's native [[Muscogee]]-[[Seminole]] resistance leader [[Osceola]].<ref name=mapsetc/>

Population figures are based on the 2024 vintage [[United States census|Census]] population estimates. The population of Florida is 23,372,215, an increase of 8.5% from 2020. The average population of Florida's counties is 348,839; [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] is the most populous (2,838,461) and [[Liberty County, Florida|Liberty County]] is the least (7,955). The average land area is 805&nbsp;sq mi (2,085&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The largest county is Collier County as per 2020 Census bureau of 1,998.32 sq mi.[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/palmbeachcountyflorida,colliercountyflorida/PST045222]

The [[Federal Information Processing Standard]] (FIPS) is used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties and is provided for each entry. These codes link to the United States Census Bureau's "quick facts" for each county. Florida's FIPS code of 12 is used to distinguish from counties in other states. For example, Orange County's unique nationwide identifier is 12095.<ref name=FIPS/>

Under the [[Constitution of Florida|Florida Constitution]] the state government has the power to create and abolish counties. Each county in Florida is required to have a county seat under the state constitution.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3 |title=Florida Constitution |chapter=Article 8 LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Section 1 Counties |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>

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==Counties==
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| fips_ref          = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/fl.html |title=United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) County FIPS Code Listing |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=April 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008031942/http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/fl.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012 }}</ref>
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| population_ref    = <ref name="Census QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/alachuacountyflorida,FL/PST045219 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Florida|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 15, 2025 }}</ref>
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{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=001 |Name= Alachua |Seat= Gainesville |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Duval County, FL|Duval]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=From a Seminole-Creek word meaning "jug", apparently in reference to the sinkholes common in the area<ref>Morris, Allen, ''Florida Place Names''</ref>  |Data5= 333.85 |Population= 291782|Area= 874 |Alt=A state map highlighting Alachua County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=003 |Name= Baker |Seat= Macclenny |Data2= 1861  |Data3=[[Bradford County, Florida|New River]]|Data4=[[James McNair Baker]] (1821–1892), a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[senator]] and later a [[judge]] in the fourth judicial district | |Data5= 50.13 |Population= 29325|Area= 585 |Alt=A state map highlighting Baker County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=005 |Name= Bay |Seat= Panama City |Data2= 1913  |Data3=[[Calhoun County, FL|Calhoun]] and [[Washington County, Florida|Washington]]|Data4=[[St. Andrews Bay (Florida)|St. Andrew's Bay]], the central geographic feature of the county |Data5= 261.41|Population=199718|Area= 764 |Alt=A state map highlighting Bay County in the panhandle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=007 |Name= Bradford |Seat= Starke |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]]<br>named New River until 1861|Data4=Richard Bradford, the first officer from Florida to die in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; he was killed during the [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]] |Data5= 95.82 |Population= 28075 |Area= 293 |Alt=A state map highlighting Bradford County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=009 |Name= Brevard |Seat= Titusville |Data2= 1844  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, FL|Hillsborough]] and [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito]]<br>named [[St. Lucie County, Florida (1844-1855)|St. Lucie]] until 1855<ref name="bcf">Eriksen, John M., ''Brevard County, Florida...A Short History to 1955''</ref>|Data4=[[Theodorus W. Brevard|Theodore Washington Brevard]], early settler and later [[Florida Comptroller|state comptroller]] from 1853 to 1861<ref name="bcf"/> |Data5= 646.80|Population= 658447|Area= 1018 |Alt=A state map highlighting Brevard County in the southeastern part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=011 |Name= Broward |Seat= Fort Lauderdale |Data2= 1915 |Data3=[[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]] and [[Palm Beach County, FL|Palm Beach]]|Data4=[[Napoleon Bonaparte Broward]] (1857–1910), [[List of Governors of Florida|19th governor of Florida]] from 1905 to 1909 |Data5= 1685.25|Population= 2037472|Area= 1209 |Alt=A state map highlighting Broward County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=013 |Name= Calhoun |Seat= Blountstown |Data2= 1838  |Data3=[[Franklin County, Florida|Franklin]], [[Jackson County, FL|Jackson]], and [[Washington County, FL|Washington]]|Data4=[[John C. Calhoun]] (1782–1850) leading [[Southern United States|Southern]] politician from [[South Carolina]] |Data5= 23.42|Population= 13278 |Area= 567 }}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=015 |Name= Charlotte |Seat= Punta Gorda |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=Probably a corruption of the name of the [[Calusa]], a group of Native Americans from the area |Data5= 305.65 |Population= 212122 |Area= 694 |Alt=A state map highlighting Charlotte County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=017 |Name= Citrus |Seat= Inverness |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]]|Data4=The county's [[citrus]] trees |Data5= 291.39 |Population= 170174|Area= 584 |Alt=A state map highlighting Citrus County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=019 |Name= Clay |Seat= Green Cove Springs |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Duval County, Florida|Duval]]|Data4=[[Henry Clay]] (1777–1852), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] from 1825 to 1829 under [[John Quincy Adams]] |Data5= 393.94 |Population= 236760|Area= 601 |Alt=A state map highlighting Clay County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=021 |Name= Collier |Seat= East Naples |Data2= 1923  |Data3=[[Lee County, Florida|Lee]]|Data4=[[Barron Collier]] (1873–1939), an [[advertising]] [[entrepreneur]] who developed much of the land in southern Florida  |Data5= 205.45|Population= 416233|Area= 2026 |Alt=A state map highlighting Collier County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=023 |Name= Columbia |Seat= Lake City |Data2= 1832  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[Christopher Columbus]] ({{circa|1451}}–1506), [[explorer]] of the [[Americas]] |Data5= 92.82 |Population= 73977|Area= 797 |Alt=A state map highlighting Columbia County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=027 |Name= DeSoto |Seat= Arcadia |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]]|Data4=[[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] ({{circa|1496}}/1497–1542), a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] explorer and [[conquistador]] |Data5= 57.68|Population= 36744 |Area= 637 |Alt=A state map highlighting DeSoto County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size and rectangular in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=029 |Name= Dixie |Seat= Cross City |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Lafayette County, Florida|Lafayette]]|Data4=[[Dixie]], the common nickname for the [[Southern United States]]  |Data5= 25.02|Population= 17614 |Area= 704 |Alt=A state map highlighting Dixie County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=031 |Name= Duval |Seat= Jacksonville |Data2= 1822  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=[[William Pope Duval]] (1784–1854), the first governor of the [[Florida Territory]] |Data5= 1363.25|Population= 1055159|Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Duval County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=033 |Name= Escambia |Seat= Pensacola |Data2= 1821  |Data3=One of the two original counties|Data4=Disputed origin; possibly from the [[Muscogee language|Creek]] or [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]]word ''Shambia'', meaning "clear water", or from Spanish word "cambiar", meaning to barter |Data5= 498.91|Population= 331275 |Area= 664 |Alt=A state map highlighting Escambia County in the westernmost part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=035 |Name= Flagler |Seat= Bunnell |Data2= 1917  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]] and [[Volusia County, Florida|Volusia]]|Data4=[[Henry Morrison Flagler]] (1830–1913), founder of the [[Florida East Coast Railway]] |Data5= 281.95|Population= 136744|Area= 485 |Alt=A state map highlighting Flagler County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=037 |Name= Franklin |Seat= Apalachicola |Data2= 1832  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]] and [[Washington County, FL|Washington]]|Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]] (1706–1790), one of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] of the [[United States|United States of America]] |Data5= 24.31|Population= 12979|Area= 534 |Alt=A state map highlighting Franklin County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=039 |Name= Gadsden |Seat= Quincy |Data2= 1823  |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]]|Data4=[[James Gadsden]] (1788–1858), American diplomat and namesake of the [[Gadsden Purchase]] |Data5= 85.56|Population= 44151 |Area= 516 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gadsden County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=041 |Name= Gilchrist |Seat= Trenton |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[Albert W. Gilchrist]] (1858–1926), the [[List of Governors of Florida|20th governor of Florida]] |Data5= 57.97|Population= 20233 |Area= 349 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gilchrist County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=043 |Name= Glades |Seat= Moore Haven |Data2= 1921 |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=The [[Florida Everglades]] |Data5= 16.97|Population=13132 |Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Glades County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=045 |Name= Gulf |Seat= Port St. Joe |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Calhoun County, Florida|Calhoun]]|Data4=The [[Gulf of Mexico]] |Data5= 28.10|Population= 15876|Area= 565 |Alt=A state map highlighting Gulf County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=047 |Name= Hamilton |Seat= Jasper |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Florida|Jefferson]]|Data4=[[Alexander Hamilton]] (1757–1804), the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] and a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] |Data5= 27.83|Population= 14334 |Area= 515 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hamilton County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=049 |Name= Hardee |Seat= Wauchula |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=[[Cary A. Hardee]] (1876–1957), governor of Florida at the time of creation of Hardee County |Data5= 40.92|Population= 26068|Area= 637 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hardee County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=051 |Name= Hendry |Seat= LaBelle |Data2= 1923  |Data3=[[Lee County, Florida|Lee]]|Data4=[[Francis A. Hendry]] (1833–1917), early Floridian pioneer and politician |Data5= 40.01|Population= 46130 |Area= 1153 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hendry County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=053 |Name= Hernando |Seat= Brooksville |Data2= 1843  |Data3=[[Alachua County, FL|Alachua]] and [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]<br>named Benton from 1844 to 1850|Data4=[[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] ({{circa|1496}}/1497–1542), a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] explorer and [[conquistador]] |Data5= 456.38|Population= 218150 |Area= 478 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hernando County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=055 |Name= Highlands |Seat= Sebring |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]]|Data4=Named for the county's hilly terrain  |Data5= 106.79|Population= 109778 |Area= 1028 |Alt=A state map highlighting Highlands County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=057 |Name= Hillsborough |Seat= Tampa |Data2= 1834  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]<!--and "Indian lands"-->|Data4=[[Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire|Wills Hill]], [[Earl of Hillsborough]] (1718–1793), former [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] |Data5= 1504.69|Population= 1581426|Area= 1051 |Alt=A state map highlighting Hillsborough County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=059 |Name= Holmes |Seat= Bonifay |Data2= 1848  |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=Holmes Creek, which forms the eastern boundary of the county |Data5= 41.24|Population= 19876|Area= 482 |Alt=A state map highlighting Holmes County in the northwestern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=061 |Name= Indian River |Seat= Vero Beach |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie]]|Data4=The [[Indian River Lagoon]], which flows through the county |Data5= 342.22|Population= 172139 |Area= 503 |Alt=A state map highlighting Indian River County in the eastern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=063 |Name= Jackson |Seat= Marianna |Data2= 1822  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]]|Data4=[[Andrew Jackson]] (1767–1845), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|seventh]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 54.56|Population= 49980 |Area= 916 |Alt=A state map highlighting Jackson County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=065 |Name= Jefferson |Seat= Monticello |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Leon County, Florida|Leon]]|Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743–1826), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|third]] [[President of the United States]] and principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] |Data5= 26.62|Population= 15921 |Area= 598 |Alt=A state map highlighting Jefferson County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=067 |Name= Lafayette |Seat= Mayo |Data2= 1856  |Data3=[[Madison County, Florida|Madison]]|Data4=[[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette]] (1757–1834), [[French people|French]] aristocrat and general in the [[American Revolutionary War]] |Data5= 15.91|Population= 8640 |Area= 543 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lafayette County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=069 |Name= Lake |Seat= Tavares |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]] and [[Sumter County, Florida|Sumter]]|Data4=Named for the many lakes in the region |Data5= 466.11|Population= 444204 |Area= 953 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lake County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=071 |Name= Lee |Seat= Fort Myers |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]]|Data4=[[Robert E. Lee]] (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate [[Army of Northern Virginia]] in the [[American Civil War]] |Data5=  1070.84  |Population= 860959 |Area= 804 |Alt=A state map highlighting Lee County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=073 |Name= Leon |Seat= Tallahassee |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]]<!--and a bit of Duval-->|Data4=[[Juan Ponce de León]] (1474–1521), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[explorer]] who named Florida |Data5= 450.51|Population= 300488 |Area= 667 |Alt=A state map highlighting Leon County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=075 |Name= Levy |Seat= Bronson |Data2= 1845  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]]|Data4=[[David Levy Yulee]] (1810–1886), one of the state's original United States Senators |Data5= 42.72|Population= 47765|Area= 1118 |Alt=A state map highlighting Levy County in the corner part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=077 |Name= Liberty |Seat= Bristol |Data2= 1855  |Data3=[[Gadsden County, Florida|Gadsden]]|Data4=The patriotic ideal of [[liberty]] |Data5= 9.52|Population= 7955 |Area= 836 |Alt=A state map highlighting Liberty County in the northwestern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=079 |Name= Madison |Seat= Madison |Data2= 1827  |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Florida|Jefferson]]|Data4=[[James Madison]] (1751–1836), [[List of Presidents of the United States|fourth]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 26.54|Population= 18364|Area= 692 |Alt=A state map highlighting Madison County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=081 |Name= Manatee |Seat= Bradenton |Data2= 1855  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=The [[West Indian manatee|manatee]], or sea cow, is native to Florida waters. |Data5= 618.56|Population= 458352 |Area= 741 |Alt=A state map highlighting Manatee County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=083 |Name= Marion |Seat= Ocala |Data2= 1844  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]], [[Hillsborough County, FL|Hillsborough]], and [[Mosquito County, FL|Mosquito]]<!--and a tiny bit of St. Johns-->|Data4=[[Francis Marion]] ({{circa|1732}}–1795), military officer during the [[American Revolution]] |Data5= 271.63|Population= 428905|Area= 1579 |Alt=A state map highlighting Marion County in the corner part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=085 |Name= Martin |Seat= Stuart |Data2= 1925  |Data3=[[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]]|Data4=[[John W. Martin]] (1884–1958), governor of Florida at time of creation of the county |Data5= 297.96|Population= 165666|Area= 556 |Alt=A state map highlighting Martin County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size and shaped like a rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=086 |Name= Miami-Dade |Seat= Miami |Data2= 1836  |Data3=[[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]]<br>named Dade until 1997|Data4=City of [[Miami]] and [[Francis L. Dade]] ({{circa|1793}}–1835), [[Major (United States)|Major]] in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Second Seminole War]] |Data5= 1458.61|Population= 2838461 |Area= 1946 |Alt=A state map highlighting Miami-Dade County in the southernmost part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=087 |Name= Monroe |Seat= Key West |Data2= 1823  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=[[James Monroe]] (1758–1831), [[List of Presidents of the United States|fifth]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 81.15|Population= 80908 |Area= 997 |Alt=A state map highlighting Monroe County in the southernmost part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=089 |Name= Nassau |Seat= Fernandina Beach |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Duval County, Florida|Duval]]|Data4=[[Duchy of Nassau]] in Germany  |Data5= 160.09|Population= 104376 |Area= 652 |Alt=A state map highlighting Nassau County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=091 |Name= Okaloosa |Seat= Crestview |Data2= 1915  |Data3=[[Santa Rosa County, Florida|Santa Rosa]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=A [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] word meaning "a pleasant place", "black water", or "beautiful place" |Data5= 235.56|Population= 220483 |Area= 936 |Alt=A state map highlighting Okaloosa County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size and shaped like a narrow rectangle.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=093 |Name= Okeechobee |Seat= Okeechobee |Data2= 1917  |Data3=[[Osceola County, Florida|Osceola]] and [[St. Lucie County, Florida|St. Lucie]]<!--and a tiny bit of Palm Beach-->|Data4=[[Lake Okeechobee]], which was in turn  is from the [[Hitchiti]] words for "big water" |Data5= 54.74|Population= 42369 |Area= 774 |Alt=A state map highlighting Okeechobee County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=095 |Name= Orange |Seat= Orlando |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]<br>named [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito]] until 1845|Data4=The [[Orange (fruit)|fruit]] that was the county's main product |Data5= 1689.04|Population= 1533646 |Area= 908 |Alt=A state map highlighting Orange County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=097 |Name= Osceola |Seat= Kissimmee |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] and [[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=[[Osceola]] (1804–1838), a leader of the [[Seminole]] during the [[Second Seminole War]] |Data5= 354.05|Population= 468058 |Area= 1322 |Alt=A state map highlighting Osceola County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=099 |Name= Palm Beach |Seat= West Palm  Beach |Data2= 1909  |Data3=[[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami Dade County]]|Data4=The county's large amounts of [[palm tree]]s |Data5= 777.80|Population= 1582055 |Area= 2034 |Alt=A state map highlighting Palm Beach County in the southern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=101 |Name= Pasco |Seat= Dade City |Data2= 1887  |Data3=[[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]]|Data4=[[Samuel Pasco]] (1834–1917), [[United States Senator]] at the time of creation of the county |Data5= 884.72 |Population= 659114 |Area= 745 |Alt=A state map highlighting Pasco County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=103 |Name= Pinellas |Seat= Clearwater |Data2= 1912  |Data3=[[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=From the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''Punta Piñal'', or "Point of Pines" |Data5= 3449.54|Population= 965870 |Area= 280 |Alt=A state map highlighting Pinellas County in the middle part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=105 |Name= Polk |Seat= Bartow |Data2= 1861  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] and [[Hillsborough County, Florida|Hillsborough]]|Data4=[[James K. Polk]] (1795–1849), the [[List of Presidents of the United States|11th]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 454.87|Population= 852878 |Area= 1875 |Alt=A state map highlighting Polk County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=107 |Name= Putnam |Seat= Palatka |Data2= 1849  |Data3=[[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]] and [[St. Johns County, Florida|St. Johns]]|Data4=[[Benjamin A. Putnam]] (1801–1869), soldier during the [[Second Seminole War]] and Floridian legislator |Data5= 107.07|Population= 77301|Area= 722 |Alt=A state map highlighting Putnam County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=109 |Name= St. Johns |Seat= St. Augustine |Data2= 1821  |Data3=One of the two original counties|Data4=Name derived from the [[St. Johns River]], which in turn derives its name from [[San Juan del Puerto, Florida|San Juan del Puerto]] |Data5= 549.96|Population= 334928|Area= 609 |Alt=A state map highlighting St. Johns County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=111 |Name= St. Lucie |Seat= Fort Pierce |Data2= 1905  |Data3=[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]]|Data4=[[Saint Lucy]] (283–304), the [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]] |Data5= 682.99|Population= 390670 |Area= 572 |Alt=A state map highlighting St. Lucie County in the southern part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=113 |Name= Santa Rosa |Seat= Milton |Data2= 1842  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]]|Data4=[[Santa Rosa Island, Florida|Santa Rosa Island]], which is in turn named for [[Saint Rosa de Viterbo]] (1235–1252), a [[saint]] born in [[Viterbo]], [[Italy]] |Data5= 204.38|Population= 207653 |Area= 1016 |Alt=A state map highlighting Santa Rosa County in the northwestern part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=115 |Name= Sarasota |Seat= Sarasota |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]]|Data4=[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word, of uncertain meaning, for the area |Data5= 833.22|Population= 476604 |Area= 572 |Alt=A state map highlighting Sarasota County in the southern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=117 |Name= Seminole |Seat= Sanford |Data2= 1913  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=The [[Seminole]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe |Data5= 1605.86|Population= 494605|Area= 308 |Alt=A state map highlighting Seminole County in the middle part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=119 |Name= Sumter |Seat= Bushnell |Data2= 1853 |Data3=[[Marion County, Florida|Marion]]|Data4=[[Thomas Sumter]] (1734–1832), general in the [[American Revolution]] |Data5= 283.32|Population= 154693 |Area= 546 |Alt=A state map highlighting Sumter County in the middle part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=121 |Name= Suwannee |Seat= Live Oak |Data2= 1858  |Data3=[[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]]|Data4=The [[Suwannee River]], a 266-mile long river in northern Florida |Data5= 69.09|Population= 47536 |Area= 688 |Alt=A state map highlighting Suwannee County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=123 |Name= Taylor |Seat= Perry |Data2= 1856  |Data3=[[Madison County, Florida|Madison]]|Data4=[[Zachary Taylor]] (1784–1850), [[List of Presidents of the United States|12th]] [[President of the United States]] |Data5= 20.96|Population= 21843 |Area= 1042 |Alt=A state map highlighting Taylor County in the corner part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=125 |Name= Union |Noseat= [[Lake Butler, Union County, Florida|Lake Butler]] |Data2= 1921  |Data3=[[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford]]|Data4=Named for the area's residents united desire to split into a separate county |Data5= 65.58|Population= 15738|Area= 240 |Alt=A state map highlighting Union County in the corner part of the state. It is small in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=127 |Name= Volusia |Seat= DeLand |Data2= 1854  |Data3=[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]|Data4=The port of [[Volusia, Florida|Volusia]], whose etymology is uncertain; possibly derived from the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word for "Land of the [[Yuchi|Euchees]]", the term for the area's native inhabitants |Data5= 545.00|Population= 602772 |Area= 1106 |Alt=A state map highlighting Volusia County in the middle part of the state. It is large in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=129 |Name= Wakulla |Seat= Crawfordville |Data2= 1843  |Data3=[[Leon County, Florida|Leon]]|Data4=The [[Wakulla River]], itself named for a  Spanish corruption of a [[Timucua]]n word used to describe the body of water, but that is of uncertain meaning |Data5= 61.14  |Population= 37115|Area= 607 |Alt=A state map highlighting Wakulla County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=131 |Name= Walton |Seat= DeFuniak Springs |Data2= 1824  |Data3=[[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]] and [[Jackson County, FL|Jackson]]|Data4=George Walton, first Secretary of Florida Territory |Data5= 84.75|Population= 89666 |Area= 1058 |Alt=A state map highlighting Walton County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size and narrow in shape.}}
{{Countyrow |N=12| Num=133 |Name= Washington |Seat= Chipley |Data2= 1825 |Data3=[[Jackson County, Florida|Jackson]] and [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]]|Data4=[[George Washington]] (1732–1799), [[List of Presidents of the United States|first]] [[President of the United States]]  |Data5= 45.69|Population= 26503 |Area= 580 |Alt=A state map highlighting Washington County in the northwestern part of the state. It is medium in size.}}
|}

==Former counties==
Fayette County was created in 1832 from the portion of [[Jackson County, FL|Jackson County]]<!--and Washington?--> east of the [[Chipola River]], with its county seat at [[Ochesee, Florida|Ochesee]] (now in [[Calhoun County, FL|Calhoun County]] east of [[Altha, FL|Altha]]).<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act to organise a county to be called the County of Fayette|number=53|year=1832|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rgwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT71}}</ref><ref>{{cite act|title=An Act, more accurately to define the boundaries of Fayette County, and for other purposes|number=31 (Chapter 688)|year=1833|url=https://archive.org/stream/actsoflegis33flor#page/52/mode/2up}}</ref> In 1834, it was merged back into Jackson County.<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act to repeal certain acts organizing the County of Fayette|number=26 (Chapter 765)|year=1834|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=77gwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA47}}</ref><!--is this map accurate? http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/pages/9400/f9451/f9451.htm-->

==Renamed counties==
Five counties in Florida have been renamed. Most renamings occurred between 1845 and 1861, during the first sixteen years of Florida's statehood. One occurred in 1997, when Dade County changed its name to [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]].
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align: center;"
|-
!County<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Dates<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Etymology<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Fate<ref name=mapsetc/>
|-
|[[Benton County, Florida|Benton County]]
|1844–1850
|[[Thomas Hart Benton (senator)|Thomas Benton]] (1782–1858), U.S. Senator from Missouri who supported the [[Armed Occupation Act of 1842]] that many Floridians wanted in order to evict [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]
|Original name of county was [[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando County]], and the name was changed back to that in 1850
|-
|[[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County]]
|1836–1997
|[[Francis L. Dade]] ({{circa|1793}}–1835), [[Major (United States)|Major]] in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Second Seminole War]]
|Changed to [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] in 1997, in order to benefit from the City of Miami's internationally recognizable name
|-
|[[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito County]]
|1824–1845
|Taken from the name the [[Spain|Spanish]] had given the entire coast, "Los Mosquitos"
|Mosquito had already repeatedly ceded land to other counties by 1845, when it was renamed [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]]
|-
|[[New River County, Florida|New River County]]
|1858–1861
|The [[New River (Santa Fe River)|New River]]
|Renamed to [[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford County]] in 1861
|-
|[[St. Lucie County, Florida (1844-1855)|St. Lucie County]]
|1844–1855
|[[Saint Lucy]] (283–304), the [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]]
|Renamed [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]] in 1855
|}

==Proposed counties==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align: center;"
|-
!County<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Proposal date<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Etymology<ref name=mapsetc/>
!Notes
|-
|[[Bloxham County, Florida|Bloxham County]]
|1915
|[[William D. Bloxham]] (1835–1911), [[List of Governors of Florida|13th and 17th governor of Florida]]
|Proposal to combine parts of Levy County and Marion County, with its county seat at [[Williston, FL|Williston]]<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act Providing for the Creation of Bloxham County in the State of Florida, and for the Organization and the Government Thereof|number=130 (Chapter 6936)|year=1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx2xAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA298}}</ref>
|-
|Gulf County
|1887
|[[Gulf of Mexico]]
|Proposal to split Hillsborough County roughly along modern Hillsborough-Pinellas boundaries<ref>{{Cite news |date=1887-05-31 |title=The Senate Fails to Pass |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/893124471 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Palatka Daily News; Palatka, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Leigh Read County, Florida|Leigh Read County]]
|1842
|[[Leigh Read]] (1809–1841), Florida legislator
|Proposed renaming of [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito County]]
|-
|Miami County
|1947
|City of [[Miami]]
|[[Consolidated city-county]]<ref>{{cite act|title=An Act Providing the Manner, Method and Means of the Election and Creation of a Charter Board in the Territory now Comprising Dade County; Providing for the Drafting and Adopting of the Charter Prepared by Said Board for Said Territory; Providing for the Election of Commissioners of a New Political Subdivision in the Territory now Comprising Dade County to be Known as the County of Miami; Providing the Effective Date of Said Charter and the Time the Board of Commissioners Shall Take Office; and Providing that This Act Shall not Become Effective Until the Joint Resolution No. 407 has Been Approved by the Qualified Electors of Dade County and of the State of Florida as a Whole|number=853 (Chapter 24467)|year=1947|url=}}</ref>
|-
|Ocean County
|1981
|[[Atlantic Ocean]]
|Proposal for [[barrier island]] beach communities from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]] to [[Sebastian Inlet]] to secede from Brevard County<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larson |first=Peter |date=1981-02-25 |title=Brevard man wants to form Ocean County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/236787267 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=Sentinel Star; Orlando, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Ocean County
|1993
|[[Atlantic Ocean]]
|Proposal for the [[Jacksonville Beaches]] communities to secede from Duval County<ref>{{Cite news |date=1993-04-19 |title=Rebel residents propose new county |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637651811 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Miami Herald; Miami, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Laura |date=1993-11-14 |title=A beach aches to break away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/324705267 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Springs County
|2020
|City of [[High Springs, Florida|High Springs]]
|Proposal to split Alachua County along 34th Street in Gainesville<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Springs County? {{!}} Springs County |url=https://springscounty.com/why-springs-county/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=springscounty.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-16 |title=Springs County: Is there a feasible way to redraw county lines? |url=https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/govt-politics/springs-county-is-there-a-feasible-way-to-redraw-county-lines_id_8b38b76c-aff4-11ea-a2a6-4f3179e2482c |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.mainstreetdailynews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Wilson County
|1917
|[[Woodrow Wilson]] (1856–1924), [[List of presidents of the United States|28th president of the United States]]
|Proposal to combine parts of Pinellas County north of [[Dunedin, Florida|Dunedin]] and the western half of Pasco County, with its county seat at [[Tarpon Springs]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-01-26 |title=Would Have Wilson County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/352503623 |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The Pensacola Journal; Pensacola, Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Florida]]
* [[List of former municipalities in Florida]]
* [[List of places in Florida]]
* [[List of county seats in Florida]]
* [[List of census-designated places in Florida]]

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal
|title=Origin of the County Names in Florida
|first=Geo. B.
|last=Utley
|pages=29–35
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZQ-AAAAYAAJ
|journal=Florida Historical Society Quarterly
|volume=1
|number=3
|date=1908
|access-date=May 25, 2018}}
* {{cite web |author-link1= |collaboration= |df= |year=2022 |location= |title=FLORIDA COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW |url=https://ce.naco.org//app/profiles/CountyGov/CountyGov_12000.pdf |url-access= |format= |department= |website=ce.naco.org |type= |language= |edition= |agency=National Association of Counties (NACo) |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |ref= }}

==References==
; Specific
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; General
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*''Atlas of Florida'', revised edition. Edward A. Fernald & Elizabeth D. Purdum, editors (University Press of Florida, 1996). "Evolution of Counties", pp.&nbsp;98–99.
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