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Lake Butler

City, Union County. Population 1,997 (2025), +0.9% on the prior year, +0.6% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Lake Butler

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.36 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population1,997Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519792.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+0.6%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,9862020

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
20251,997estimate+0.9%
20241,979estimate-1.1%
20232,001estimate-0.1%
20222,004estimate-0.6%
20212,017estimate+1.6%
20201,986census+11.6%
20191,779estimate-1.9%
20181,813estimate-0.3%
20171,818estimate-1.9%
20161,853estimate+1.2%
20151,831estimate-1.2%
20141,853estimate-1.0%
20131,872estimate-1.1%
20121,893estimate+0.1%
20111,892estimate-0.3%
20101,897census-1.8%
20091,932estimate+0.5%
20081,922estimate-0.4%
20071,930estimate+0.7%
20061,917estimate-0.4%
20051,924estimate-0.5%
20041,933estimate+0.2%
20031,930estimate+0.7%
20021,917estimate+0.5%
20011,907estimate-1.0%
20001,927census-5.7%
19992,043estimate-1.2%
19982,068estimate-0.2%
19972,073estimate-0.5%
19962,084estimate-1.7%
19952,121estimate+0.9%
19942,103estimate-1.1%
19932,126estimate-0.2%
19922,131estimate-0.4%
19912,140estimaten/a
19892,244estimate+1.6%
19882,208estimate+2.1%
19872,162estimate+2.8%
19862,103estimate-1.0%
19852,125estimate+3.4%
19842,055estimate+3.5%
19831,985estimate+0.6%
19821,973estimate+7.3%
19811,839estimaten/a
19791,798estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Union County)6.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.8% highAug 2026
Labor force (Union County)4,119Aug 2026
Employment (Union County)3,854Aug 2026
Unemployed (Union County)265Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.7%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.2%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 20264,1193,8542656.4%
Jul 20264,0133,7392746.8%
Jun 20264,1273,8572706.5%
May 20264,1673,9102576.2%
Apr 20264,1643,9032616.3%
Mar 20264,1623,9122506.0%
Feb 20264,1613,8932686.4%
Jan 20264,1413,8682736.6%
Dec 20254,1523,8932596.2%
Nov 20254,1733,8892846.8%
Sep 20254,1623,9412215.3%
Aug 20254,1273,8912365.7%
Jul 20254,0293,7902395.9%
Jun 20254,1123,8892235.4%
May 20254,1593,9572024.9%
Apr 20254,1693,9891804.3%
Mar 20254,1643,9651994.8%
Feb 20254,1493,9541954.7%
Jan 20254,1543,9571974.7%
Dec 20244,1493,9751744.2%
Nov 20244,1693,9692004.8%
Oct 20244,2274,0311964.6%
Sep 20244,2534,0641894.4%
Aug 20244,2043,9732315.5%
Jul 20244,1283,9142145.2%
Jun 20244,1283,9232055.0%
May 20244,1163,9561603.9%
Apr 20244,1313,9841473.6%
Mar 20244,0923,9231694.1%
Feb 20244,0693,9181513.7%
Jan 20244,0883,9191694.1%
Dec 20234,0793,9311483.6%
Nov 20234,1073,9461613.9%
Oct 20234,1774,0051724.1%
Sep 20234,1704,0111593.8%
Aug 20234,1503,9771734.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20254,1413,9202215.3%
20244,1463,9621844.4%
20234,1043,9521523.7%
20224,0163,8671493.7%
20214,0353,8441914.7%
20204,0633,8282355.8%
20194,1283,9771513.7%
20184,1153,9511644.0%
20174,2284,0421864.4%
20164,2464,0262205.2%
20154,7304,4982324.9%
20144,7064,4132936.2%
20134,9524,6253276.6%
20125,0444,6673777.5%
20115,1604,7314298.3%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses19New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses8Aug 2026
Lodging licenses2Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses9Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)143Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before0.0%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: Lake Butler, 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-SEATfood7
2APSalcohol4
2003-NAPTlodging2
1APSalcohol1
2COPalcohol1
3DPSalcohol1
8COPalcohol1
8COP-SFSalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1

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: Lake Butler)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies127124
Florida profit corporations59
Florida non-profit corporations98
Out of state entities registering in Florida21
Partnerships, trusts and other filings01

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$171M
Total taxable value (non school)$67.6M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$79.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+4.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.4%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$164M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.84M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,2532026 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; 22% 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$124K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months18Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$180KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$69.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$10.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$1.16M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$59.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$3.54M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$5.37M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$18.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$3.5M2026 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
Residential624$69.5M$38.6M$1.67M652+6.7%
Commercial58$10.3M$9.52M$28.4Kn/a+3.5%
Industrial6$1.16M$1.09M$6.49Kn/a+4.9%
Agricultural321$59.2M$11.2M$106Kn/a+0.2%
Vacant171$3.54M$2.84M$1.99Kn/a+10.9%
Institutional33$5.37M$1.11M$0n/a+1.9%
Government33$18.3M$67.9K$25.8Kn/a+1.6%
Other8$3.5M$3.24M$0n/a+54.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units695Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199050.0% high2024
Occupied units6492020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units462020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2732020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3762020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate42.1%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)26.5%2025
Cost burdened renter households30.3%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%)15.7%2025
Assisted housing developments3Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units202Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$285K2024

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 less261152
All households30.01-50% AMI335734
All households50.01-80% AMI1252310
All households80.01-120% AMI50240
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI36550
Renters30% AMI or less261137
Renters30.01-50% AMI233234
Renters50.01-80% AMI102230
Renters80.01-120% AMI2200
RentersGreater than 120% AMI14200
Owners30% AMI or less0015
Owners30.01-50% AMI10250
Owners50.01-80% AMI23010
Owners80.01-120% AMI28240
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI22350

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$25K3
1997$35.8K10
1998$58.7K6
1999$47.5K10
2000$48.8K8
2001$63K7
2002$80K7
2003$65.5K6
2004$77K5
2005$64.8K16
2006$88.5K10
2007$42.6K6
2008$120K7
2009n/an/a
2010$96K4
2011$39.6K4
2012$165K6
2013$99.3K6
2014$69.2K4
2015$70K7

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Name Unknown576 SW 9th StLake Butler122122
Lake Butler Apartments1005 SW 6TH STLake Butler4848
Forest Park Apts775 NE 1ST STREETLake Butler3232

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$6.93KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$7.43K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$70.3KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$70.3KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-4.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$11.6KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$136KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$136KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.4%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$4.88MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+14.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$2.59MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-11.9%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.47KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.14MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-6.3%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$6.93K
Aug 2026$5.56K
Jul 2026$5.77K
Jun 2026$6.08K
May 2026$6.23K
Apr 2026$5.36K
Mar 2026$5.02K
Feb 2026$5.61K
Jan 2026$4.62K
Dec 2025$5.65K
Nov 2025$7.1K
Oct 2025$6.37K
Sep 2025$6.39K
Aug 2025$6.48K
Jul 2025$5.63K
Jun 2025$7.43K
May 2025$5.62K
Apr 2025$5.87K
Mar 2025$5.34K
Feb 2025$6.04K
Jan 2025$6.53K
Dec 2024$6.01K
Nov 2024$5.99K
Oct 2024$6.42K
Sep 2024$6K
Aug 2024$5.63K
Jul 2024$6.09K
Jun 2024$5.87K
May 2024$6.94K
Apr 2024$5.49K
Mar 2024$4.48K
Feb 2024$6.54K
Jan 2024$5.35K
Dec 2023$5.33K
Nov 2023$5.8K
Oct 2023$5.36K

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$11.6K
Aug 2026$11.6K
Jul 2026$11.6K
Jun 2026$11K
May 2026$11K
Apr 2026$11K
Mar 2026$11K
Feb 2026$11K
Jan 2026$11K
Dec 2025$11.8K
Nov 2025$11.8K
Oct 2025$11.8K
Sep 2025$12.1K
Aug 2025$12.1K
Jul 2025$12.1K
Jun 2025$10.7K
May 2025$10.7K
Apr 2025$10.7K
Mar 2025$10.7K
Feb 2025$10.7K
Jan 2025$10.7K
Dec 2024$10.7K
Nov 2024$11.7K
Oct 2024$11.7K
Sep 2024$11.7K
Aug 2024$11.7K
Jul 2024$11.7K
Jun 2024$11.6K
May 2024$11.6K
Apr 2024$11.6K
Mar 2024$11.6K
Feb 2024$11.6K
Jan 2024$11.6K
Dec 2023$11.6K
Nov 2023$11.6K
Oct 2023$11.6K

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$1.14M-6.3%
FY2024$1.22M-5.1%
FY2023$1.29M-2.1%
FY2022$1.32M+14.4%
FY2021$1.15M-2.5%
FY2020$1.18M+35.5%
FY2019$870K+7.8%
FY2018$807K-7.3%
FY2017$871K-12.3%
FY2016$993K-3.9%
FY2015$1.03M-8.2%
FY2014$1.13M-7.5%
FY2013$1.22Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$605K$568K+6.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$188K$197K-4.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$2.2M$1.94M+13.2%
Charges for Services$1.65M$1.41M+16.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$221K$85.1K+160.1%
Other Sources$23.9K$50K-52.2%
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)$435K$512K-15.0%
Public Safety$119K$127K-6.4%
Physical Environment$1.47M$1.71M-14.1%
Transportation$358K$295K+21.3%
Human Services$2.38K$8.02K-70.3%
Culture / Recreation$186K$202K-7.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$23.9K$50K-52.2%
Economic Environmentn/a$40.6Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$74.4MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$78.7M high2026
Change on a year earlier+34.7%June 30, 2026
Change, real+30.5%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

Offices whose reported city is Lake Butler.

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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
DLP BankLake Butler Branch255 Se 6th StLake Butler$74.4M

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