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Clewiston

City, Hendry County. Population 7,341 (2025), +0.1% on the prior year, +0.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population7,341Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519798k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+0.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20207,3272020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20257,341estimate+0.1%
20247,336estimate+0.8%
20237,278estimate-0.5%
20227,316estimate-0.7%
20217,368estimate+0.6%
20207,327census-8.1%
20197,972estimate+0.4%
20187,943estimate+3.7%
20177,659estimate+1.9%
20167,517estimate+1.0%
20157,441estimate+0.3%
20147,420estimate+2.3%
20137,251estimate+0.5%
20127,215estimate+0.8%
20117,161estimate+0.1%
20107,155census+2.0%
20097,018estimate+1.9%
20086,887estimate+4.0%
20076,619estimate+0.7%
20066,573estimate-1.0%
20056,639estimate-1.1%
20046,710estimate+2.1%
20036,572estimate+1.0%
20026,505estimate+0.3%
20016,487estimate+0.4%
20006,460census+1.5%
19996,364estimate+0.3%
19986,348estimate-0.1%
19976,354estimate+0.1%
19966,349estimate-0.1%
19956,357estimate+2.4%
19946,207estimate+1.0%
19936,144estimate-0.2%
19926,154estimate-1.4%
19916,243estimaten/a
19895,806estimate+0.5%
19885,776estimate-0.9%
19875,828estimate+2.2%
19865,705estimate+1.0%
19855,647estimate+1.5%
19845,561estimate+2.8%
19835,411estimate+2.2%
19825,292estimate-0.9%
19815,341estimaten/a
19795,079estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Hendry County)5.7%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.9% highAug 2026
Labor force (Hendry County)22,577Aug 2026
Employment (Hendry County)21,299Aug 2026
Unemployed (Hendry County)1,278Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.6%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 202622,57721,2991,2785.7%
Jul 202622,16520,8301,3356.0%
Jun 202622,45021,2001,2505.6%
May 202622,51421,3771,1375.1%
Apr 202622,63621,4971,1395.0%
Mar 202622,50921,4101,0994.9%
Feb 202622,42221,2791,1435.1%
Jan 202622,20621,0191,1875.3%
Dec 202521,83220,7211,1115.1%
Nov 202521,97520,7551,2205.6%
Sep 202522,00120,8681,1335.1%
Aug 202522,45321,2671,1865.3%
Jul 202521,57820,4591,1195.2%
Jun 202521,69320,6331,0604.9%
May 202521,75420,9128423.9%
Apr 202522,01321,2497643.5%
Mar 202521,90221,1127903.6%
Feb 202521,61720,8297883.6%
Jan 202521,65920,8318283.8%
Dec 202421,04120,2807613.6%
Nov 202421,07620,2128644.1%
Oct 202421,34720,4498984.2%
Sep 202421,32320,3319924.7%
Aug 202421,33420,1971,1375.3%
Jul 202420,94419,8921,0525.0%
Jun 202420,94920,0229274.4%
May 202421,25720,5606973.3%
Apr 202421,34220,7116313.0%
Mar 202421,22820,5197093.3%
Feb 202421,12220,4097133.4%
Jan 202420,92820,1777513.6%
Dec 202320,68720,0096783.3%
Nov 202320,73519,9917443.6%
Oct 202320,78119,9588234.0%
Sep 202320,88519,9749114.4%
Aug 202320,85419,7981,0565.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202521,86220,8769864.5%
202421,15720,3138444.0%
202320,81120,0507613.7%
202219,63318,8897443.8%
202119,20818,2459635.0%
202019,02417,7191,3056.9%
201919,21918,3059144.8%
201819,23118,2749575.0%
201719,37618,2021,1746.1%
201618,73217,4011,3317.1%
201515,08613,4681,61810.7%
201415,76813,9141,85411.8%
201316,59214,5222,07012.5%
201216,89214,6632,22913.2%
201117,91215,4042,50814.0%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$63.0M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$143M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$218M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error36.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$25.3M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$36M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error19.8%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$143M$218M$140M36.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$25.3M$36M$43.1M19.8%
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 36% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses108New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses33Aug 2026
Lodging licenses28Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses47Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months4Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)362Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+7.7%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month26Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Clewiston, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood27
2APSalcohol23
2003-NAPTlodging15
2COPalcohol13
2002-MOTLlodging6
2014-MFDVfood4
2001-HOTLlodging4
7COPalcohol3
11Calcohol2
1APSalcohol2
3CPSalcohol2
7COP-SFSalcohol2
2010-NOSTfood2
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Clewiston)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies307270
Florida profit corporations4452
Florida non-profit corporations810
Out of state entities registering in Florida33
Partnerships, trusts and other filings01

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months2Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 200914 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$250KAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table22025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025200$250K
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023110$190K
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023110$190K
Sep 2023110$190K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025200$250K
2024000$0
2023440$760K
2022330$570K
2021000$0
2020281315$3.83M
2019251213$3.43M
201810100$8.44M
201731310$4.66M
2016860$1.76M
20155440$3.09M
2014550$360K
201327100$1.7M
2012770$530K
2011840$520K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$799M
Total taxable value (non school)$370M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$423M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+2.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$783M2025 final roll
New construction value$6.55M2026 preliminary
Parcels2,5662026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 44% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$229K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months49Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$270KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$430M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$108M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$16.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$31.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$21.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$40M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$151M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$286K2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential1,874$430M$239M$3.61M2,255+1.9%
Commercial235$108M$97.1M$1.74Mn/a+2.8%
Industrial54$16.4M$13.6M$175Kn/a+8.8%
Agricultural33$31.9M$1.56M$0n/a-5.3%
Vacant174$21.6M$17.9M$0.5Kn/a+8.3%
Institutional52$40M$0$1.02Mn/a+5.4%
Government115$151M$0$4.24Kn/a+1.0%
Other27$286K$286K$0n/a+2.8%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,999Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199067.0% high2024
Occupied units2,6982020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3012020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,7742020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households9242020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate65.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)30.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households54.5%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)37.6%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units103Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$318K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less1523227
All households30.01-50% AMI17895184
All households50.01-80% AMI2287342
All households80.01-120% AMI178014
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,1311090
Renters30% AMI or less150195
Renters30.01-50% AMI2595184
Renters50.01-80% AMI130550
Renters80.01-120% AMI2400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI264200
Owners30% AMI or less02332
Owners30.01-50% AMI15300
Owners50.01-80% AMI981842
Owners80.01-120% AMI154014
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI867890

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$69K31
1997$75K45
1998$70K60
1999$80K47
2000$78K55
2001$80K57
2002$92K85
2003$98.8K80
2004$117K116
2005$163K111
2006$200K103
2007$171K44
2008$152K59
2009$137K31
2010$100K50
2011$93.7K38
2012$111K43
2013$130K22
2014$118K45
2015$110K40

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Greentree Senior1016 W Ventura AvenueClewiston5050
Greentree East701 W VENTURA AVEClewiston3939
Sweetwater Place Apts.1016 W. Ventura AvenueClewiston1414

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$31.3KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$53.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$387KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$387KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-7.1%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$29.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$357KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$357KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.3%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$41.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+3.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$34.3MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-0.7%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.69KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$14.8MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-4.7%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$31.3K
Aug 2026$32.9K
Jul 2026$35.9K
Jun 2026$40.8K
May 2026$39.1K
Apr 2026$32.2K
Mar 2026$31K
Feb 2026$14.5K
Jan 2026$15.8K
Dec 2025$53.2K
Nov 2025$29.9K
Oct 2025$30.5K
Sep 2025$38.2K
Aug 2025$40.3K
Jul 2025$40.4K
Jun 2025$41.2K
May 2025$41.4K
Apr 2025$38.6K
Mar 2025$33.4K
Feb 2025$24.1K
Jan 2025$19.9K
Dec 2024$31.9K
Nov 2024$32.4K
Oct 2024$34.9K
Sep 2024$33.6K
Aug 2024$36.1K
Jul 2024$39.8K
Jun 2024$41.5K
May 2024$45K
Apr 2024$40.4K
Mar 2024$38K
Feb 2024$33.5K
Jan 2024$21.7K
Dec 2023$35.7K
Nov 2023$41.6K
Oct 2023$35.9K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$29.6K
Aug 2026$29.6K
Jul 2026$29.6K
Jun 2026$29.2K
May 2026$29.2K
Apr 2026$29.2K
Mar 2026$29.2K
Feb 2026$29.2K
Jan 2026$29.2K
Dec 2025$31.1K
Nov 2025$31.1K
Oct 2025$31.1K
Sep 2025$32K
Aug 2025$32K
Jul 2025$32K
Jun 2025$28.3K
May 2025$28.3K
Apr 2025$28.3K
Mar 2025$28.3K
Feb 2025$28.3K
Jan 2025$28.3K
Dec 2024$28.3K
Nov 2024$31K
Oct 2024$31K
Sep 2024$31K
Aug 2024$31K
Jul 2024$31K
Jun 2024$31.3K
May 2024$31.3K
Apr 2024$31.3K
Mar 2024$31.3K
Feb 2024$31.3K
Jan 2024$31.3K
Dec 2023$31.3K
Nov 2023$31.3K
Oct 2023$31.3K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$14.8M-4.7%
FY2024$15.5M+7.4%
FY2023$14.4M+27.8%
FY2022$11.3M-30.5%
FY2021$16.3M+13.6%
FY2020$14.3M+4.3%
FY2019$13.7M-0.8%
FY2018$13.8M-0.4%
FY2017$13.9M-4.3%
FY2016$14.5M-1.7%
FY2015$14.8M-1.2%
FY2014$14.9M-3.0%
FY2013$15.4Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.83M$4.52M+6.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$446K$105K+323.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$4.71M$5.37M-12.3%
Charges for Services$21.5M$23.3M-8.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$33K$42.8K-22.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$5.11M$2.97M+71.8%
Other Sources$5.15M$4.03M+27.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$2.9M$2.76M+5.2%
Public Safety$4.02M$3.66M+9.9%
Physical Environment$18M$18.4M-2.1%
Transportation$2.98M$4.84M-38.4%
Economic Environment$6.1K$7.33K-16.8%
Human Services$335K$249K+34.8%
Culture / Recreation$4.08M$2.52M+62.0%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$2.02M$2.17M-7.0%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$347MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$347M high2026
Change on a year earlier+1.6%June 30, 2026
Change, real-1.5%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Clewiston.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
First BankFirst Bank300 E Sugarland HwyClewiston$224M
Seacoast National BankClewiston Branch890 W Sugarland HwyClewiston$113M
First BankBerner Road Branch101 S Berner RdClewiston$9.88M

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