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Arcadia

City, DeSoto County. Population 8,002 (2025), +3.9% on the prior year, +7.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Population

2025
Population8,002Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519798k high2025
Change since the prior year+3.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+7.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20207,4202020

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
20258,002estimate+3.9%
20247,702estimate+0.8%
20237,638estimate+0.4%
20227,608estimate+1.7%
20217,479estimate+0.8%
20207,420census-4.5%
20197,770estimate+1.3%
20187,673estimate-0.1%
20177,677estimate+0.6%
20167,628estimate+0.2%
20157,610estimate+1.8%
20147,479estimate-0.8%
20137,540estimate-0.6%
20127,585estimate-0.1%
20117,592estimate-0.6%
20107,637census+13.3%
20096,739estimate+1.7%
20086,627estimate+0.2%
20076,617estimate-2.0%
20066,755estimate+1.3%
20056,668estimate-2.7%
20046,854estimate-0.1%
20036,860estimate+1.2%
20026,778estimate+0.7%
20016,734estimate+2.0%
20006,604census+1.6%
19996,498estimate+0.7%
19986,453estimate-1.9%
19976,577estimate-0.3%
19966,600estimate-0.3%
19956,617estimate+0.6%
19946,575estimate+0.5%
19936,543estimate+0.9%
19926,482estimate-0.2%
19916,498estimaten/a
19896,123estimate0.0%
19886,124estimate-0.8%
19876,174estimate-0.2%
19866,187estimate+1.3%
19856,105estimate-0.5%
19846,134estimate+2.4%
19835,991estimate+0.1%
19825,986estimate-0.3%
19816,007estimaten/a
19796,091estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (DeSoto County)6.0%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20168.2% highAug 2026
Labor force (DeSoto County)12,246Aug 2026
Employment (DeSoto County)11,514Aug 2026
Unemployed (DeSoto County)732Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.4%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.7%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 202612,24611,5147326.0%
Jul 202611,95911,2307296.1%
Jun 202612,15711,4467115.8%
May 202612,34011,6626785.5%
Apr 202612,30411,5957095.8%
Mar 202612,41711,7286895.5%
Feb 202612,43811,6847546.1%
Jan 202612,23411,4717636.2%
Dec 202512,17011,4707005.8%
Nov 202512,24611,4747726.3%
Sep 202512,32011,6606605.4%
Aug 202512,32711,6636645.4%
Jul 202512,13311,5056285.2%
Jun 202512,53211,9395934.7%
May 202512,65312,1145394.3%
Apr 202512,59412,0915034.0%
Mar 202512,81612,2775394.2%
Feb 202512,76012,1915694.5%
Jan 202512,60312,0115924.7%
Dec 202412,43911,9524873.9%
Nov 202412,46411,9195454.4%
Oct 202412,54012,0155254.2%
Sep 202412,73612,1985384.2%
Aug 202412,59212,0335594.4%
Jul 202412,61312,0375764.6%
Jun 202412,57112,0365354.3%
May 202412,75612,2924643.6%
Apr 202412,60712,1904173.3%
Mar 202412,74812,2914573.6%
Feb 202412,62812,1554733.7%
Jan 202412,49912,0144853.9%
Dec 202312,24111,8324093.3%
Nov 202312,19411,7574373.6%
Oct 202312,36911,9004693.8%
Sep 202312,45511,9824733.8%
Aug 202312,24511,7614844.0%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202512,46811,8546144.9%
202412,59912,0945054.0%
202312,42911,9984313.5%
202212,24211,8134293.5%
202112,76412,2215434.3%
202013,56012,8297315.4%
201913,34412,8734713.5%
201812,88312,3755083.9%
201713,25212,6565964.5%
201612,75312,0706835.4%
201513,36512,5807855.9%
201413,09812,1249747.4%
201313,06311,9411,1228.6%
201212,80611,4861,32010.3%
201113,84812,3861,46210.6%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$20.4M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$171M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$196M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing errorn/a2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$20.6M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$19.1M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error52.7%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$171M$196Mn/an/a
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$20.6M$19.1M$29.1M52.7%
  • no county level factor for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 53% from the 2022 Census figure for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses115New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses41Aug 2026
Lodging licenses25Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses49Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months8Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)475Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-3.5%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month37Sep 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: Arcadia, 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-SEATfood25
2APSalcohol19
2003-NAPTlodging18
2014-MFDVfood15
2COPalcohol13
11Calcohol3
1APSalcohol3
3CPSalcohol3
7COPalcohol3
7COP-SFSalcohol3
2002-MOTLlodging3
2005-BNBlodging3
11ALalcohol1
1COPalcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging1

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: Arcadia)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies421438
Florida profit corporations3941
Florida non-profit corporations1311
Out of state entities registering in Florida22
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$611M
Total taxable value (non school)$315M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$356M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+0.6%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$608M2025 final roll
New construction value$10.9M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,3612026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 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; 17% 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$160K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months65Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$235KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$379M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$69M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$7.88M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$38.7M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$12.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$31.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$71.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.39M2026 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
Residential2,081$379M$219M$7.84M3,005+0.6%
Commercial207$69M$61.2M$761Kn/a+6.9%
Industrial27$7.88M$6.87M$1.2Mn/a+46.9%
Agricultural94$38.7M$9.78M$210Kn/a-11.3%
Vacant716$12.4M$10.8M$45.5Kn/a-4.0%
Institutional56$31.2M$5.76M$690Kn/a+2.8%
Government167$71.5M$8.62K$198Kn/a-0.9%
Other14$1.39M$1.25M$0.1Kn/a+1.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units3,595Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199064.0% high2024
Occupied units3,1892020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units4062020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,5732020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1,6162020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate49.3%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)38.7%2025
Cost burdened renter households55.4%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%)25.3%2025
Assisted housing developments21Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units1,119Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.0K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$235K2024

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 less3194410
All households30.01-50% AMI32113975
All households50.01-80% AMI3362920
All households80.01-120% AMI371720
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI719410
Renters30% AMI or less3119305
Renters30.01-50% AMI13911940
Renters50.01-80% AMI1031600
Renters80.01-120% AMI128720
RentersGreater than 120% AMI207410
Owners30% AMI or less075105
Owners30.01-50% AMI1822035
Owners50.01-80% AMI2331320
Owners80.01-120% AMI24300
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI51200

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$51.5K75
1997$48K60
1998$58K45
1999$60K33
2000$57.8K44
2001$59.4K59
2002$67.5K65
2003$63K94
2004$80K124
2005$100K119
2006$135K100
2007$122K44
2008$96.3K48
2009$62K16
2010$69.2K36
2011$58.5K12
2012$58.5K20
2013$54.1K29
2014$62.1K46
2015$77K54

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Arcadia Oaks302 N 10th AvenueArcadia130130
Oaks Trail1300 NE Oaks StreetArcadia123123
The Oaks15 Booker T Washington AveArcadia9369
McPines1514 E Cypress StreetArcadia6464
Heron Cove2019 SE Heron CoveArcadia6464
The Palms612 S Dade AveArcadia6161
Cypress Garden318 N 11th AvenueArcadia6060
Arcadia Landings1423 E Gibson StreetArcadia5656
Casa San Juan Bosco2316 SW Hillsborough AvenueArcadia5353
Jacaranda Trail1650 SE Hargrave StreetArcadia5050
Jacaranda Trail II1650 SE Hargrave StreetArcadia5050
Desoto Landing2019 SE Heron CoveArcadia4848
Casa San Juan Bosco Community II2316 SE Hillsborough AvenueArcadia4444
Cardinal Corner16 S 12th AvenueArcadia4242
Wood Park Pointe600 W Gibson StreetArcadia3737
Wood Park Pointe II600 W Gibson StreetArcadia3636
St. John Paul II Villas2316 SE Hillsborough AvenueArcadia3232
St. John Paul II Villas II2316 SE Hillsborough AvenueArcadia3232
Hermosa Arcadia1560 E Gibson StreetArcadia2727
Meadow Park1210 NE Turner AvenueArcadia2323
Cyndy's Place425 N Seventeen AvenueArcadia1818

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$32.5KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$46.9K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$446KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$446KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.1%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$35.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$427KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$427KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.6%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$30.6MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+14.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$25MFY2025
Expenditures, change on the year before+12.9%FY2025
Revenues per resident$3.98KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$11.2MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-4.8%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$32.5K
Aug 2026$38.2K
Jul 2026$36.9K
Jun 2026$40.4K
May 2026$46.3K
Apr 2026$35.7K
Mar 2026$40.3K
Feb 2026$39.7K
Jan 2026$34.3K
Dec 2025$35.5K
Nov 2025$33.8K
Oct 2025$32.4K
Sep 2025$37.4K
Aug 2025$34.7K
Jul 2025$37.8K
Jun 2025$41.2K
May 2025$45.2K
Apr 2025$42.7K
Mar 2025$38.1K
Feb 2025$40.1K
Jan 2025$36.8K
Dec 2024$36.4K
Nov 2024$34.1K
Oct 2024$36K
Sep 2024$37.6K
Aug 2024$37.3K
Jul 2024$43.1K
Jun 2024$41.4K
May 2024$46.9K
Apr 2024$40.1K
Mar 2024$38.5K
Feb 2024$42.9K
Jan 2024$36.4K
Dec 2023$38K
Nov 2023$39.7K
Oct 2023$37K

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$35.1K
Aug 2026$35.1K
Jul 2026$35.1K
Jun 2026$35K
May 2026$35K
Apr 2026$35K
Mar 2026$35K
Feb 2026$35K
Jan 2026$35K
Dec 2025$37.3K
Nov 2025$37.3K
Oct 2025$37.3K
Sep 2025$38.4K
Aug 2025$38.4K
Jul 2025$38.4K
Jun 2025$33.6K
May 2025$33.6K
Apr 2025$33.6K
Mar 2025$33.6K
Feb 2025$33.6K
Jan 2025$33.6K
Dec 2024$33.6K
Nov 2024$36.9K
Oct 2024$36.9K
Sep 2024$36.9K
Aug 2024$36.9K
Jul 2024$36.9K
Jun 2024$36.5K
May 2024$36.5K
Apr 2024$36.5K
Mar 2024$36.5K
Feb 2024$36.5K
Jan 2024$36.5K
Dec 2023$36.5K
Nov 2023$36.5K
Oct 2023$36.5K

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$11.2M-4.8%
FY2024$11.8M+16.8%
FY2023$10.1M+17.0%
FY2022$8.6M-34.2%
FY2021$13.1M+37.2%
FY2020$9.53M+47.6%
FY2019$6.45M-11.0%
FY2018$7.25M-3.5%
FY2017$7.52M+20.8%
FY2016$6.22M-10.6%
FY2015$6.96M-6.4%
FY2014$7.44M+2.3%
FY2013$7.28Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.72M$4.35M+8.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$885K$908K-2.5%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.86M$2.56M+51.0%
Charges for Services$9M$8.31M+8.2%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$103K$84.7K+21.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$4.46M$4.45M+0.3%
Other Sources$7.61M$6M+26.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/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)$3.9M$3.14M+24.3%
Public Safety$3.27M$3.23M+1.1%
Physical Environment$10.2M$10.5M-2.7%
Transportation$5.22M$3.08M+69.4%
Human Services$10.5K$11.2K-6.4%
Culture / Recreation$2.14M$1.91M+11.9%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$227K$249K-8.9%
Other Usesn/an/an/a
Economic Environmentn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$327MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$388M high2026
Change on a year earlier+3.3%June 30, 2026
Change, real+0.1%June 30, 2026
Branches3June 30, 2026
Institutions2June 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 Arcadia.

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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
Truist BankArcadia Branch10 S Desoto AveArcadia$150M
Crews Bank & TrustArcadia North Branch400 N Brevard AveArcadia$91.6M
Crews Bank & TrustEast Branch2747 Se Highway 70Arcadia$85M

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