State of the United States
Florida
Florida is a state of the United States. It covers about 147,000 km² (56,600 mi²), the 25th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Nepal. About 21.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 147,000 km²56,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 170,000 km²Wikidata · 14% above our measure |
| Share of the United States | 1.6%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 25th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 21.5 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 147 people per km² |
| Capital | Tallahassee |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 31°N |
| Type | StateUS-FL |
What the numbers say about Florida
- Florida covers 1.6% of the area of the United States and ranks 3rd of 51 by population, against 25th by area.
- It would take 64.5 states and districts the size of Florida to cover the United States.
- Florida holds 6.5% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 15.
- The largest, Alaska, is 10.3× the size of Florida; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Iowa (145,000 km², 1.01×) and Illinois (150,000 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Florida would be larger than 146 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 94th by area, between Nepal (147,000 km²) and Suriname (145,000 km²).
- With 21.5 million people it would rank 60th of 238 by population.
- Florida has 147 people per km², about the density of Indonesia, which has 147 per km².
- That makes Florida the 9th most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 4.19× the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Florida looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Florida stretches about 682 km north to south and 734 km east to west.
- Our measured 147,000 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 170,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaLiaoning1.00× · 147,000 km²PeopleBeijing0.98× · 21.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaOdisha0.95× · 155,000 km²PeopleHaryana85% · 25.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.20× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.73× · 85,000 km²PeopleÎle-de-France1.74× · 12.4 million (2022)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.55× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.86× · 78,800 km²PeopleTokyo1.51× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaCeará0.98× · 150,000 km²PeopleMinas Gerais1.05× · 20.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleOntario1.51× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria64% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaCoahuila0.97× · 151,000 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.33× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Florida ranks
Florida is the 25th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. United States’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12