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Raiford

Town, Union County. Population 234 (2025), -0.8% on the prior year, +4.5% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Raiford

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.55 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population234Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979271 high2025
Change since the prior year-0.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.5%2020 to 2025
Census 20202242020

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
2025234estimate-0.8%
2024236estimate-1.7%
2023240estimate+1.7%
2022236estimate+2.2%
2021231estimate+3.1%
2020224census-8.6%
2019245estimate+0.8%
2018243estimate-5.8%
2017258estimate+6.2%
2016243estimate-3.6%
2015252estimate0.0%
2014252estimate+3.3%
2013244estimate-4.3%
2012255estimate0.0%
2011255estimate0.0%
2010255census-3.8%
2009265estimate+1.1%
2008262estimate-3.3%
2007271estimate+8.0%
2006251estimate-4.2%
2005262estimate-3.3%
2004271estimate+1.1%
2003268estimate0.0%
2002268estimate+46.4%
2001183estimate-2.1%
2000187census-22.4%
1999241estimate-1.2%
1998244estimate+3.4%
1997236estimate-8.2%
1996257estimate-1.9%
1995262estimate+6.1%
1994247estimate+6.5%
1993232estimate0.0%
1992232estimate+1.8%
1991228estimaten/a
1989242estimate+9.0%
1988222estimate+3.7%
1987214estimate-10.1%
1986238estimate-5.9%
1985253estimate+7.2%
1984236estimate-4.5%
1983247estimate-4.6%
1982259estimate0.0%
1981259estimaten/a
1979250estimaten/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 businesses2New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses0Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses2Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)24Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+60.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month2Sep 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: Raiford, 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
2APSalcohol2

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: Raiford)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies2115
Florida profit corporations20
Florida non-profit corporations10
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$18.6M
Total taxable value (non school)$3.69M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$4.36M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$17.6M2025 final roll
New construction value$190K2026 preliminary
Parcels1092026 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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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$3.35M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$135K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$11.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$137K2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$269K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$3.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$142K2026 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
Residential37$3.35M$1.6M$115K39+8.6%
Commercial1$135K$131K$0.2Kn/a-0.1%
Agricultural55$11.3M$1.79M$59.3Kn/a+6.1%
Vacant10$137K$114K$0.3Kn/a+19.5%
Institutional2$269K$0$15.4Kn/a+5.0%
Government2$3.3M$0$0n/a+0.5%
Other2$142K$60.1K$0n/a+33.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units151Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199076.0% high2024
Occupied units1292020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units222020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households802020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households492020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate62.0%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)25.8%2025
Cost burdened renter households50.0%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%)11.9%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS

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 less009
All households30.01-50% AMI9110
All households50.01-80% AMI950
All households80.01-120% AMI1500
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3900
Renters30% AMI or less005
Renters30.01-50% AMI5110
Renters50.01-80% AMI550
Renters80.01-120% AMI1100
RentersGreater than 120% AMI000
Owners30% AMI or less004
Owners30.01-50% AMI400
Owners50.01-80% AMI400
Owners80.01-120% AMI400
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI3900

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$48K1
1997$30K3
1998n/an/a
1999n/an/a
2000n/an/a
2001$40K3
2002n/an/a
2003n/an/a
2004$81.3K1
2005n/an/a
2006$126K2
2007$80K1
2008n/an/a
2009n/an/a
2010$61.1K2
2011n/an/a
2012n/an/a
2013n/an/a
2014n/an/a
2015$22K1

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$0.8KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$1.01K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$8.38KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$8.38KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.2%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$0.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$10.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$10.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.7%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$0FY2024
Total expenditures$0FY2024
Revenues per resident$0FY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2024

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$0.8K
Aug 2026$0.7K
Jul 2026$0.7K
Jun 2026$0.7K
May 2026$0.7K
Apr 2026$0.6K
Mar 2026$0.6K
Feb 2026$0.7K
Jan 2026$0.6K
Dec 2025$0.7K
Nov 2025$0.8K
Oct 2025$0.8K
Sep 2025$0.8K
Aug 2025$0.8K
Jul 2025$0.7K
Jun 2025$0.9K
May 2025$0.7K
Apr 2025$0.7K
Mar 2025$0.6K
Feb 2025$0.7K
Jan 2025$0.8K
Dec 2024$0.7K
Nov 2024$0.7K
Oct 2024$0.8K
Sep 2024$0.7K
Aug 2024$0.7K
Jul 2024$0.7K
Jun 2024$0.7K
May 2024$0.8K
Apr 2024$0.6K
Mar 2024$0.5K
Feb 2024$0.8K
Jan 2024$0.6K
Dec 2023$0.6K
Nov 2023$0.7K
Oct 2023$0.6K

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$0.9K
Aug 2026$0.9K
Jul 2026$0.9K
Jun 2026$0.9K
May 2026$0.9K
Apr 2026$0.9K
Mar 2026$0.9K
Feb 2026$0.9K
Jan 2026$0.9K
Dec 2025$0.9K
Nov 2025$0.9K
Oct 2025$0.9K
Sep 2025$0.9K
Aug 2025$0.9K
Jul 2025$0.9K
Jun 2025$0.9K
May 2025$0.9K
Apr 2025$0.9K
Mar 2025$0.9K
Feb 2025$0.9K
Jan 2025$0.9K
Dec 2024$0.9K
Nov 2024$0.9K
Oct 2024$0.9K
Sep 2024$0.9K
Aug 2024$0.9K
Jul 2024$0.9K
Jun 2024$0.9K
May 2024$0.9K
Apr 2024$0.9K
Mar 2024$0.9K
Feb 2024$0.9K
Jan 2024$0.9K
Dec 2023$0.9K
Nov 2023$0.9K
Oct 2023$0.9K

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$0n/a
FY2023$0n/a
FY2022$0n/a
FY2021$0n/a
FY2020$0n/a
FY2019$0n/a
FY2018$0n/a
FY2017$0n/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0n/a
FY2013$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$0$0n/a
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$0$0n/a
Intergovernmental Revenues$0$0n/a
Charges for Services$0$0n/a
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0$0n/a
Miscellaneous Revenues$0$0n/a
Other Sources$0$0n/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)$0$0n/a
Public Safety$0$0n/a
Physical Environment$0$0n/a
Transportation$0$0n/a
Economic Environment$0$0n/a
Human Services$0$0n/a
Culture / Recreation$0$0n/a
Other Uses and Non-Operating$0$0n/a
Court-Related Expenditures$0$0n/a

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