Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in Florida:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			Florida……...……………………………………………….	15 982 378	18 801 310	2 818 932	17.6
			COUNTY
1	1		Miami-Dade County…………………………………………….	2 253 362	2 496 435	243 073	10.8
2	2		Broward County…………………………………………………	1 623 018	1 748 066	125 048	7.7
3	3		Palm Beach County…………………………………………….	1 131 184	1 320 134	188 950	16.7
4	4		Hillsborough County……………………………………………..	998 948	1 229 226	230 278	23.1
5	6		Orange County……………………………………………………….	896 344	1 145 956	249 612	27.8
6	5		Pinellas County……………………………………………………..	921 482	916 542	- 4 940	-0.5
7	7		Duval County………………………………………………………….	778 879	864 263	85 384	11.0
8	11		Lee County……………………………………………………..	440 888	618 754	177 866	40.3
9	8		Polk County……………………………………………………	483 924	602 095	118 171	24.4
10	9		Brevard County………………………………………………………..	476 230	543 376	67 146	14.1
11	10		Volusia County……………………………………………………..	443 343	494 593	51 250	11.6
12	13		Pasco County……………………………………………….	344 765	464 697	119 932	34.8
13	12		Seminole County………………………………………………….	365 196	422 718	57 522	15.8
14	14		Sarasota County………………………………………………………………	325 957	379 448	53 491	16.4
15	17		Marion County………………………………………………………	258 916	331 298	72 382	28.0
16	16		Manatee County……………………………………………………	264 002	322 833	58 831	22.3
17	18		Collier County………………………………………………….	251 377	321 520	70 143	27.9
18	15		Escambia County………………………………………………..	294 410	297 619	3 209	1.1
19	21		Lake County………………………………………………………	210 528	297 052	86 524	41.1
20	22		St. Lucie County………………………………………………………	192 695	277 789	85 094	44.2
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		Jacksonville city…………………………………………………….	735 617	821 784	86 167	11.7
2	2		Miami city………………………………………………………….	362 470	399 457	36 987	10.2
3	3		Tampa city…………………………………………………………..	303 447	335 709	32 262	10.6
4	4		St. Petersburg city………………………………………………	248 232	244 769	- 3 463	-1.4
5	6		Orlando city……………………………………………………..	185 951	238 300	52 349	28.2
6	5		Hialeah city……………………………………………………….	226 419	224 669	- 1 750	-0.8
7	8		Tallahassee city………………………………………………………	150 624	181 376	30 752	20.4
8	7		Fort Lauderdale city…………………………………………….	152 397	165 521	13 124	8.6
9	15		Port St. Lucie city………………………………………………	88 769	164 603	75 834	85.4
10	10		Pembroke Pines city………………………………………….	137 427	154 750	17 323	12.6
11	13		Cape Coral city………………………………………………	102 286	154 305	52 019	50.9
12	9		Hollywood city…………………………………………………	139 357	140 768	1 411	1.0
13	14		Gainesville city……………………………………………..	95 447	124 354	28 907	30.3
14	25		Miramar city……………………………………………………..	72 739	122 041	49 302	67.8
15	11		Coral Springs city……………………………………………….	117 549	121 096	3 547	3.0
16	12		Clearwater city………………………………………………….	108 787	107 685	- 1 102	-1.0
17	X		Miami Gardens city 2………………………………………………	X	107 167	X	X
18	20		Palm Bay city………………………………………………….	79 413	103 190	23 777	29.9
19	19		West Palm Beach city…………………………………………	82 103	99 919	17 816	21.7
20	22		Pompano Beach city……………………………………………..	78 191	99 845	21 654	27.7
X Not applicable.
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
2 Miami Gardens city incorporated after Census 2000.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.