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Jennings

Town, Hamilton County. Population 708 (2025), -1.8% on the prior year, -5.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Jennings

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.66 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population708Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979906 high2025
Change since the prior year-1.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-5.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20207492020

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
2025708estimate-1.8%
2024721estimate-3.5%
2023747estimate-1.3%
2022757estimate+1.1%
2021749estimate0.0%
2020749census-14.3%
2019874estimate-0.7%
2018880estimate+1.9%
2017864estimate-2.9%
2016890estimate+2.2%
2015871estimate+0.7%
2014865estimate-3.4%
2013895estimate-1.2%
2012906estimate+2.5%
2011884estimate+0.7%
2010878census+9.1%
2009805estimate-1.0%
2008813estimate-0.9%
2007820estimate+1.9%
2006805estimate-4.2%
2005840estimate+0.5%
2004836estimate+0.7%
2003830estimate+0.4%
2002827estimate+0.2%
2001825estimate-1.0%
2000833census+2.0%
1999817estimate+1.4%
1998806estimate+1.0%
1997798estimate+1.9%
1996783estimate-2.2%
1995801estimate+7.8%
1994743estimate+3.1%
1993721estimate+0.6%
1992717estimate+1.4%
1991707estimaten/a
1989865estimate-0.6%
1988870estimate-0.6%
1987875estimate+2.2%
1986856estimate+3.1%
1985830estimate+0.1%
1984829estimate+3.5%
1983801estimate+2.2%
1982784estimate+1.3%
1981774estimaten/a
1979582estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Hamilton County)6.5%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201613.0% highAug 2026
Labor force (Hamilton County)4,131Aug 2026
Employment (Hamilton County)3,864Aug 2026
Unemployed (Hamilton County)267Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier6.1%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.4%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 20264,1313,8642676.5%
Jul 20264,0703,7962746.7%
Jun 20264,1133,8342796.8%
May 20264,1453,8642816.8%
Apr 20264,1353,8542816.8%
Mar 20264,1133,8392746.7%
Feb 20264,1233,8322917.1%
Jan 20264,0843,7872977.3%
Dec 20254,0853,8212646.5%
Nov 20254,1213,8262957.2%
Sep 20254,1133,8702435.9%
Aug 20254,1153,8662496.1%
Jul 20254,1203,8812395.8%
Jun 20254,1033,8682355.7%
May 20254,1533,9382155.2%
Apr 20254,1503,9322185.3%
Mar 20254,1693,9442255.4%
Feb 20254,1263,9032235.4%
Jan 20254,1763,9442325.6%
Dec 20244,1593,9592004.8%
Nov 20244,1273,9102175.3%
Oct 20244,1683,9432255.4%
Sep 20244,1823,9702125.1%
Aug 20244,1533,9332205.3%
Jul 20244,0463,8272195.4%
Jun 20244,1413,9292125.1%
May 20244,1633,9881754.2%
Apr 20244,1353,9711644.0%
Mar 20244,1573,9771804.3%
Feb 20244,0653,8811844.5%
Jan 20243,9923,8111814.5%
Dec 20233,9663,7901764.4%
Nov 20233,9833,7841995.0%
Oct 20234,0613,8392225.5%
Sep 20234,0533,8292245.5%
Aug 20234,1043,8802245.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20254,1303,8902405.8%
20244,1243,9251994.8%
20234,0383,8541844.6%
20223,9033,7301734.4%
20214,0073,7492586.4%
20204,0363,6933438.5%
20194,1133,9271864.5%
20184,1713,9801914.6%
20174,1163,8982185.3%
20164,4874,2152726.1%
20154,5184,2222966.6%
20144,5834,2203637.9%
20134,6104,1964149.0%
20125,1364,6654719.2%
20114,8824,36751510.5%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses18New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses7Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses9Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months2Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)43Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-14.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month1Sep 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: Jennings, 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
2APSalcohol6
2014-MFDVfood5
1APSalcohol2
2015-VENDfood2
3DPSalcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2003-NAPTlodging1

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: Jennings)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4143
Florida profit corporations13
Florida non-profit corporations13
Out of state entities registering in Florida01
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$92.4M
Total taxable value (non school)$31.7M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$35.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+0.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+10.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$91.9M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.11M2026 preliminary
Parcels6272026 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; 18% 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$96.7K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months3Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$135KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$28.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$3.83M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$101K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$47.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.44M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.76M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$5.85M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$881K2026 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
Residential224$28.3M$15.4M$617K235+0.8%
Commercial10$3.83M$3.76M$4.83Kn/a-10.0%
Industrial1$101K$101K$0n/a+13.7%
Agricultural160$47.2M$8.65M$439Kn/a+0.2%
Vacant160$3.44M$2.98M$21.1Kn/a+17.8%
Institutional23$2.76M$29.2K$0n/a-1.1%
Government38$5.85M$0$28.6Kn/a-0.5%
Other10$881K$740K$0.9Kn/a+21.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units385Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199072.0% high2024
Occupied units3382020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units472020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2162020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1222020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate63.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)47.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households56.4%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%)52.7%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units24Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$132K2024

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 less15036
All households30.01-50% AMI96922
All households50.01-80% AMI3900
All households80.01-120% AMI2000
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI5600
Renters30% AMI or less15036
Renters30.01-50% AMI0422
Renters50.01-80% AMI2400
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI900
Owners30% AMI or less000
Owners30.01-50% AMI9650
Owners50.01-80% AMI1500
Owners80.01-120% AMI2000
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI4700

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$34K1
1997$37.5K2
1998$25.5K1
1999$45K3
2000$25K1
2001$58K3
2002$42K5
2003$30K3
2004n/an/a
2005$39K3
2006$104K4
2007$30K3
2008$53K4
2009$55K1
2010$33K4
2011n/an/a
2012$37.5K2
2013$85K1
2014$30K1
2015n/an/a

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Hamilton Village1203 Plum StreetJennings2424

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.72KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$5.33K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$23.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$23.3KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-13.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.33KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$41.6KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$41.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-4.3%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$1.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+58.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.03MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+30.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.5KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.78MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before+13.0%FY2024

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$1.72K
Aug 2026$2.12K
Jul 2026$1.67K
Jun 2026$1.82K
May 2026$2.01K
Apr 2026$1.61K
Mar 2026$1.98K
Feb 2026$1.73K
Jan 2026$1.68K
Dec 2025$1.74K
Nov 2025$2.54K
Oct 2025$2.65K
Sep 2025$2.98K
Aug 2025$2.46K
Jul 2025$2.59K
Jun 2025$2.26K
May 2025$2.2K
Apr 2025$2.06K
Mar 2025$2.13K
Feb 2025$2.16K
Jan 2025$0.5K
Dec 2024$2.79K
Nov 2024$2.86K
Oct 2024$2.06K
Sep 2024$2.29K
Aug 2024$2.19K
Jul 2024$2.3K
Jun 2024$2.49K
May 2024$2.69K
Apr 2024$2.05K
Mar 2024$2.56K
Feb 2024$2.27K
Jan 2024$1.87K
Dec 2023$2.07K
Nov 2023$2.79K
Oct 2023$2.63K

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$3.33K
Aug 2026$3.33K
Jul 2026$3.33K
Jun 2026$3.44K
May 2026$3.44K
Apr 2026$3.44K
Mar 2026$3.44K
Feb 2026$3.44K
Jan 2026$3.44K
Dec 2025$3.65K
Nov 2025$3.65K
Oct 2025$3.65K
Sep 2025$3.75K
Aug 2025$3.75K
Jul 2025$3.75K
Jun 2025$3.5K
May 2025$3.5K
Apr 2025$3.5K
Mar 2025$3.5K
Feb 2025$3.5K
Jan 2025$3.5K
Dec 2024$3.5K
Nov 2024$3.83K
Oct 2024$3.83K
Sep 2024$3.83K
Aug 2024$3.83K
Jul 2024$3.83K
Jun 2024$4.81K
May 2024$4.81K
Apr 2024$4.81K
Mar 2024$4.81K
Feb 2024$4.81K
Jan 2024$4.81K
Dec 2023$4.81K
Nov 2023$4.81K
Oct 2023$4.81K

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$3.78M+13.0%
FY2023$3.35M+464.3%
FY2022$593K+84.3%
FY2021$322K+0.8%
FY2020$319K-7.8%
FY2019$347K+2.0%
FY2018$340K+0.9%
FY2017$337K+10.6%
FY2016$304K+0.9%
FY2015$302K-0.1%
FY2014$302K-6.0%
FY2013$322Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$477K$440K+8.5%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$52.8K$63K-16.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$703K$170K+313.6%
Charges for Services$546K$389K+40.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$10.7K$12.1K-11.3%
Other Sources$14.4K$63.8K-77.4%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeitsn/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)$890K$452K+97.0%
Public Safety$272K$220K+24.1%
Physical Environment$681K$673K+1.2%
Transportation$123K$133K-7.7%
Culture / Recreation$26.3K$0.1K+22220.3%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$33.6K$75.2K-55.4%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

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