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White Springs

Town, Hamilton County. Population 715 (2025), -2.2% on the prior year, -3.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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White Springs

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.83 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population715Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979859 high2025
Change since the prior year-2.2%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-3.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20207402020

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
2025715estimate-2.2%
2024731estimate-1.5%
2023742estimate-3.1%
2022766estimate+0.5%
2021762estimate+3.0%
2020740census-10.5%
2019827estimate+8.2%
2018764estimate-0.1%
2017765estimate+0.7%
2016760estimate-0.4%
2015763estimate-1.2%
2014772estimate+0.1%
2013771estimate+0.1%
2012770estimate-1.8%
2011784estimate+0.9%
2010777census+0.1%
2009776estimate+1.2%
2008767estimate+0.7%
2007762estimate-1.6%
2006774estimate+0.3%
2005772estimate+1.6%
2004760estimate-3.9%
2003791estimate-0.9%
2002798estimate-1.7%
2001812estimate-0.9%
2000819census-1.2%
1999829estimate-0.4%
1998832estimate-1.1%
1997841estimate+2.9%
1996817estimate-0.7%
1995823estimate+9.9%
1994749estimate+3.2%
1993726estimate-3.6%
1992753estimate+7.7%
1991699estimaten/a
1989775estimate+2.2%
1988758estimate-3.1%
1987782estimate-5.8%
1986830estimate+0.2%
1985828estimate+0.2%
1984826estimate+10.7%
1983746estimate-1.2%
1982755estimate+0.9%
1981748estimaten/a
1979859estimaten/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 businesses15New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses3Aug 2026
Lodging licenses5Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

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

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
2APSalcohol4
2010-SEATfood2
2003-NAPTlodging2
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1
2COPalcohol1
3DPSalcohol1
8COP-SFSalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1
2002-MOTLlodging1
2005-BNBlodging1

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$96M
Total taxable value (non school)$34.1M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$38.6M2026 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+6.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$95.4M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.39M2026 preliminary
Parcels6902026 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$29.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$2.38M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$599K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$38.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$4.08M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$1.42M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$13.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$5.99M2026 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
Residential212$29.2M$14.5M$974K220+2.0%
Commercial15$2.38M$2.25M$2.35Kn/a+0.9%
Industrial2$599K$599K$1.24Kn/a+1.7%
Agricultural143$38.9M$7.14M$250Kn/a-0.6%
Vacant214$4.08M$3.68M$88.2Kn/a+5.3%
Institutional14$1.42M$39.3K$65.6Kn/a+3.4%
Government51$13.4M$223K$3.86Kn/a+0.7%
Other38$5.99M$5.62M$0.1Kn/a-2.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units402Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199074.0% high2024
Occupied units3272020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units752020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2172020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1102020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate66.4%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)17.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households27.9%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%)3.3%2025
Assisted housing developments1Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units38Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$178K2024

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 less28812
All households30.01-50% AMI31260
All households50.01-80% AMI5084
All households80.01-120% AMI1900
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI14200
Renters30% AMI or less2044
Renters30.01-50% AMI12220
Renters50.01-80% AMI440
Renters80.01-120% AMI400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI4800
Owners30% AMI or less848
Owners30.01-50% AMI1940
Owners50.01-80% AMI4644
Owners80.01-120% AMI1500
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI9400

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$132K2
1997$14K5
1998$60.2K2
1999$45K9
2000$45K7
2001$31K1
2002$59.2K6
2003$83K3
2004$83.5K8
2005$72.8K6
2006$44K8
2007$96K7
2008$150K5
2009$59.9K1
2010$119K1
2011$60.5K2
2012$78.5K1
2013$11.5K2
2014$61.2K6
2015$49K3

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Suwannee Springs Apartments Ltd16583 JEWETT STREETWhite Springs3838

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.74KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$4.72K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$23.6KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$23.6KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-12.1%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.17KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$39KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$39KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-2.0%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$1.48MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-7.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.63MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+12.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.03KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.42MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+2.3%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$1.74K
Aug 2026$2.15K
Jul 2026$1.69K
Jun 2026$1.84K
May 2026$2.03K
Apr 2026$1.64K
Mar 2026$2.01K
Feb 2026$1.75K
Jan 2026$1.71K
Dec 2025$1.76K
Nov 2025$2.58K
Oct 2025$2.69K
Sep 2025$2.96K
Aug 2025$2.45K
Jul 2025$2.58K
Jun 2025$2.24K
May 2025$2.18K
Apr 2025$2.05K
Mar 2025$2.12K
Feb 2025$2.14K
Jan 2025$0.5K
Dec 2024$2.77K
Nov 2024$2.84K
Oct 2024$2.05K
Sep 2024$2.32K
Aug 2024$2.22K
Jul 2024$2.33K
Jun 2024$2.52K
May 2024$2.72K
Apr 2024$2.07K
Mar 2024$2.59K
Feb 2024$2.3K
Jan 2024$1.89K
Dec 2023$2.09K
Nov 2023$2.82K
Oct 2023$2.66K

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$3.17K
Aug 2026$3.17K
Jul 2026$3.17K
Jun 2026$3.21K
May 2026$3.21K
Apr 2026$3.21K
Mar 2026$3.21K
Feb 2026$3.21K
Jan 2026$3.21K
Dec 2025$3.4K
Nov 2025$3.4K
Oct 2025$3.4K
Sep 2025$3.49K
Aug 2025$3.49K
Jul 2025$3.49K
Jun 2025$3.19K
May 2025$3.19K
Apr 2025$3.19K
Mar 2025$3.19K
Feb 2025$3.19K
Jan 2025$3.19K
Dec 2024$3.19K
Nov 2024$3.47K
Oct 2024$3.47K
Sep 2024$3.47K
Aug 2024$3.47K
Jul 2024$3.47K
Jun 2024$3.67K
May 2024$3.67K
Apr 2024$3.67K
Mar 2024$3.67K
Feb 2024$3.67K
Jan 2024$3.67K
Dec 2023$3.67K
Nov 2023$3.67K
Oct 2023$3.67K

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$1.42M+2.3%
FY2024$1.38M-3.0%
FY2023$1.43M-7.7%
FY2022$1.55M+72.0%
FY2021$899K-5.5%
FY2020$950K+6.0%
FY2019$896K-8.7%
FY2018$982K+3.8%
FY2017$946K-4.4%
FY2016$990K-4.2%
FY2015$1.03M-4.6%
FY2014$1.08M-4.2%
FY2013$1.13Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$475K$466K+2.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$218K$153K+42.9%
Intergovernmental Revenues$229K$525K-56.4%
Charges for Services$516K$433K+19.0%
Miscellaneous Revenues$43.1K$19.2K+125.2%
Other Sourcesn/an/an/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeitsn/an/an/a
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)$425K$259K+64.2%
Public Safety$230K$267K-13.7%
Physical Environment$773K$761K+1.5%
Transportation$172K$134K+28.1%
Culture / Recreation$25.8K$27.7K-7.0%
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Human Servicesn/an/an/a
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a

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