2024 population: 377,394 ( 916,746 from 2020)
Land area: 3048.6 square miles
Population density: 123.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	236,681	62.71%	3.4%
Black:	62,610	16.59%	2.7%
Indian:	1,099	0.29%	2.3%
Asian:	20,741	5.50%	20.1%
2+ races:	9,578	2.54%	17.1%
Hispanic:	46,685	12.37%	17.8%

Total non-White:	140,713	37.29%	10.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	64,722	12.5
Deaths:	54,306	10.5
Net Migration:	21,429	4.1
Net Immigration:	41,164	8.0

Change in White population:	7,770	2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,621	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
356,003
228,911	64.30%
60,948	17.12%
1,074	0.30%
17,267	4.85%
8,179	2.30%
39,624	11.13%
127,092	35.70%

2010
321,498
219,526	68.28%
55,424	17.24%
858	0.27%
13,572	4.22%
6,195	1.93%
25,156	7.82%
101,972	31.72%

2000
280,669
205,415	73.19%
47,558	16.94%
719	0.26%
7,891	2.81%
4,173	1.49%
14,485	5.16%
75,254	26.81%

1990
227,771
176,147	77.34%
39,131	17.18%
444	0.19%
4,700	2.06%
n/a
7,349	3.23%
51,624	22.66%

1980
184,736
144,158	78.03%
32,715	17.71%
251	0.14%
1,972	1.07%
n/a
5,412	2.93%
40,578	21.97%

1970
126,551
97,829	77.30%
25,420	20.09%
58	0.05%
357	0.28%
n/a
2,734	2.16%
28,722	22.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
146,043	45.4
91,994	28.6
22,873	7.1
39,600	12.3

9,385	2.9
25,120	7.8

Number	Rate
2000's
32,155	11.5
22,022	7.8
17,251	6.1
8,254	2.9

14,111	5.0
26,718	9.5

Number	Rate
1990's
32,202	14.1
20,137	8.8
13,324	5.8
3,575	1.6

29,268	12.8
23,630	10.4

Number	Rate
1980's
31,502	17.1
14,949	8.1
26,749	14.5
n/a

31,989	17.3
11,046	6.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
43,721	34.5
n/a

46,329	36.6
11,856	9.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
34.9
64,383	17.1%
313,011	82.9%
59,321	15.7%

139,476
2.41

75,986	54.5%
56,007	73.7%
7,153	9.4%
63,490	45.5%

2010
Number	Percent
33.3
59,689	18.6%
261,809	81.4%
40,567	12.6%

129,357
2.35

73,068	56.5%
51,044	69.9%
8,529	11.7%
56,289	43.5%

2000
Number	Percent
31.8
58,462	20.8%
222,207	79.2%
31,239	11.1%

111,648
2.37

65,195	58.4%
48,154	73.9%
7,955	12.2%
46,453	41.6%

1990
Number	Percent
29.9
50,749	22.3%
177,022	77.7%
24,869	10.9%

88,711
2.42

54,491	61.4%
41,506	76.2%
6,049	11.1%
34,220	38.6%

1980
Number	Percent
26.6
45,199	24.5%
139,537	75.5%
15,344	8.3%

66,654
2.62

43,334	65.0%
34,969	80.7%
4,347	10.0%
23,320	35.0%

2022 Housing Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	12,256	8.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,443	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,213	4.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,659	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,070	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,441	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,224	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,949	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,817	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,314	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,227	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,591	11.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,354	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,155	5.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,930	6.4%
$200,000 or more	9,833	7.0%

Median Household Income	56,000
Per Capita Income	33,956

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,333	4.5%
Public Assistance	2,857	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	16,705	12.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	137,550	64.4%
Unemployed	7,368	3.4%
In Armed Forces	94	0.0%

Total Labor Force	145,012	67.9%
Not in Labor Force	68,631	32.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	48,660	43,531	52.8%
Non-Profit	5,171	8,870	36.8%
Self-Employed	9,259	5,967	60.8%

Local Government	6,030	6,794	47.0%
State Government	11,010	13,305	45.3%
Federal Government	2,681	1,969	57.7%

Total Private + Self	57,919	49,498	53.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	24,892	30,938	44.6%
Total	82,811	80,436	50.7%

Pct. Govt.	25.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	22,310	13.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	35,055	21.4%
Professional, Technical	49,175	30.1%
Service Occupations	30,959	18.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,271	0.8%
All others	26,001	15.9%

White Collar		65.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	29,722	18.2%
Health care and social assistance	26,501	16.2%
Retail trade	18,073	11.1%
Accommodation and food services	14,866	9.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,536	6.4%
Public administration	9,229	5.6%
Construction	8,882	5.4%
Manufacturing	7,420	4.5%
Other services	7,273	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,051	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	4,769	2.9%
Finance and insurance	4,739	2.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,853	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,317	2.0%
Wholesale trade	2,417	1.5%
Information	2,243	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,129	1.3%
Utilities	1,166	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	276	0.2%
Management	38	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,350	1.50%
Puerto Rican	9,570	2.67%
Cuban	6,885	1.92%
Dominican	983	0.27%

Total Central American	4,368	1.22%
Costa Rican	298	0.08%
Guatemalan	1,053	0.29%
Honduran	1,058	0.30%
Nicaraguan	582	0.16%
Panamanian	415	0.12%
Salvadoran	962	0.27%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	6,128	1.71%
Argentinean	653	0.18%
Bolivian	282	0.08%
Chilean	189	0.05%
Colombian	1,779	0.50%
Ecuadorian	458	0.13%
Paraguayan	203	0.06%
Peruvian	799	0.22%
Uruguayan	64	0.02%
Venezuelan	1,636	0.46%
Other South American	65	0.02%

Other Hispanic	2,971	0.83%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,567	1.56%
Chinese	3,789	1.06%
Filipino	2,973	0.83%
Korean	1,499	0.42%
Vietnamese	1,486	0.42%
Japanese	303	0.08%
Indonesian	287	0.08%
Taiwanese	241	0.07%
Bangladeshi	234	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	295,262	86.7%
Spanish	22,718	6.7%
Other Indo-European	6,747	2.0%
Chinese	3,268	1.0%
Other Asian	2,070	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,646	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,641	0.5%
Tagalog	1,622	0.5%
Korean	1,291	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	41,801	11.7%
English	40,827	11.4%
Irish	36,940	10.3%
American	17,374	4.9%
Italian	16,070	4.5%
Scottish	10,355	2.9%
French	8,184	2.3%
Polish	7,485	2.1%
European	6,408	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	3,922	1.1%
Dutch	3,217	0.9%
British	3,002	0.8%
Swedish	2,791	0.8%
Russian	2,586	0.7%
Welsh	2,575	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	341,747	95.5%
Not a citizen	16,057	4.5%

Native	324,373	90.7%
Foreign-born	33,431	9.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,955	2.6%	12,967	5.7%	58,329	25.7%	62,252	27.5%	45,674	20.2%	41,390	18.3%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,955	2.6%
9-12 Years	12,967	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	58,329	25.7%
Some College	62,252	27.5%
Bach. Degree	45,674	20.2%
Grad Degree	41,390	18.3%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	113,026	108,324	4,702	4.2%
1991	113,832	107,898	5,934	5.2%
1992	115,067	108,718	6,349	5.5%
1993	119,377	113,966	5,411	4.5%
1994	122,445	117,868	4,577	3.7%
1995	124,830	120,721	4,109	3.3%
1996	125,723	121,542	4,181	3.3%
1997	127,530	123,239	4,291	3.4%
1998	129,891	125,912	3,979	3.1%
1999	131,866	128,501	3,365	2.6%

2000	143,405	138,804	4,601	3.2%
2001	145,820	140,377	5,443	3.7%
2002	145,297	139,758	5,539	3.8%
2003	145,756	140,731	5,025	3.4%
2004	147,002	142,480	4,522	3.1%
2005	152,223	148,600	3,623	2.4%
2006	154,726	151,407	3,319	2.1%
2007	158,328	154,140	4,188	2.6%
2008	160,644	153,522	7,122	4.4%
2009	158,401	146,920	11,481	7.2%

2010	157,067	143,778	13,289	8.5%
2011	157,691	144,747	12,944	8.2%
2012	158,158	146,490	11,668	7.4%
2013	157,748	147,607	10,141	6.4%
2014	157,674	148,716	8,958	5.7%
2015	158,636	150,895	7,741	4.9%
2016	162,124	154,851	7,273	4.5%
2017	164,591	158,037	6,554	4.0%
2018	166,830	161,076	5,754	3.4%
2019	168,852	163,422	5,430	3.2%

2020	164,414	155,512	8,902	5.4%
2021	168,193	161,611	6,582	3.9%
2022	171,819	166,840	4,979	2.9%
2023	174,950	169,433	5,517	3.2%
2024	175,603	168,954	6,649	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	161,606
Median Value	$220,897

Occupied	139,476	86.3%
Vacant	22,130	13.7%

Owned	84,234	60.4%
Rented	55,242	39.6%
Median Rent	$1,099

Single-Family Units	86,794	53.7%
Detached	81,699	50.6%
Attached	5,095	3.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	37,029	22.9%
Mobile Homes	25,671	15.9%

Gainesville, FL Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Gainesville, FL Market Area