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Florida
Top 100
City Population
Lake Mary 13,200
Winter Springs 34,600
Other cities
City Population
Alachua 6,900
Altamonte Springs 43,400
Andover 8,400
Apollo Beach 7,900
Apopka 31,200
Atlantic Beach 14,300
Auburndale 11,900
Aventura 29,000
Bartow 16,300
Bee Ridge 9,500
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 19,300
Bellview 22,100
Bloomingdale 22,300
Boca Del Mar 24,400
Boca Raton 84,100
Bonita Springs 39,300
Boynton Beach 69,700
Bradenton 54,600
Brandon 90,200
Callaway 14,700
Cape Canaveral 9,600
Cape Coral 147,400
Carol City 63,600
Casselberry 23,100
Cheval 9,300
Citrus Park 23,200
Citrus Ridge 17,300
Clearwater 112,100
Clermont 12,300
Cocoa Beach 12,900
Coconut Creek 50,200
Collier Manor-Cresthaven 8,000
Conway 16,000
Cooper City 29,700
Coral Gables 44,600
Coral Springs 131,800
Coral Terrace 24,400
Country Club 41,900
Country Walk 13,400
Crestview 16,800
Cutler 17,700
Cutler Ridge 26,000
Cypress Gardens 9,400
Cypress Lake 13,800
Davie 84,400
De Bary 18,100
Deerfield Beach 72,300
Delray Beach 69,400
Deltona 83,100
Destin 14,200
Doctor Phillips 10,500
Doral 32,600
Dunedin 35,300
East Lake 32,600
Englewood 17,100
Estero 14,900
Fairview Shores 14,800
Fern Park 8,300
Fernandina Beach 11,700
Ferry Pass 27,200
Florida Ridge 17,200
Forest City 13,200
Fort Lauderdale 167,300
Fort Walton Beach 20,500
Fruit Cove 26,000
Fruitville 14,300
Gainesville 95,400
Glenvar Heights 16,400
Golden Gate 23,100
Goldenrod 13,400
Gonzalez 11,400
Greater Carrollwood 37,600
Greater Northdale 23,500
Greater Sun Center 19,000
Greenacres 30,800
Gulf Gate Estates 11,900
Hamptons at Boca Raton 12,800
Hialeah 237,100
Hialeah Gardens 21,200
Hobe Sound 12,500
Hollywood 150,000
Homosassa Springs 14,200
Hunters Creek 10,000
Indian Harbour Beach 9,200
Iona 13,800
Ives Estates 17,600
Jacksonville 790,400
Jacksonville Beach 24,300
Jensen Beach 13,000
Jupiter 44,800
Kendale Lakes 59,400
Kendall 77,600
Kendall West 42,300
Key Biscayne 10,900
Key Largo 11,700
Key West 24,200
Keystone 18,700
Lake Butter 10,100
Lake Lorraine 7,600
Lake Magdalene 30,800
Lakeland 83,500
Lakeland Highlands 13,600
Lakes by the Bay 9,900
Lakeside 35,700
Lakewood Park 11,300
Land O' Lakes 30,400
Lantana 10,300
Largo 69,800
Laurel 9,000
Lehigh Acres 49,300
Lighthouse Point 11,500
Lockhart 14,200
Longboat Key 8,400
Longwood 14,400
Lutz 18,900
Lynn Haven 13,600
Maitland 14,100
Marathon 9,900
Marco Island 17,200
Margate 60,000
Meadow Woods 15,000
Melbourne 77,200
Merritt Island 40,100
Miami 384,600
Miami Lakes 26,800
Miami Shores 10,400
Miami Springs 13,800
Middleburg 12,900
Mims 9,800
Minneola 7,700
Miramar 89,900
Mount Dora 12,800
Naples 23,000
New Smyrna Beach 22,100
Niceville 12,800
Norland 23,500
North Andrews Gardens 10,100
North Lauderdale 34,400
North Palm Beach 13,100
North Port 35,700
Ocoee 28,500
Ojus 16,600
Oldsmar 12,800
Olympia Heights 13,400
Orange Park 10,400
Orlando 204,500
Ormond Beach 39,400
Oviedo 30,300
Pace 8,800
Palm Bay 93,600
Palm Beach 11,200
Palm Beach Gardens 41,300
Palm City 22,700
Palm Coast 53,900
Palm Harbor 60,700
Palm Springs 12,600
Palm Valley 22,300
Palmetto 13,700
Palmetto Estates 13,700
Panama City Beach 10,000
Parkland 18,800
Pembroke Pines 162,300
Pensacola 54,500
Pine Castle 9,700
Pinecrest 19,700
Pinellas Park 45,900
Plant City 32,600
Plantation 91,700
Pompano Beach 84,400
Ponte Vedra 31,100
Port Orange 52,300
Port Salerno 11,500
Port St. John 13,600
Port St. Lucie 126,200
Princeton 11,900
Punta Gorda 17,000
Richmond Heights 8,500
Richmond West 29,500
Riverview 16,900
Rockledge 22,600
Rotonda 8,800
Royal Palm Beach 24,800
Safety Harbor 17,400
San Carlos Park 18,300
Sandalfoot Cove 19,000
Sanford 43,700
Sarasota 55,200
Sarasota Springs 16,400
Satellite Beach 10,300
Scott Lake 14,500
Sebastian 20,000
Seminole 10,900
Siesta Key 7,600
South Miami 11,300
South Patrick Shores 9,400
South Venice 14,500
Southgate 7,600
St. Augustine 13,800
St. Cloud 25,900
St. Pete Beach 9,900
St. Petersburg 244,800
Sugarmill Woods 7,900
Sunrise 93,500
Sunset 17,300
Tallahassee 151,400
Tamarac 61,700
Tamiami 56,000
Tampa 336,400
Tarpon Springs 21,600
Temple Terrace 22,600
The Crossings 26,200
The Hammocks 52,100
The Villages 8,600
Three Lakes 10,200
Timber Pines 7,700
Titusville 43,700
Town 'n' Country 82,600
Treasure Island 7,300
Union Park 13,000
University Park 26,800
Upper Grand Lagoon 12,300
Valrico 8,300
Venice 19,300
Venice Gardens 7,800
Vero Beach 18,600
Vero Beach South 23,400
Villas 12,000
Wekiwa Springs 23,300
Wellington 42,800
Wesley Chapel 10,700
West Melbourne 12,400
West Palm Beach 92,100
Westchase 18,200
Westchester 30,800
Weston 66,500
Westwood Lakes 12,000
Wilton Manors 13,300
Winter Garden 17,900
Winter Haven 28,200
Winter Park 27,400
Wright 24,200
Yeehaw Junction 27,200
Yulee 9,300
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