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Wakulla County

County, Florida. Population 38,189 (2025), +2.3% on the prior year, +13.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Wakulla CountyCrawfordville (census designated place)Sopchoppy (city), population 465St. Marks (city), population 322

Click a city to open its page. Filled shapes are cities, towns and villages; hatched shapes are census designated places with a spending estimate. Boundaries: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing.

Cities

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

Census designated places with a spending estimate

Population

2025
Population38,189Population, April 1, 1972 to 2025197238.2k high2025
Change since the prior year+2.3%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+13.1%2020 to 2025
Census 202033,7642020

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
202538,189estimate+2.3%
202437,313estimate+3.2%
202336,168estimate+2.8%
202235,169estimate+2.5%
202134,311estimate+1.6%
202033,764census+2.4%
201932,976estimate+3.2%
201831,943estimate+0.1%
201731,909estimate+1.0%
201631,599estimate+1.0%
201531,283estimate0.0%
201431,285estimate+1.3%
201330,869estimate+0.3%
201230,771estimate-0.3%
201130,877estimate+0.3%
201030,776census-3.2%
200931,791estimate+3.5%
200830,717estimate+4.4%
200729,417estimate+3.6%
200628,393estimate+5.7%
200526,867estimate+5.3%
200425,505estimate+2.3%
200324,938estimate+3.0%
200224,217estimate+1.7%
200123,807estimate+4.1%
200022,863census+10.7%
199920,648estimate+4.1%
199819,828estimate+6.3%
199718,660estimate+3.5%
199618,022estimate+6.0%
199517,005estimate+3.4%
199416,441estimate+6.8%
199315,401estimate+5.1%
199214,659estimate+1.5%
199114,444estimate+1.7%
199014,202census-2.0%
198914,485estimate+3.0%
198814,063estimate+2.7%
198713,695estimate+0.8%
198613,581estimate+3.2%
198513,159estimate+3.7%
198412,691estimate+12.2%
198311,309estimate+2.0%
198211,084estimate+1.3%
198110,938estimate+0.5%
198010,887census+13.2%
19799,615estimate+3.3%
19789,307estimate+2.5%
19779,078estimate+4.3%
19768,707estimate-1.5%
19758,837estimate+2.3%
19748,635estimate+16.1%
19737,436estimate+13.7%
19726,541estimaten/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate4.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20166.8% highAug 2026
Labor force17,910Aug 2026
Employment17,171Aug 2026
Unemployed739Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier3.7%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 202617,91017,1717394.1%
Jul 202617,78117,0287534.2%
Jun 202617,88017,1437374.1%
May 202617,75217,0287244.1%
Apr 202618,15317,4047494.1%
Mar 202618,13517,3987374.1%
Feb 202618,19017,4087824.3%
Jan 202618,02917,2098204.5%
Dec 202517,97117,2417304.1%
Nov 202518,14817,3537954.4%
Sep 202518,24417,5826623.6%
Aug 202517,81417,1506643.7%
Jul 202517,90617,2686383.6%
Jun 202517,83917,2415983.4%
May 202517,76017,2195413.0%
Apr 202518,22317,7055182.8%
Mar 202518,08017,5495312.9%
Feb 202518,09517,5485473.0%
Jan 202518,10917,5495603.1%
Dec 202417,92717,4374902.7%
Nov 202418,12517,5875383.0%
Oct 202418,41317,8845292.9%
Sep 202418,21117,6935182.8%
Aug 202417,81417,2605543.1%
Jul 202417,88817,3105783.2%
Jun 202417,72717,2035243.0%
May 202417,56717,1254422.5%
Apr 202417,99717,5784192.3%
Mar 202417,99117,5244672.6%
Feb 202417,97317,5084652.6%
Jan 202417,81317,3194942.8%
Dec 202317,53717,0834542.6%
Nov 202317,74317,2754682.6%
Oct 202317,91917,4284912.7%
Sep 202317,82517,3384872.7%
Aug 202317,38616,8755112.9%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202518,01717,4006173.4%
202417,95417,4525022.8%
202317,50817,0604482.6%
202216,80916,3924172.5%
202116,01015,5005103.2%
202015,45914,7686914.5%
201915,85715,4084492.8%
201815,50715,0334743.1%
201715,05314,5295243.5%
201614,90414,3115934.0%
201513,94313,2876564.7%
201414,21913,4527675.4%
201313,98813,1138756.3%
201214,00512,9461,0597.6%
201114,55113,3311,2208.4%

Tourist tax

Jan 2026
Collections, latest month$29.2KTourist tax collections by month, Feb 2016 to Jan 2026Feb 2016$38.3K highJan 2026
Change on the same month a year earlier+6.9%Jan 2026
Last 12 months$337KJan 2026
Fiscal year to date$96.9KFY2026 to Jan 2026

Florida Department of Revenue, Local Government Tax Distributions by County (Form 4), Tourist Development Tax, retrieved 2026-09-28 | Wakulla County sales and visitor spending

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Monthly collections, last three years

MonthCollectionsChange
Jan 2026$29.2K+6.9%
Dec 2025$20.6K-11.4%
Nov 2025$20.8K-22.0%
Oct 2025$26.2K-13.7%
Sep 2025$22.9K+3.5%
Aug 2025$23.3K-11.3%
Jul 2025$26.5K-10.9%
Jun 2025$31K+1.8%
May 2025$31.6K-5.2%
Apr 2025$32.6K-0.8%
Mar 2025$37.8K+11.0%
Feb 2025$34.1K+21.2%
Jan 2025$27.3K-8.4%
Dec 2024$23.3K+10.6%
Nov 2024$26.6K+8.5%
Oct 2024$30.4K+1.0%
Sep 2024$22.1K-21.5%
Aug 2024$26.3K+27.2%
Jul 2024$29.8K-4.7%
Jun 2024$30.5K+0.3%
May 2024$33.4K+0.4%
Apr 2024$32.8K+6.0%
Mar 2024$34K-11.1%
Feb 2024$28.1K+6.5%
Jan 2024$29.9K+21.3%
Dec 2023$21.1K+0.1%
Nov 2023$24.6K+20.6%
Oct 2023$30.1K+21.6%
Sep 2023$28.2K+38.4%
Aug 2023$20.6K-3.5%
Jul 2023$31.2K+1.5%
Jun 2023$30.4K+3.8%
May 2023$33.2K+20.7%
Apr 2023$31K+2.2%
Mar 2023$38.3K+17.8%
Feb 2023$26.4K+11.2%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses191New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses70Aug 2026
Lodging licenses55Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses66Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months13Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months573Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+2.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month34Sep 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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Establishments5092023
Employees, mid March4,3572023
Annual payroll$174M2023
Establishments, change on the year before-0.8%2023

Licenses by type

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

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood51
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging32
2APSalcohol29
2014-MFDVfood16
2COPalcohol15
7COP-SFSalcohol11
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging10
3CPSalcohol4
2001-HOTLlodging3
2002-MOTLlodging3
2003-NAPTlodging3
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging3
11Calcohol2
7COPalcohol2
2010-NOSTfood2
11CGalcohol1
1APSalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
2014-HTDGfood1
2005-BNBlodging1

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 companies540507
Florida profit corporations1926
Florida non-profit corporations1323
Out of state entities registering in Florida14
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 Construction99449$20.7M
NAICS 44 Retail Trade791,133$32.2M
NAICS 81 Other Services (except Public Administration)57227$7M
NAICS 72 Accommodation and Food Services50761$13.3M
NAICS 54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services46203$13.3M
NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance42355$14.3M
NAICS 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services29136$5.25M
NAICS 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing2233$1.22M
NAICS 52 Finance and Insurance20104$4.75M
NAICS 48 Transportation and Warehousing1162$3.6M
NAICS 31 Manufacturing10515$40.2M
NAICS 22 Utilities982$6.68M
NAICS 42 Wholesale Trade929$1.62M
NAICS 51 Information8150$7.35M
NAICS 71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation856$1.53M
NAICS 61 Educational Services543$389K
NAICS 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting315$694K

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months396Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201670 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-21.3%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$75.2MAug 2026
Units, latest month28Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months396Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table5182025

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 202628280$5.34M
Jul 202629290$6.75M
Jun 202644440$7.69M
May 202630300$6.49M
Apr 202633330$7.81M
Mar 202639390$7.37M
Feb 202647470$8M
Jan 202623230$3.77M
Dec 202533330$5.81M
Nov 202514140$2.42M
Oct 202531310$5.63M
Sep 202545450$8.14M
Aug 202528280$5.48M
Jul 202558580$10.4M
Jun 202553530$8.94M
May 202554540$8.57M
Apr 202548480$8.79M
Mar 202562620$9.54M
Feb 202570700$9.97M
Jan 202522220$3.16M
Dec 202428280$6.81M
Nov 202426260$4.52M
Oct 202431310$5.56M
Sep 202423230$4.21M
Aug 202430300$5.17M
Jul 202448480$7.31M
Jun 202434340$5.01M
May 202452520$9.29M
Apr 202441410$5.97M
Mar 202453530$8.81M
Feb 202448480$9.04M
Jan 202454540$8.53M
Dec 202366660$11.1M
Nov 202355550$8.66M
Oct 202367670$7.99M
Sep 202343430$6.17M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20255185180$86.9M
20244684680$80.2M
20235345340$86.3M
20224214210$76.5M
20214904900$90.9M
20204094090$69.3M
20192832830$54.8M
20182222220$39.3M
20172512510$37.8M
20161691690$26.6M
20151361360$18.4M
20141061060$14.5M
201395950$12.4M
201258580$7.97M
201147470$6.2M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$4.65B
Total taxable value (non school)$2.38B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$2.74B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+6.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$4.56B2025 final roll
New construction value$128M2026 preliminary
Parcels26,7292026 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; 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$223K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months856Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$288KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$2.96B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$211M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$36.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$603M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$197M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$42.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$558M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$43.5M2026 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
Residential14,410$2.96B$1.83B$109M14,103+1.7%
Commercial390$211M$178M$9.14Mn/a+6.5%
Industrial89$36.7M$32.1M$327Kn/a-2.2%
Agricultural2,390$603M$148M$8.33Mn/a+4.9%
Vacant7,351$197M$159M$979Kn/a-2.7%
Institutional155$42.1M$4.66M$51.2Kn/a-0.8%
Government1,086$558M$83.8K$31.4Kn/a-0.1%
Other858$43.5M$28.5M$497Kn/a-2.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units14,599Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199084.0% high2024
Occupied units12,7452020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,8542020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households10,4362020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,3092020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate81.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)21.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households42.8%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%)19.6%2025
Assisted housing developments5Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units164Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.11K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$292K2024

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 less305120694
All households30.01-50% AMI860557377
All households50.01-80% AMI1,366699102
All households80.01-120% AMI1,47524934
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI7,2411870
Renters30% AMI or less1120343
Renters30.01-50% AMI188340171
Renters50.01-80% AMI3102570
Renters80.01-120% AMI17600
RentersGreater than 120% AMI716120
Owners30% AMI or less193120351
Owners30.01-50% AMI672217206
Owners50.01-80% AMI1,056442102
Owners80.01-120% AMI1,29924934
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI6,5251750

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1990$49.3K21
1991$58K23
1992$50K25
1993$63.5K104
1994$75.2K66
1995$70K133
1996$88.5K158
1997$85.2K192
1998$93K195
1999$105K209
2000$115K264
2001$120K256
2002$131K316
2003$140K323
2004$155K411
2005$175K588
2006$156K550
2007$153K420
2008$140K349
2009$130K215

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Fannie Lou Hamer CommonsHigh Drive South of Love StreetCrawfordville4343
Wakulla Trace47 Michael DriveWakulla-Unincorporated3434
Summer Trace45 Otter Lake RoadWakulla-Unincorporated3030
Greyes Place Phase II3 Shelby CircleWakulla-Unincorporated3030
Greyes Place3 Shelby CircleWakulla-Unincorporated2727

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$161KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$178K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.23MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.23MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-19.9%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$98.3KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$1.16MFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$1.16MSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+5.5%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$204MFY2025
Revenues, change on the year before+3.1%FY2025
Total expenditures$174MFY2025
Expenditures, change on the year before-11.2%FY2025
Revenues per resident$5.34KFY2025
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$35.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before+119.1%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$161K
Aug 2026$165K
Jul 2026$148K
Jun 2026$145K
May 2026$97.6K
Apr 2026$66.3K
Mar 2026$15.8K
Feb 2026$3.43K
Jan 2026$32.6K
Dec 2025$138K
Nov 2025$140K
Oct 2025$116K
Sep 2025$178K
Aug 2025$154K
Jul 2025$165K
Jun 2025$159K
May 2025$164K
Apr 2025$145K
Mar 2025$95.5K
Feb 2025$43.7K
Jan 2025$41.1K
Dec 2024$124K
Nov 2024$125K
Oct 2024$138K
Sep 2024$146K
Aug 2024$163K
Jul 2024$152K
Jun 2024$158K
May 2024$159K
Apr 2024$133K
Mar 2024$93.7K
Feb 2024$57K
Jan 2024$34.3K
Dec 2023$61.2K
Nov 2023$141K
Oct 2023$133K

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$98.3K
Aug 2026$98.3K
Jul 2026$98.3K
Jun 2026$94.2K
May 2026$94.2K
Apr 2026$94.2K
Mar 2026$94.2K
Feb 2026$94.2K
Jan 2026$94.2K
Dec 2025$99.5K
Nov 2025$99.5K
Oct 2025$99.5K
Sep 2025$102K
Aug 2025$102K
Jul 2025$102K
Jun 2025$85.9K
May 2025$85.9K
Apr 2025$85.9K
Mar 2025$85.9K
Feb 2025$85.9K
Jan 2025$85.9K
Dec 2024$85.9K
Nov 2024$94.6K
Oct 2024$94.6K
Sep 2024$94.6K
Aug 2024$94.6K
Jul 2024$94.6K
Jun 2024$94.2K
May 2024$94.2K
Apr 2024$94.2K
Mar 2024$94.2K
Feb 2024$94.2K
Jan 2024$94.2K
Dec 2023$94.2K
Nov 2023$94.2K
Oct 2023$94.2K

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$35.6M+119.1%
FY2024$16.3M-53.0%
FY2023$34.6M+292.1%
FY2022$8.82M+15.9%
FY2021$7.61M-16.2%
FY2020$9.08M+4.4%
FY2019$8.7M-6.1%
FY2018$9.26M+11.3%
FY2017$8.33M+238.5%
FY2016$2.46M-35.9%
FY2015$3.84M+5.0%
FY2014$3.66M-23.3%
FY2013$4.77Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2025

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

CategoryFY2025FY2024Change
General Government Taxes$29.6M$28.3M+4.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$5.36M$5.27M+1.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$51M$39.7M+28.4%
Charges for Services$18.1M$13.9M+30.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$107K$88.9K+20.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$57.5M$53.4M+7.5%
Other Sources$42.3M$57M-25.9%
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, FY2025

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

CategoryFY2025FY2024Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$81.9M$82.2M-0.4%
Public Safety$28.9M$28M+3.3%
Physical Environment$11.1M$9.14M+21.6%
Transportation$1.78M$6.66M-73.3%
Economic Environment$765K$328K+133.4%
Human Services$1.58M$1.21M+30.4%
Culture / Recreation$5.28M$10.9M-51.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$42.3M$57M-25.9%
Court-Related Expenditures$780K$769K+1.5%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits$295MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$749M high2026
Change on a year earlier-29.5%June 30, 2026
Change, real-31.7%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions3June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier1June 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 BankCrawfordville Main Branch2932 Crawfordville HwyCrawfordville$137M
Ameris BankCrawfordville Branch2628 Crawfordville HwyCrawfordville$81.6M
Capital City BankCrawfordville Branch2592 Crawfordville HwyCrawfordville$76.3M

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