English Population in Florida by City : 2025 Ranking & Insights

The English population in Florida totals 1.7 million, according to recent U.S. Census estimates. Leading cities include Jacksonville (72,683), followed by Tampa (29,825) and St. Petersburg (28,604), each hosting visible segments of the community. While these urban centers anchor much of the population, the statewide total points to a broader presence in unincorporated areas and smaller towns beyond major city boundaries. The analysis below explores how English residents are distributed across Florida''s urban and rural landscape.

Top 5 cities with the largest English population in Florida

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  • 1
    Jacksonville
    English population in Jacksonville is 72,683
    7.56% of Jacksonville population is English
  • 2
    Tampa
    English population in Tampa is 29,825
    7.58% of Tampa population is English
  • 3
    St. Petersburg
    English population in St. Petersburg is 28,604
    10.97% of St. Petersburg population is English
  • 4
    Tallahassee
    English population in Tallahassee is 18,475
    9.25% of Tallahassee population is English
  • 5
    Orlando
    English population in Orlando is 18,351
    5.89% of Orlando population is English

Overview of English population in Florida

  • Population Count and Percentage: American Community Survey documents Florida with 1.7 million English residents (7.9% of 21.9 million total state population), ranking the state at the 95th percentile nationally among U.S. jurisdictions for English demographic representation.
  • Comparison to State and National Averages: U.S. Census surveys show Florida's English demographic representation of 7.9% remains below the national average of 9.1%, positioning the state below typical U.S. demographic distribution patterns.
  • Share of Total National Population: Official American Community Survey records show Florida hosts 1.7 million English residents, representing 5.8% of the nation's total English population of 30.1 million, establishing the state as a significant demographic concentration center within national boundaries.
  • Population Density per Square Mile: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data indicates Florida's density of 32.4 English Americans per square mile exceeds the national average of 8.5 per square mile by three and three-quarters times, establishing the state as a significant concentration center for English demographic communities.
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365 Cities in Florida Ranked by English Population

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American Community Survey data [1] show English population in Florida present in Jacksonville, Tampa, and St. Petersburg, along with several other incorporated cities reporting non-zero populations. The table below provides broader statistics, including total population figures, density measures, and demographic distributions based on current ACS data for all incorporated cities included in this analysis*.
cities in Florida ranked by English population count
Rank by English Population
City
English Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Florida English Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Jacksonville 72,683 7.56% 4.19%
2 Tampa 29,825 7.58% 1.72%
3 St. Petersburg 28,604 10.97% 1.65%
4 Tallahassee 18,475 9.25% 1.06%
5 Orlando 18,351 5.89% 1.06%
6 Cape Coral 17,637 8.55% 1.02%
7 Gainesville 15,139 10.54% 0.87%
8 12,272 6.70% 0.71%
9 12,241 5.55% 0.70%
10 12,169 9.71% 0.70%
11 11,037 9.43% 0.64%
12 10,684 9.13% 0.62%
13 9,466 11.04% 0.55%
14 8,954 9.49% 0.52%
15 8,772 10.90% 0.51%
16 8,585 10.41% 0.49%
17 7,669 14.20% 0.44%
18 7,613 12.46% 0.44%
19 7,333 12.27% 0.42%
20 6,980 16.04% 0.40%
21 6,893 5.77% 0.40%
22 6,621 10.37% 0.38%
23 6,419 11.71% 0.37%
24 6,204 6.28% 0.36%
25 6,146 4.59% 0.35%
26 6,106 9.41% 0.35%
27 6,035 6.58% 0.35%
28 5,862 1.31% 0.34%
29 5,835 5.20% 0.34%
30 5,515 9.80% 0.32%
31 5,207 14.44% 0.30%
32 5,163 9.66% 0.30%
33 5,086 9.05% 0.29%
34 5,047 13.13% 0.29%
35 4,896 9.99% 0.28%
36 4,619 4.91% 0.27%
37 4,560 2.98% 0.26%
38 4,540 6.78% 0.26%
39 4,472 7.27% 0.26%
40 4,442 5.85% 0.26%
41 4,433 4.17% 0.26%
42 4,327 13.86% 0.25%
43 4,281 7.62% 0.25%
44 4,181 2.45% 0.24%
45 4,063 5.04% 0.23%
46 3,939 7.45% 0.23%
47 3,933 9.84% 0.23%
48 3,825 16.41% 0.22%
49 3,805 3.98% 0.22%
50 3,759 12.56% 0.22%
51 3,712 4.28% 0.21%
52 3,700 10.82% 0.21%
53 3,555 8.93% 0.20%
54 3,501 5.62% 0.20%
55 3,495 14.81% 0.20%
56 3,492 7.65% 0.20%
57 3,464 7.34% 0.20%
58 3,463 12.53% 0.20%
59 3,425 8.56% 0.20%
60 3,417 12.08% 0.20%
61 3,340 13.09% 0.19%
62 3,321 12.89% 0.19%
63 3,313 17.06% 0.19%
64 3,251 5.25% 0.19%
65 3,248 12.27% 0.19%
66 3,154 6.59% 0.18%
67 2,997 3.10% 0.17%
68 2,975 4.14% 0.17%
69 2,967 10.58% 0.17%
70 2,834 14.25% 0.16%
71 2,799 6.22% 0.16%
72 2,788 9.80% 0.16%
73 2,695 13.65% 0.16%
74 2,645 11.22% 0.15%
75 2,609 15.54% 0.15%
76 2,593 9.63% 0.15%
77 2,562 13.85% 0.15%
78 2,535 15.85% 0.15%
79 2,528 8.58% 0.15%
80 2,525 12.05% 0.15%
81 2,489 12.87% 0.14%
82 2,455 18.54% 0.14%
83 2,443 15.23% 0.14%
84 2,389 14.21% 0.14%
85 2,330 12.09% 0.13%
86 2,287 5.20% 0.13%
87 2,276 13.93% 0.13%
88 2,265 15.12% 0.13%
89 2,181 3.79% 0.13%
90 2,150 9.51% 0.12%
91 2,105 10.82% 0.12%
91 2,105 11.40% 0.12%
92 2,078 11.51% 0.12%
93 2,077 2.55% 0.12%
94 2,071 15.51% 0.12%
95 2,069 15.81% 0.12%
96 2,038 14.54% 0.12%
97 2,029 7.86% 0.12%
98 2,022 4.11% 0.12%
99 1,988 16.03% 0.11%
100 1,987 6.26% 0.11%
101 1,976 18.85% 0.11%
102 1,975 10.22% 0.11%
103 1,966 17.34% 0.11%
104 1,931 11.33% 0.11%
105 1,906 14.17% 0.11%
106 1,874 11.21% 0.11%
107 1,864 12.53% 0.11%
108 1,855 11.63% 0.11%
108 1,855 3.18% 0.11%
109 1,841 4.71% 0.11%
110 1,835 25.49% 0.11%
111 1,802 3.75% 0.10%
112 1,740 14.83% 0.10%
113 1,725 5.05% 0.10%
114 1,694 2.49% 0.10%
115 1,690 10.10% 0.10%
116 1,678 18.17% 0.10%
117 1,663 6.86% 0.10%
118 1,577 7.96% 0.09%
119 1,573 14.90% 0.09%
120 1,553 17.58% 0.09%
121 1,500 9.17% 0.09%
122 1,487 1.87% 0.09%
123 1,486 8.71% 0.09%
124 1,436 6.96% 0.08%
125 1,417 1.04% 0.08%
126 1,414 10.61% 0.08%
127 1,413 18.42% 0.08%
128 1,395 13.11% 0.08%
129 1,388 12.34% 0.08%
130 1,344 4.31% 0.08%
131 1,337 13.45% 0.08%
132 1,305 3.65% 0.08%
133 1,298 9.76% 0.07%
134 1,234 9.49% 0.07%
135 1,224 11.70% 0.07%
136 1,218 13.55% 0.07%
137 1,161 16.46% 0.07%
138 1,144 10.03% 0.07%
139 1,123 14.95% 0.06%
140 1,108 12.00% 0.06%
141 1,086 12.80% 0.06%
142 1,085 6.22% 0.06%
143 1,084 9.69% 0.06%
144 1,076 14.83% 0.06%
145 1,057 6.88% 0.06%
146 1,054 10.57% 0.06%
147 1,049 2.39% 0.06%
148 1,026 23.73% 0.06%
149 1,000 20.37% 0.06%
150 975 15.23% 0.06%
151 928 2.44% 0.05%
152 920 13.49% 0.05%
153 911 7.84% 0.05%
154 908 17.67% 0.05%
155 894 13.61% 0.05%
156 881 14.20% 0.05%
156 881 13.77% 0.05%
157 872 16.61% 0.05%
158 871 11.45% 0.05%
159 866 18.60% 0.05%
160 847 1.90% 0.05%
161 839 12.87% 0.05%
162 838 4.62% 0.05%
163 818 1.01% 0.05%
163 818 5.94% 0.05%
164 812 13.27% 0.05%
165 791 8.05% 0.05%
166 784 17.99% 0.05%
167 767 14.41% 0.04%
168 762 2.84% 0.04%
169 742 10.54% 0.04%
170 730 6.16% 0.04%
171 729 9.63% 0.04%
172 688 1.75% 0.04%
173 687 8.42% 0.04%
174 657 11.29% 0.04%
175 647 11.62% 0.04%
176 643 21.19% 0.04%
177 635 18.72% 0.04%
178 617 1.50% 0.04%
179 610 14.02% 0.04%
180 586 19.32% 0.03%
181 584 9.48% 0.03%
182 578 8.30% 0.03%
183 563 10.89% 0.03%
184 551 20.08% 0.03%
184 551 13.66% 0.03%
185 549 9.90% 0.03%
186 539 5.95% 0.03%
187 538 10.71% 0.03%
188 527 5.33% 0.03%
189 522 6.89% 0.03%
190 518 15.05% 0.03%
191 516 13.60% 0.03%
192 508 13.85% 0.03%
193 500 16.57% 0.03%
194 497 3.41% 0.03%
195 495 15.29% 0.03%
196 491 12.80% 0.03%
197 468 15.38% 0.03%
198 465 13.29% 0.03%
199 439 21.34% 0.03%
200 425 6.25% 0.02%
201 413 0.69% 0.02%
201 413 3.46% 0.02%
202 400 13.90% 0.02%
203 392 12.45% 0.02%
204 391 0.91% 0.02%
205 386 20.80% 0.02%
206 385 5.09% 0.02%
207 384 0.52% 0.02%
208 382 9.70% 0.02%
209 376 4.81% 0.02%
210 372 22.42% 0.02%
211 363 4.03% 0.02%
211 363 2.67% 0.02%
212 359 1.17% 0.02%
213 357 18.40% 0.02%
214 349 13.38% 0.02%
214 349 4.36% 0.02%
215 344 0.96% 0.02%
216 343 4.97% 0.02%
217 340 13.97% 0.02%
218 331 12.21% 0.02%
219 324 9.09% 0.02%
220 322 6.39% 0.02%
220 322 35.66% 0.02%
221 320 5.09% 0.02%
222 307 10.05% 0.02%
223 305 9.45% 0.02%
224 304 22.49% 0.02%
225 302 12.61% 0.02%
226 291 9.83% 0.02%
227 289 0.38% 0.02%
228 288 2.47% 0.02%
229 286 4.20% 0.02%
230 284 0.13% 0.02%
231 283 12.28% 0.02%
232 281 14.33% 0.02%
233 280 8.51% 0.02%
234 279 12.24% 0.02%
235 277 5.15% 0.02%
236 270 26.14% 0.02%
237 269 0.24% 0.02%
238 261 7.10% 0.02%
238 261 18.90% 0.02%
239 258 3.48% 0.01%
240 257 9.24% 0.01%
240 257 5.23% 0.01%
241 253 9.63% 0.01%
242 250 7.34% 0.01%
243 248 16.77% 0.01%
244 246 16.33% 0.01%
245 245 6.98% 0.01%
245 245 5.75% 0.01%
246 243 16.63% 0.01%
247 241 0.54% 0.01%
248 239 4.26% 0.01%
248 239 8.29% 0.01%
249 238 14.85% 0.01%
250 233 13.09% 0.01%
251 231 7.51% 0.01%
252 230 9.43% 0.01%
253 226 3.90% 0.01%
254 221 13.05% 0.01%
255 218 28.84% 0.01%
256 215 2.84% 0.01%
257 207 4.62% 0.01%
258 206 6.09% 0.01%
259 199 26.43% 0.01%
260 195 4.79% 0.01%
261 194 6.17% 0.01%
261 194 9.04% 0.01%
262 193 14.74% 0.01%
263 192 31.79% 0.01%
264 188 24.54% 0.01%
265 185 9.98% 0.01%
266 182 7.97% 0.01%
266 182 5.13% 0.01%
267 180 6.07% 0.01%
268 178 20.30% 0.01%
269 176 20.71% 0.01%
270 175 9.50% 0.01%
271 172 0.78% 0.01%
272 171 7.57% 0.01%
273 170 25.53% 0.01%
274 168 11.19% 0.01%
275 163 5.45% 0.01%
275 163 8.07% 0.01%
276 160 11.00% 0.01%
277 159 7.63% 0.01%
278 157 18.03% 0.01%
279 156 6.14% 0.01%
280 151 13.08% 0.01%
281 141 13.31% 0.01%
282 134 8.71% 0.01%
283 131 16.86% 0.01%
284 130 10.08% 0.01%
285 126 10.09% 0.01%
286 119 9.88% 0.01%
286 119 21.52% 0.01%
287 110 3.64% 0.01%
288 109 5.25% 0.01%
288 109 17.55% 0.01%
289 105 0.62% 0.01%
290 102 12.16% 0.01%
291 101 4.00% 0.01%
292 94 12.74% 0.01%
292 94 11.49% 0.01%
293 93 3.97% 0.01%
293 93 16.23% 0.01%
293 93 4.88% 0.01%
294 92 3.42% 0.01%
295 87 7.42% 0.01%
296 85 3.74% 0.00%
297 83 4.98% 0.00%
298 79 15.05% 0.00%
299 76 8.59% 0.00%
299 76 16.34% 0.00%
300 71 3.89% 0.00%
301 70 2.29% 0.00%
301 70 7.85% 0.00%
301 70 4.81% 0.00%
302 69 5.24% 0.00%
303 65 3.00% 0.00%
304 59 0.83% 0.00%
305 58 1.04% 0.00%
305 58 8.02% 0.00%
306 56 4.66% 0.00%
307 54 2.09% 0.00%
308 53 2.68% 0.00%
308 53 8.31% 0.00%
309 48 6.69% 0.00%
310 46 0.94% 0.00%
311 45 2.28% 0.00%
312 44 8.68% 0.00%
312 44 6.23% 0.00%
312 44 0.79% 0.00%
313 43 5.40% 0.00%
313 43 7.07% 0.00%
313 43 1.86% 0.00%
314 40 11.87% 0.00%
315 37 3.98% 0.00%
316 36 2.78% 0.00%
317 34 4.02% 0.00%
318 33 0.53% 0.00%
318 33 0.22% 0.00%
319 30 0.23% 0.00%
320 29 1.28% 0.00%
321 27 2.82% 0.00%
321 27 3.18% 0.00%
322 26 5.91% 0.00%
323 23 3.75% 0.00%
324 21 0.09% 0.00%
325 18 0.37% 0.00%
326 14 0.09% 0.00%
326 14 0.86% 0.00%
327 12 0.68% 0.00%
328 8 0.57% 0.00%
329 6 0.39% 0.00%
330 0 - -
330 0 - -
330 0 - -
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Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks city in Florida by their English population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census defines English population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their ancestry, meaning individuals can write upto ancestries when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as having English ancestry, whether alone or in combination with another ancestry.
Here are a few important things to know about how ancestry is reported:
  • Some people identify as English alone, while others identify as English along with another race (such as English and German).
  • We’ve used the “English alone or in any combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the English population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as English alone or in combination in city. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as English .
  2. % of Total Florida English Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. English population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small English populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • City that don’t have any reported English population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where English populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

  1. 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.
  2. 2023.