The United States Census Bureau defines an Urbanized Area to be "one or more places ('central place') and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ('urban fringe') that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons." There are a number of rules specifying what is included in the urban fringe, but it "generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile".US Census Bureau Urban and Rural definitions - URL retrieved August 22, 2006 Urbanized Areas often form the cores of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and as they comprise census tracts rather than local political subdivisions (counties, in Florida), they are generally smaller than the corresponding Metropolitan Statistical Area. A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries, and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area. State-sorted corrected list of Urbanized Areas as of 2002 - URL retrieved August 22, 2006 As of 2020, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty-three Urbanized Areas in Florida.

List The United States Census Bureau defines an Urbanized Area to be "one or more places ('central place') and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ('urban fringe') that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons." There are a number of rules specifying what is included in the urban fringe, but it "generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile". Urbanized Areas often form the cores of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and, as they comprise census tracts rather than local political subdivisions (counties, in Florida), they are generally smaller than the corresponding Metropolitan Statistical Area. A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries, and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As of 2020, the US Census Bureau has defined thirty-three Urbanized Areas in Florida. RankNamePopulationin 2020Metro AreasRecent former name(s) 1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale 6,077,522 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale- Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical AreaMiami 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg 2,783,045 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 3 Orlando 1,853,896 Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area 4 Jacksonville 1,247,374 Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area 5 Bradenton - Sarasota - Venice 779,075 North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton metropolitan statistical area and Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaSarasota - Bradenton 6 Cape Coral 599,242 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 7 Palm Bay-Melbourne 510,675 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 8 Port St. Lucie 437,745 Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 9 Bonita Springs - Estero 425,675 Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaBonita Springs 10 Kissimmee - St. Cloud 418,404 Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical AreaKissimmee 11 Daytona Beach - Palm Coast - Port Orange 402,126 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaPalm Coast - Daytona Beach - Port Orange and Daytona Beach - Port Orange 12 Pensacola 390,172 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area 13 Lakeland 277,915 Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 14 Winter Haven 253,251 Lakeland, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 15 Tallahassee 252,934 Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 16 Navarre - Miramar Beach - Destin 226,213 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaFort Walton Beach - Navarre - Wright and Fort Walton Beach 17 Gainesville 213,748 Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 18 Deltona 210,712 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 19 Port Charlotte - North Port 199,998 Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaNorth Port - Port Charlotte 20 Ocala 182,647 Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 21 Vero Beach - Sebastian 174,292 Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Port St. Lucie, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaSebastian - Vero Beach South - Florida Ridge 22 Spring Hill 169,050 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaBrooksville 23 Panama City - Panama City Beach 162,060 Panama City-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaPanama City 24 The Villages - Lady Lake 161,736 Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and Sumter CountyLady Lake - The Villages and Lady Lake 25 Leesburg-Eustis-Tavares 151,523 Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical AreaLeesburg - Eustis 26 Beverly Hills - Homosassa Springs - Pine Ridge 96,729 Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical AreaHomosassa Springs - Beverly Hills - Citrus Springs 27 Four Corners92,396Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area and Lakeland, Florida metropolitan area 28 St. Augustine 91,786 Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area 29 Sebring-Avon Park 63,297 Sebring, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 30 Titusville 62,459 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area 31 Zephyrhills 55,133 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area32 Poinciana53,267Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area and Lakeland, Florida metropolitan area33Fernandina Beach - Yulee50,805Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area

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