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Liberty County

County, Florida. Population 8,140 (2025), +1.5% on the prior year, +2.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Liberty CountyBristol (city), population 962

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Cities

Every city, town and village in Liberty County, with its latest BEBR population. A place in two counties is listed in both and its page sits under its principal county.

Population

2025
Population8,140Population, April 1, 1972 to 202519728.9k high2025
Change since the prior year+1.5%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+2.1%2020 to 2025
Census 20207,9742020

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
20258,140estimate+1.5%
20248,016estimate+0.5%
20237,977estimate+1.9%
20227,831estimate+4.9%
20217,464estimate-6.4%
20207,974census-9.1%
20198,772estimate-1.6%
20188,915estimate+2.2%
20178,719estimate-0.2%
20168,736estimate+0.4%
20158,698estimate+0.3%
20148,668estimate+2.2%
20138,483estimate-0.4%
20128,519estimate+1.8%
20118,370estimate+0.1%
20108,365census+1.8%
20098,220estimate+0.8%
20088,158estimate+5.0%
20077,772estimate0.0%
20067,772estimate+2.5%
20057,581estimate+3.1%
20047,354estimate+1.8%
20037,227estimate+1.0%
20027,157estimate+0.4%
20017,132estimate+1.6%
20007,021census-12.8%
19998,048estimate+4.4%
19987,708estimate+0.2%
19977,694estimate+3.4%
19967,439estimate+8.2%
19956,873estimate+5.1%
19946,538estimate+14.3%
19935,720estimate+3.9%
19925,506estimate-2.0%
19915,620estimate+0.9%
19905,569census+17.1%
19894,757estimate-0.2%
19884,768estimate-4.1%
19874,974estimate+8.9%
19864,567estimate+0.8%
19854,530estimate+1.7%
19844,454estimate+1.9%
19834,371estimate+0.4%
19824,353estimate+1.4%
19814,294estimate+0.8%
19804,260census-1.2%
19794,311estimate+1.0%
19784,267estimate+1.9%
19774,188estimate+1.6%
19764,124estimate+5.1%
19753,925estimate+2.7%
19743,822estimate+2.0%
19733,748estimate+7.2%
19723,495estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate5.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20167.6% highAug 2026
Labor force2,561Aug 2026
Employment2,431Aug 2026
Unemployed130Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.9%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+1.1%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 20262,5612,4311305.1%
Jul 20262,4242,2841405.8%
Jun 20262,4372,2921455.9%
May 20262,5442,4091355.3%
Apr 20262,5682,4391295.0%
Mar 20262,5772,4521254.9%
Feb 20262,5732,4371365.3%
Jan 20262,5752,4291465.7%
Dec 20252,5662,4351315.1%
Nov 20252,5802,4281525.9%
Sep 20252,5972,4721254.8%
Aug 20252,5322,4071254.9%
Jul 20252,3612,2391225.2%
Jun 20252,3232,2081155.0%
May 20252,5052,406994.0%
Apr 20252,5382,445933.7%
Mar 20252,5362,446903.5%
Feb 20252,5222,424983.9%
Jan 20252,5172,4151024.1%
Dec 20242,5122,427853.4%
Nov 20242,5172,4161014.0%
Oct 20242,5452,4411044.1%
Sep 20242,5322,434983.9%
Aug 20242,5022,3911114.4%
Jul 20242,3722,2601124.7%
Jun 20242,3972,2891084.5%
May 20242,4742,383913.7%
Apr 20242,4782,396823.3%
Mar 20242,5002,412883.5%
Feb 20242,4062,317893.7%
Jan 20242,4722,383893.6%
Dec 20232,4692,393763.1%
Nov 20232,4762,383933.8%
Oct 20232,4902,402883.5%
Sep 20232,5282,442863.4%
Aug 20232,5162,424923.7%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20252,5072,3931144.5%
20242,4762,379973.9%
20232,4882,409793.2%
20222,4322,352803.3%
20212,4492,3401094.5%
20202,4922,3661265.1%
20192,5442,454903.5%
20182,4952,3951004.0%
20172,5232,4061174.6%
20162,5572,4221355.3%
20152,6362,4791576.0%
20142,7362,5471896.9%
20132,8292,6292007.1%
20122,7252,5002258.3%
20112,8542,5882669.3%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses29New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses14Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses14Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months6Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months107Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+28.9%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month9Sep 2026

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; 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 Business patterns

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Establishments862023
Employees, mid March1,0822023
Annual payroll$50.7M2023
Establishments, change on the year before-4.4%2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2014-MFDVfood11
2APSalcohol9
1APSalcohol5
2010-SEATfood3
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

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies10174
Florida profit corporations37
Florida non-profit corporations32
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

By sector, 2023

County Business Patterns, NAICS sectors. Employment and payroll withheld by the Bureau show blank.

SectorEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
NAICS 23 Construction1431$1.31M
NAICS 44 Retail Trade12161$3.53M
NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance11399$16.5M
NAICS 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting863$3.16M
NAICS 81 Other Services (except Public Administration)828$729K
NAICS 31 Manufacturing6271$18.6M
NAICS 48 Transportation and Warehousing651$3.5M
NAICS 51 Information34$190K
NAICS 54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services326$1.3M
NAICS 72 Accommodation and Food Services318$396K

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months26Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20097 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+116.7%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$7.95MAug 2026
Units, latest month4Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months26Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table252025

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 2026440$1.05M
Jul 2026220$616K
Jun 2026110$308K
May 2026220$616K
Apr 2026550$1.54M
Mar 2026110$269K
Feb 2026110$230K
Jan 2026110$50K
Dec 2025220$700K
Nov 2025330$1.47M
Oct 2025330$820K
Sep 2025110$269K
Aug 2025110$269K
Jul 2025110$269K
Jun 2025110$269K
May 2025110$269K
Apr 2025110$269K
Mar 2025220$401K
Feb 2025110$400K
Jan 2025110$150K
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024330$580K
Aug 2024330$1.02M
Jul 2024110$150K
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024110$280K
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023110$460K
Nov 2023110$165K
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202525250$7.35M
2024880$2.03M
202314140$2.51M
202221210$3.18M
2021220$155K
2020110$100K
201922220$2.15M
201820200$1.98M
201718180$1.79M
201618180$2.12M
201515150$1.77M
2014990$1.23M
2013990$860K
2012990$950K
201112120$1.6M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$963M
Total taxable value (non school)$230M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$264M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+6.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$922M2025 final roll
New construction value$6.69M2026 preliminary
Parcels6,0122026 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 2010 block groups; 19% 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$103K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months41Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$137KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$237M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$22.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$22.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$287M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$14.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$22.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$352M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$3.91M2026 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
Residential2,339$237M$124M$4.7M2,449+12.3%
Commercial125$22.3M$17.4M$2.99Kn/a+39.3%
Industrial22$22.5M$21.2M$0n/a+1.0%
Agricultural1,519$287M$51M$870Kn/a+0.4%
Vacant1,036$14.2M$12.3M$13.9Kn/a+6.9%
Institutional102$22.8M$344K$0n/a+0.5%
Government802$352M$0$1.1Mn/a+1.6%
Other67$3.91M$3.46M$0n/a+11.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units3,238Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.0% high2024
Occupied units2,5632020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units6752020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,0522020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households5112020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate80.1%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)19.6%2025
Cost burdened renter households32.5%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%)16.4%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$185K2024

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 less17417185
All households30.01-50% AMI1838554
All households50.01-80% AMI2725921
All households80.01-120% AMI184500
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,324429
Renters30% AMI or less38394
Renters30.01-50% AMI31336
Renters50.01-80% AMI33340
Renters80.01-120% AMI58280
RentersGreater than 120% AMI25100
Owners30% AMI or less1361491
Owners30.01-50% AMI1525248
Owners50.01-80% AMI2392521
Owners80.01-120% AMI126220
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,073429

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1990n/an/a
1991$80K2
1992$26K28
1993$44K24
1994$52.5K46
1995$34.5K43
1996$25K38
1997$25K42
1998$35K54
1999$33.5K63
2000$38K25
2001$56K33
2002$55K25
2003$88.5K25
2004$61.8K28
2005$65.2K46
2006$125K40
2007$121K29
2008$121K16
2009$76.7K16

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$17.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$47.7K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$210KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$210KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+14.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$15.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$184KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$184KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.8%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$31.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-12.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$26.8MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-25.5%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.95KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2025

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$17.4K
Aug 2026$14.4K
Jul 2026$11.1K
Jun 2026$15.2K
May 2026$17.5K
Apr 2026$14.6K
Mar 2026$13.3K
Feb 2026$13K
Jan 2026$47.7K
Dec 2025$14.4K
Nov 2025$18.8K
Oct 2025$12.9K
Sep 2025$14.7K
Aug 2025$15.7K
Jul 2025$18.3K
Jun 2025$15.7K
May 2025$15.3K
Apr 2025$14.2K
Mar 2025$14.6K
Feb 2025$18.1K
Jan 2025$12.2K
Dec 2024$15.2K
Nov 2024$14.3K
Oct 2024$15.2K
Sep 2024$10.4K
Aug 2024$14.4K
Jul 2024$23.4K
Jun 2024$15.2K
May 2024$19.6K
Apr 2024$15K
Mar 2024$15.2K
Feb 2024$18.9K
Jan 2024$12.7K
Dec 2023$14.9K
Nov 2023$16.1K
Oct 2023$13.2K

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$15.6K
Aug 2026$16.1K
Jul 2026$16.1K
Jun 2026$14.5K
May 2026$14.5K
Apr 2026$14.5K
Mar 2026$14.2K
Feb 2026$15.5K
Jan 2026$15.5K
Dec 2025$16.3K
Nov 2025$15K
Oct 2025$16.3K
Sep 2025$16.8K
Aug 2025$16.8K
Jul 2025$16.8K
Jun 2025$14.7K
May 2025$14.7K
Apr 2025$14.7K
Mar 2025$14.7K
Feb 2025$14.7K
Jan 2025$14.7K
Dec 2024$14.7K
Nov 2024$16.2K
Oct 2024$16.2K
Sep 2024$16.2K
Aug 2024$16.2K
Jul 2024$16.2K
Jun 2024$16.8K
May 2024$16.8K
Apr 2024$16.8K
Mar 2024$16.8K
Feb 2024$16.8K
Jan 2024$16.8K
Dec 2023$16.8K
Nov 2023$16.8K
Oct 2023$16.8K

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$0n/a
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0-100.0%
FY2022$340K-35.8%
FY2021$530K-8.7%
FY2020$580K-8.1%
FY2019$631K-7.1%
FY2018$679K-18.0%
FY2017$828K+29.6%
FY2016$639K+80.8%
FY2015$353K-47.7%
FY2014$676K-2.9%
FY2013$696Kn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$9.41M$9.2M+2.3%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.02M$2.22M-9.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$16.1M$20.3M-20.7%
Charges for Services$1.75M$2M-12.8%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$627K$913K-31.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.18M$844K+40.1%
Other Sources$639K$688K-7.1%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a
Franchise Fees, Licenses, and Permitsn/an/an/a
Permits, Fees, and Licensesn/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)$7.8M$14.7M-46.9%
Public Safety$8.91M$6.27M+42.0%
Physical Environment$920K$958K-4.0%
Transportation$6.85M$11.7M-41.3%
Economic Environment$335K$464K-27.9%
Human Services$270K$251K+7.5%
Culture / Recreation$436K$351K+24.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$639K$688K-7.1%
Court-Related Expenditures$662K$632K+4.7%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits$23.4MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$82.1M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-4.2%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 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

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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
Centennial BankBristol Branch10911 Nw State Road 20Bristol$23.4M

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