Wednesday, October 21 Gainesville
Towns Advertise
Discover Gainesville
Search Log in Add your business Ask a question
  1. Home
  2. Statistics
  3. People
  4. Population
People Statistics · City

Population in Gainesville

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 2 of 6 · Towns of Gainesville Updated Oct 21, 2026
People · Gainesville Alachua County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Featured spot available Your business could be here First in “Statistics” — with a photo and a “Featured” mark. Take this spot
Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 10 figures
Latest value · 2025 148,671 +0.5% since 2024
Towns of Gainesville · 2025 2 of 6 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +12% +1.2% a year on average
share of Alachua County 51.3% Alachua County: 290,028 · 2025
Population, 2010 – 2025 people
+12% since 2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Gainesville 149K
Alachua County 290K
Florida 23M
United States 342M
World 8.2B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Gainesville · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 148,671 · 2025
First value 124,829 · 2010
Highest 148,671 · 2025
Lowest 124,829 · 2010
Average change +1.2% a year on average
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearGainesvilleChange Alachua CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 148,671 +0.5% 290K 23M 342M 8.2B
2024 147,890 +0.5% 289K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023 147,104 +0.9% 288K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022 145,775 +1.2% 285K 22M 334M 8B
2021 144,056 +1.2% 282K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020 142,298 +1.7% 280K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019 139,901 +0.7% 276K 21M — 7.8B
2018 138,913 +1.7% 275K 21M — 7.7B
2017 136,606 +0.8% 272K 21M — 7.6B
2016 135,517 +2.1% 269K 21M — 7.5B
2015 132,666 +1.8% 263K 20M — 7.4B
2014 130,260 +1.5% 259K 20M — 7.4B
2013 128,389 +0.8% 255K 20M — 7.3B
2012 127,409 +0.8% 253K 19M — 7.2B
2011 126,458 +1.3% 251K 19M — 7.1B
2010 124,829 248K 19M — 7B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Gainesville

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation
1 Tallahassee 198K
2 Gainesville 142K
3 Alachua 10,573
4 Newberry 7,377
5 Hawthorne 1,484
6 Micanopy 643

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2020

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.