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Blountstown

City, Calhoun County. Population 2,231 (2025), -1.4% on the prior year, -1.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Blountstown

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 3.19 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population2,231Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519792.7k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.4%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-1.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20202,2662020

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
20252,231estimate-1.4%
20242,262estimate+0.1%
20232,259estimate-0.9%
20222,280estimate+0.3%
20212,273estimate+0.3%
20202,266census-6.1%
20192,414estimate-3.4%
20182,498estimate+0.4%
20172,488estimate+0.6%
20162,472estimate+0.2%
20152,468estimate-1.0%
20142,494estimate-0.4%
20132,503estimate+0.1%
20122,500estimate-0.5%
20112,512estimate-0.1%
20102,514census+1.0%
20092,488estimate+2.0%
20082,440estimate-1.3%
20072,473estimate-0.1%
20062,476estimate+0.9%
20052,454estimate+0.1%
20042,452estimate+1.5%
20032,415estimate-1.5%
20022,453estimate-0.6%
20012,468estimate+1.0%
20002,444census-1.9%
19992,492estimate-0.4%
19982,501estimate+2.4%
19972,443estimate-1.7%
19962,484estimate+0.8%
19952,465estimate+3.4%
19942,383estimate-0.2%
19932,388estimate-4.8%
19922,508estimate+6.0%
19912,365estimaten/a
19892,726estimate+0.6%
19882,710estimate+1.0%
19872,683estimate-0.3%
19862,692estimate-0.3%
19852,701estimate+0.9%
19842,678estimate+3.1%
19832,597estimate-1.0%
19822,623estimate-0.4%
19812,634estimaten/a
19792,624estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Calhoun County)5.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20167.4% highAug 2026
Labor force (Calhoun County)5,078Aug 2026
Employment (Calhoun County)4,820Aug 2026
Unemployed (Calhoun County)258Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.8%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%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 20265,0784,8202585.1%
Jul 20264,8544,5932615.4%
Jun 20265,0504,7942565.1%
May 20265,0874,8372504.9%
Apr 20265,0764,8172595.1%
Mar 20265,0564,8022545.0%
Feb 20265,0734,7912825.6%
Jan 20265,0504,7532975.9%
Dec 20255,0444,7692755.5%
Nov 20255,0404,7512895.7%
Sep 20255,1084,8622464.8%
Aug 20255,0714,8302414.8%
Jul 20254,8864,6572294.7%
Jun 20254,9234,7092144.3%
May 20255,0614,8731883.7%
Apr 20255,0594,8771823.6%
Mar 20255,0594,8701893.7%
Feb 20255,0294,8341953.9%
Jan 20255,0094,8072024.0%
Dec 20244,9604,7931673.4%
Nov 20245,0124,8122004.0%
Oct 20245,0964,9021943.8%
Sep 20245,1184,9291893.7%
Aug 20245,0974,8962013.9%
Jul 20244,9524,7432094.2%
Jun 20244,9454,7402054.1%
May 20245,0554,8781773.5%
Apr 20245,0444,8801643.3%
Mar 20245,0774,9061713.4%
Feb 20244,9524,7831693.4%
Jan 20244,9584,7861723.5%
Dec 20234,9574,7931643.3%
Nov 20234,9744,8001743.5%
Oct 20235,0344,8551793.6%
Sep 20235,0354,8641713.4%
Aug 20234,9734,7961773.6%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20255,0274,8042234.4%
20245,0224,8371853.7%
20234,9584,7961623.3%
20224,8384,6781603.3%
20214,8624,6392234.6%
20204,8194,5682515.2%
20194,8694,6801893.9%
20184,9814,7732084.2%
20175,0214,7842374.7%
20165,0684,7852835.6%
20154,9364,6313056.2%
20144,9184,5633557.2%
20134,8904,4874038.2%
20125,0544,5754799.5%
20115,2264,67555110.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses35New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses13Aug 2026
Lodging licenses5Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses17Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months4Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)81Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+9.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month6Sep 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: Blountstown, 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
2APSalcohol10
2010-SEATfood9
2014-MFDVfood4
2003-NAPTlodging4
1APSalcohol2
8COPalcohol2
1COPalcohol1
2COPalcohol1
8COP-SFSalcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1

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: Blountstown)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies7268
Florida profit corporations64
Florida non-profit corporations32
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months1Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-50.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$150KAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table32025

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 2026110$150K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025110$207K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024110$207K
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024110$207K
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024110$163K
Feb 2024110$163K
Jan 2024110$163K
Dec 2023110$163K
Nov 2023110$163K
Oct 2023110$163K
Sep 2023110$163K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025330$450K
2024330$450K
2023330$620K
202214140$2.29M
2021000$0
2020000$0
2019000$0
2018000$0
2017000$0
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013110$157K
2012220$313K
2011220$313K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$155M
Total taxable value (non school)$71.5M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$84.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+14.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$135M2025 final roll
New construction value$11.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,4072026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 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; 16% 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$96.6K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months16Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$145KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$77.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$26.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.15M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$15M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.59M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$15.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$15.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$461K2026 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
Residential661$77.4M$39.4M$370K693+2.6%
Commercial104$26.7M$22.8M$619Kn/a+23.4%
Industrial18$1.15M$1.05M$0n/a+0.4%
Agricultural118$15M$3.81M$11.8Kn/a+0.2%
Vacant351$3.59M$3.19M$1.27Kn/a+5.0%
Institutional40$15.4M$823K$10.9Mn/a+249.7%
Government109$15.1M$131K$1.0Kn/a+11.5%
Other4$461K$341K$0n/a+31.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,463Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199075.0% high2024
Occupied units1,2902020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1732020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households8452020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households4452020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate65.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)35.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households70.9%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%)26.4%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units132Assisted Housing Inventory
Median single family sale price$208K2024

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 less799147
All households30.01-50% AMI313218
All households50.01-80% AMI615058
All households80.01-120% AMI4630
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI33007
Renters30% AMI or less259147
Renters30.01-50% AMI3315
Renters50.01-80% AMI113615
Renters80.01-120% AMI2900
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1700
Owners30% AMI or less5400
Owners30.01-50% AMI28293
Owners50.01-80% AMI501443
Owners80.01-120% AMI1730
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI31307

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$42K19
1997$37.5K16
1998$63.2K18
1999$44.9K17
2000$64.8K18
2001$47K25
2002$49.5K25
2003$58.9K34
2004$63.2K34
2005$89.5K29
2006$84K30
2007$83.2K24
2008$107K21
2009$76.8K11
2010$84.7K10
2011$90.5K6
2012$83.5K5
2013$115K11
2014$95K12
2015$105K13

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Sutton Creek Apartments16978 N Mayo StBlountstown5050
Scenic Circle/lockwood20552 SE Fuqua Cir Apt 1008Blountstown4544
Chipola Manor Apts17854 NE CHARLIEYJOHNS ST.Blountstown3838

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$6.69KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$9.36K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$68.6KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$68.6KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-18.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$9.64KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$119KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$119KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+2.3%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$12.4MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-1.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$11.3MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+14.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.48KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2024

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$6.69K
Aug 2026$5.53K
Jul 2026$5.43K
Jun 2026$5.99K
May 2026$5.28K
Apr 2026$5.37K
Mar 2026$5.05K
Feb 2026$5.99K
Jan 2026$5.32K
Dec 2025$5.88K
Nov 2025$5.62K
Oct 2025$6.47K
Sep 2025$7.3K
Aug 2025$9.36K
Jul 2025$7.4K
Jun 2025$7.33K
May 2025$7.32K
Apr 2025$7.35K
Mar 2025$5.3K
Feb 2025$7.33K
Jan 2025$6.26K
Dec 2024$7.94K
Nov 2024$5.68K
Oct 2024$6.13K
Sep 2024$5.73K
Aug 2024$6.35K
Jul 2024$6.95K
Jun 2024$6.92K
May 2024$7.18K
Apr 2024$6.4K
Mar 2024$5.55K
Feb 2024$6.58K
Jan 2024$6.48K
Dec 2023$5.74K
Nov 2023$5.91K
Oct 2023$7.16K

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$9.64K
Aug 2026$9.64K
Jul 2026$9.64K
Jun 2026$9.8K
May 2026$9.8K
Apr 2026$9.8K
Mar 2026$9.8K
Feb 2026$9.8K
Jan 2026$9.8K
Dec 2025$10.4K
Nov 2025$10.4K
Oct 2025$10.4K
Sep 2025$10.7K
Aug 2025$10.7K
Jul 2025$10.7K
Jun 2025$9.18K
May 2025$9.18K
Apr 2025$9.18K
Mar 2025$9.18K
Feb 2025$9.18K
Jan 2025$9.18K
Dec 2024$9.18K
Nov 2024$10K
Oct 2024$10K
Sep 2024$10K
Aug 2024$10K
Jul 2024$10K
Jun 2024$9.97K
May 2024$9.97K
Apr 2024$9.97K
Mar 2024$9.97K
Feb 2024$9.97K
Jan 2024$9.97K
Dec 2023$9.97K
Nov 2023$9.97K
Oct 2023$9.97K

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
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0-100.0%
FY2022$4.44K0.0%
FY2021$4.44K-87.2%
FY2020$34.6K+16.2%
FY2019$29.8K-45.1%
FY2018$54.3K-58.0%
FY2017$129K-36.7%
FY2016$204K-44.5%
FY2015$367K-78.1%
FY2014$1.68M-11.4%
FY2013$1.89Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$681K$677K+0.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$338K$291K+16.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$539K$526K+2.5%
Charges for Services$7.03M$7.07M-0.6%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$37.1K$36.2K+2.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$375K$360K+4.2%
Other Sources$3.4M$3.57M-4.6%
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)$708K$589K+20.3%
Public Safety$2.12M$2.26M-5.8%
Physical Environment$5.21M$5.71M-8.6%
Transportation$630K$1.06M-40.5%
Culture / Recreation$125K$219K-42.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$2.49Mn/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$214MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$253M high2026
Change on a year earlier+3.8%June 30, 2026
Change, real+0.6%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 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 Blountstown.

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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
PeoplesSouth BankBlountstown Branch20455 Central Ave WBlountstown$89.7M
Ameris BankBlountstown Branch17214 Main St NBlountstown$48M
Regions BankBlountstown Branch16723 Se Pear StBlountstown$43.8M
Centennial BankBlountstown Branch20734 Central Ave EBlountstown$32.1M

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