Alachua County, Florida
County seat: Gainesville · Population 290,028 (2025) · 876 sq mi
Alachua County is the 24th most populous of Florida's 67 counties, with 290,028 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Gainesville. It is part of the North Central Florida region, one of the 10 Florida regional planning council regions. The map shows its 9 cities and towns and the 7 neighboring counties.
Alachua County facts
- County seat
- Gainesville
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 290,028 +4.2% since 2020
- Land area
- 876 sq mi 22nd largest of 67
- Water area
- 93 sq mi
- Population density
- 331 per sq mi
- Established
- 1824
- Largest city
- Gainesville 148,671
- Median household income
- $61,949
- Cities and towns
- 9
- ZIP codes
- 24
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 12001
Cities and towns in Alachua County
Alachua County has 9 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Alachua County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville (county seat) | City | 148,671 | |
| Alachua | City | 10,612 | |
| Newberry | City | 8,618 | |
| High Springs | City | 6,762 | |
| Hawthorne | City | 1,505 | |
| Archer | City | 1,159 | |
| Waldo | City | 814 | |
| Micanopy | Town | 653 | |
| La Crosse | Town | 323 |
ZIP codes in Alachua County
24 ZIP codes reach into Alachua County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 32044 also Bradford County
- 32601
- 32603
- 32605
- 32606
- 32607
- 32608
- 32609
- 32610
- 32612
- 32615
- 32616
- 32618 also Levy County
- 32622 also Bradford County
- 32631
- 32640 also Putnam County
- 32641
- 32643 also Gilchrist and Columbia counties
- 32653
- 32658
- 32666 also Putnam, Clay and Bradford counties
- 32667 also Marion County
- 32669 also Gilchrist and Levy counties
- 32694
Population of Alachua County, 2020–2025
Alachua County grew by 11,550 people (+4.2%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 1,208 more births than deaths and a net gain of 10,433 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 279,767 |
| 2021 | 281,889 |
| 2022 | 284,908 |
| 2023 | 287,873 |
| 2024 | 289,446 |
| 2025 | 290,028 |
Neighboring counties
- Marion County southeast · 442,660 people
- Bradford County northeast · 28,307 people
- Levy County southwest · 48,520 people
- Gilchrist County west · 20,488 people
- Putnam County east · 77,734 people
- Columbia County northwest · 74,094 people
- Union County north · 16,250 people
Printable Alachua County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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