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Key West

City, Monroe County. Population 26,526 (2025), +0.8% on the prior year, +0.3% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population26,526Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197928.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+0.3%2020 to 2025
Census 202026,4442020

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
202526,526estimate+0.8%
202426,327estimate-1.6%
202326,767estimate-1.0%
202227,040estimate+1.3%
202126,687estimate+0.9%
202026,444census+5.1%
201925,171estimate+2.7%
201824,509estimate-0.4%
201724,597estimate-1.6%
201625,009estimate+1.4%
201524,663estimate+0.2%
201424,620estimate+0.2%
201324,583estimate-0.1%
201224,607estimate-0.1%
201124,626estimate-0.1%
201024,649census+6.3%
200923,178estimate+0.7%
200823,024estimate-6.5%
200724,629estimate-2.7%
200625,319estimate-4.6%
200526,534estimate+1.2%
200426,215estimate+1.6%
200325,811estimate-0.2%
200225,853estimate+0.5%
200125,735estimate+1.0%
200025,478census-8.0%
199927,698estimate+0.6%
199827,522estimate+0.8%
199727,305estimate+1.1%
199627,009estimate+0.6%
199526,842estimate+1.6%
199426,417estimate+1.1%
199326,122estimate+1.0%
199225,860estimate+1.3%
199125,520estimaten/a
198928,177estimate+1.4%
198827,795estimate+4.2%
198726,680estimate+1.8%
198626,216estimate+0.8%
198526,001estimate+3.4%
198425,154estimate+0.7%
198324,968estimate+0.4%
198224,864estimate+0.6%
198124,709estimaten/a
197924,841estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate3.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201626.2% highAug 2026
Labor force16,321Aug 2026
Employment15,811Aug 2026
Unemployed510Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier2.9%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.5%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 202616,32115,8115103.1%
Jul 202616,25215,7495033.1%
Jun 202616,43215,9364963.0%
May 202616,46916,0124572.8%
Apr 202616,56716,0784893.0%
Mar 202616,70716,2224852.9%
Feb 202616,67316,1155583.3%
Jan 202616,45315,8785753.5%
Dec 202516,39515,8935023.1%
Nov 202516,31615,7695473.4%
Sep 202515,98415,5014833.0%
Aug 202516,39715,9214762.9%
Jul 202516,46916,0334362.6%
Jun 202516,48116,0734082.5%
May 202516,62516,2643612.2%
Apr 202516,73316,3753582.1%
Mar 202516,81516,4573582.1%
Feb 202516,69816,3143842.3%
Jan 202516,66516,2634022.4%
Dec 202416,57516,2453302.0%
Nov 202416,35115,9803712.3%
Oct 202416,27815,9193592.2%
Sep 202416,16615,7983682.3%
Aug 202416,46516,0953702.2%
Jul 202416,56316,1544092.5%
Jun 202416,55116,2003512.1%
May 202416,64616,3333131.9%
Apr 202416,67216,3752971.8%
Mar 202416,74816,4293191.9%
Feb 202416,54416,2053392.0%
Jan 202416,38916,0623272.0%
Dec 202316,26815,9862821.7%
Nov 202316,19615,8783182.0%
Oct 202316,08515,7423432.1%
Sep 202316,00715,6573502.2%
Aug 202316,16615,8203462.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202516,50716,0784292.6%
202416,49616,1503462.1%
202316,17215,8603121.9%
202215,83415,5293051.9%
202115,07514,6114643.1%
202015,06013,5271,53310.2%
201915,51515,1813342.2%
201815,14314,7374062.7%
201715,28414,7864983.3%
201615,61715,1304873.1%
201516,03815,5295093.2%
201415,74415,1136314.0%
201315,52414,8047204.6%
201215,36414,5608045.2%
201115,04014,0889526.3%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$1,784.9M

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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$661M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$786M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error12.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$757M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$1.11B2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error18.8%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$661M$786M$881M12.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$757M$1.11B$1.32B18.8%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses1,369New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201611 highAug 2026
Food service licenses377Aug 2026
Lodging licenses592Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses400Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months38Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)1,045Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+1.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month67Sep 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: Key West, 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-SEATfood284
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging137
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging135
2COPalcohol125
2003-NAPTlodging67
5COP-SFSalcohol61
2003-TAPTlodging59
2APSalcohol56
2005-BNBlodging48
2001-HOTLlodging46
2014-MFDVfood44
5COP-Salcohol38
5COPalcohol37
2010-NOSTfood36
2002-MOTLlodging30
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging27
5COP-SHalcohol25
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging21
5COP-SPXalcohol19
13CTalcohol14
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging12
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging10
2014-HTDGfood7
11Calcohol6
1APSalcohol6
2013-CATRfood6
3APSalcohol5
11PAalcohol3
11CGalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
5COP-SAalcohol1
5COP-SALalcohol1
5COP-SRalcohol1

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: Key West)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies922899
Florida profit corporations7492
Florida non-profit corporations2924
Out of state entities registering in Florida1915
Partnerships, trusts and other filings12

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months70Housing units permitted by month, Dec 1999 to Aug 2026Dec 1999164 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+105.9%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$17.9MAug 2026
Units, latest month55Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months12Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months54Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table292025

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 202655154$9.59M
Jul 2026110$150K
Jun 2026110$235K
May 2026220$1.9M
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026220$1.6M
Feb 2026400$1.2M
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025110$720K
Nov 2025110$480K
Oct 2025110$720K
Sep 2025220$1.33M
Aug 20251118$3.15M
Jul 2025110$321K
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025220$1.8M
Apr 2025330$2.3M
Mar 2025220$1.74M
Feb 2025110$1.38M
Jan 2025440$4.41M
Dec 2024110$220K
Nov 2024110$385K
Oct 2024520$1.94M
Sep 2024310$1.44M
Aug 2024110$600K
Jul 2024220$1.84M
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024110$600K
Apr 2024840$3.2M
Mar 2024110$668K
Feb 2024220$1.07M
Jan 2024220$570K
Dec 2023640$3.39M
Nov 202312120$4.89M
Oct 20231645126$38.7M
Sep 2023110$200K

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202529198$18.4M
202427180$12.5M
202321631150$60.4M
202221210$10.1M
202112120$2.61M
202018160$4.77M
201924200$5.91M
201820200$5.6M
201718180$5.04M
201617170$4.76M
2015110$420K
2014110$420K
2013110$420K
2012110$420K
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$16.5B
Total taxable value (non school)$11.2B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$12.2B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+0.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+4.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$16.5B2025 final roll
New construction value$35.4M2026 preliminary
Parcels10,6962026 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; 70% 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$946K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months386Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$1.25MJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$9.4B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$4.01B2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$51.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$115M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$365M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$2.55B2026 preliminary
Just value, other$45.9M2026 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
Residential8,367$9.4B$7.66B$30.4M11,205-1.1%
Commercial1,552$4.01B$3.37B$494Kn/a+1.2%
Industrial47$51.6M$37.9M$0n/a+33.8%
Vacant199$115M$96.7M$1.03Mn/a-1.6%
Institutional123$365M$21.6M$123Kn/a+6.9%
Government223$2.55B$1.25M$3.33Mn/a+2.1%
Other185$45.9M$11.1M$0n/a+5.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units14,574Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199049.0% high2024
Occupied units10,7752020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3,7992020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households5,2972020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households5,4782020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate49.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)46.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households58.6%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%)28.1%2025
Assisted housing developments14Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units1,135Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$2.22K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$1.24M2024

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 less190184890
All households30.01-50% AMI446290631
All households50.01-80% AMI736817685
All households80.01-120% AMI483325272
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI4,4111,131110
Renters30% AMI or less169132660
Renters30.01-50% AMI157280459
Renters50.01-80% AMI485644533
Renters80.01-120% AMI28922199
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1,50464316
Owners30% AMI or less2152230
Owners30.01-50% AMI28910172
Owners50.01-80% AMI251173152
Owners80.01-120% AMI194104173
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI2,90748894

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$171K319
1997$218K277
1998$242K302
1999$270K397
2000$280K421
2001$300K461
2002$342K562
2003$446K606
2004$652K830
2005$775K682
2006$670K340
2007$595K193
2008$650K118
2009$350K218
2010$375K255
2011$408K231
2012$450K219
2013$502K284
2014$590K269
2015$615K286

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Joseph Y Porter Pl1200 1st StKey West390389
Senior Citizen Plaza1400 Kennedy DrKey West200199
Quarry II10 Betty Rose DriveKey West11251
Garden View5220 5224 5228 & 5230 College RoadKey West103103
Lofts at Bahama Village918 Fort StreetKey West9898
Quarry10 Betty Rose DriveKey West9644
Mariner's Cove - Key West3330 Northside DriveKey West7878
Quarry III10 Betty Rose DriveKey West5729
Poinciana Royale1341 McCarthy LaneKey West5050
Marty's Place1909 Venetia StreetKey West4747
Key Plaza215 Amelia StreetKey West2828
Harvey House1215 CATHERINE STKey West1111
Mccarthy/rogers Residence1213 WILLIAM STKey West55
Seebol Place711 Catherine StKey West33

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$482KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$741K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$6.03MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$6.03MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-2.8%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$149KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.81MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.81MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.6%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$269MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+17.7%FY2024
Total expenditures$220MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+17.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$10.2KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.02MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-13.3%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$482K
Aug 2026$477K
Jul 2026$501K
Jun 2026$586K
May 2026$679K
Apr 2026$606K
Mar 2026$584K
Feb 2026$565K
Jan 2026$432K
Dec 2025$383K
Nov 2025$310K
Oct 2025$421K
Sep 2025$528K
Aug 2025$493K
Jul 2025$509K
Jun 2025$618K
May 2025$672K
Apr 2025$623K
Mar 2025$558K
Feb 2025$556K
Jan 2025$474K
Dec 2024$383K
Nov 2024$334K
Oct 2024$455K
Sep 2024$500K
Aug 2024$499K
Jul 2024$526K
Jun 2024$575K
May 2024$729K
Apr 2024$636K
Mar 2024$594K
Feb 2024$578K
Jan 2024$483K
Dec 2023$425K
Nov 2023$351K
Oct 2023$460K

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$149K
Aug 2026$149K
Jul 2026$149K
Jun 2026$148K
May 2026$148K
Apr 2026$148K
Mar 2026$148K
Feb 2026$148K
Jan 2026$148K
Dec 2025$158K
Nov 2025$158K
Oct 2025$158K
Sep 2025$162K
Aug 2025$162K
Jul 2025$162K
Jun 2025$142K
May 2025$142K
Apr 2025$142K
Mar 2025$142K
Feb 2025$142K
Jan 2025$142K
Dec 2024$142K
Nov 2024$156K
Oct 2024$156K
Sep 2024$156K
Aug 2024$156K
Jul 2024$156K
Jun 2024$166K
May 2024$166K
Apr 2024$166K
Mar 2024$166K
Feb 2024$166K
Jan 2024$166K
Dec 2023$166K
Nov 2023$166K
Oct 2023$166K

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$3.02M-13.3%
FY2024$3.48M-32.4%
FY2023$5.15M-24.0%
FY2022$6.78M-20.5%
FY2021$8.53M-19.6%
FY2020$10.6M-18.1%
FY2019$12.9M-18.0%
FY2018$15.8M-15.0%
FY2017$18.6M-64.3%
FY2016$52M-6.6%
FY2015$55.7M-5.4%
FY2014$58.9M-7.3%
FY2013$63.5Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$37.8M$34.1M+10.9%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$9.16M$7.75M+18.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$36.5M$43M-15.2%
Charges for Services$70M$62.6M+11.9%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$1.34M$1.48M-9.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$89.6M$60.4M+48.3%
Other Sources$24.7M$19.4M+27.3%
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)$59.5M$49.5M+20.0%
Public Safety$45M$39.8M+13.0%
Physical Environment$26.6M$24.6M+8.0%
Transportation$14.9M$14M+6.7%
Economic Environment$30.7M$21.4M+43.2%
Human Services$865K$977K-11.5%
Culture / Recreation$17.4M$17.6M-1.4%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$24.7M$19.4M+27.3%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$1.94BDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$2.23B high2026
Change on a year earlier+0.4%June 30, 2026
Change, real-2.7%June 30, 2026
Branches11June 30, 2026
Institutions7June 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 Key West.

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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 State BankFirst State Bank1201 Simonton StKey West$487M
First Horizon BankKey West Branch330 Whitehead StKey West$369M
Bank of America, National AssociationKey West Flagler Branch3200 Flagler AveKey West$216M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationKey West Branch3131 Northside DrKey West$212M
Truist BankKey West Branch1010 Kennedy Dr, Ste 100Key West$193M
Centennial BankKey West Branch2514 N Roosevelt BlvdKey West$160M
First State BankBoulevard Branch3406 N Roosevelt BlvdKey West$157M
First Horizon BankNorth Roosevelt Branch3618 N Roosevelt BlvdKey West$47.9M
Gulf Atlantic BankGulf Atlantic Bank2222 N Roosevelt BlvdKey West$44.9M
Centennial BankKey West Olde Town Branch1229 Simonton StKey West$30.2M
Centennial BankKey West Branch701 Whitehead StKey West$21.1M

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