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Cedar Key

City, Levy County. Population 576 (2025), -15.8% on the prior year, -16.2% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Cedar Key

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.03 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population576Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979970 high2025
Change since the prior year-15.8%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-16.2%2020 to 2025
Census 20206872020

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
2025576estimate-15.8%
2024684estimate-0.7%
2023689estimate0.0%
2022689estimate+0.6%
2021685estimate-0.3%
2020687census-3.8%
2019714estimate0.0%
2018714estimate+0.1%
2017713estimate+0.4%
2016710estimate+2.0%
2015696estimate+0.7%
2014691estimate-2.3%
2013707estimate-0.7%
2012712estimate+0.7%
2011707estimate+0.7%
2010702census-21.8%
2009898estimate-3.2%
2008928estimate+0.1%
2007927estimate+0.3%
2006924estimate+0.7%
2005918estimate+8.1%
2004849estimate+3.7%
2003819estimate+1.6%
2002806estimate+2.4%
2001787estimate-0.4%
2000790census+2.7%
1999769estimate+1.9%
1998755estimate+3.3%
1997731estimate-1.5%
1996742estimate+5.4%
1995704estimate-0.8%
1994710estimate+2.3%
1993694estimate+2.2%
1992679estimate+2.3%
1991664estimaten/a
1989915estimate-0.8%
1988922estimate-0.8%
1987929estimate+6.8%
1986870estimate-4.0%
1985906estimate+6.6%
1984850estimate+8.3%
1983785estimate+7.2%
1982732estimate0.0%
1981732estimaten/a
1979970estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Levy County)5.4%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20169.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Levy County)18,784Aug 2026
Employment (Levy County)17,766Aug 2026
Unemployed (Levy County)1,018Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.1%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%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 202618,78417,7661,0185.4%
Jul 202618,80817,7581,0505.6%
Jun 202618,86217,8201,0425.5%
May 202619,01317,9991,0145.3%
Apr 202619,39518,3581,0375.3%
Mar 202619,32218,3141,0085.2%
Feb 202619,38218,2791,1035.7%
Jan 202619,17518,0301,1456.0%
Dec 202519,23818,2251,0135.3%
Nov 202519,35218,2391,1135.8%
Sep 202519,45918,5229374.8%
Aug 202518,76817,8149545.1%
Jul 202518,84617,9389084.8%
Jun 202518,77717,9138644.6%
May 202518,90218,1287744.1%
Apr 202519,36518,6257403.8%
Mar 202519,30618,5367704.0%
Feb 202519,28818,5007884.1%
Jan 202519,10518,2988074.2%
Dec 202419,12718,3897383.9%
Nov 202419,21718,3938244.3%
Oct 202419,42518,5778484.4%
Sep 202419,46018,6897714.0%
Aug 202418,79117,9758164.3%
Jul 202418,88118,0618204.3%
Jun 202418,79018,0227684.1%
May 202418,73218,0466863.7%
Apr 202419,19118,5306613.4%
Mar 202418,90118,2126893.6%
Feb 202419,13018,4446863.6%
Jan 202419,02318,2937303.8%
Dec 202318,69418,0526423.4%
Nov 202318,94018,2556853.6%
Oct 202319,14918,4437063.7%
Sep 202319,24618,4947523.9%
Aug 202318,61917,8617584.1%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202519,12818,2498794.6%
202419,05618,3037534.0%
202318,81618,1686483.4%
202218,28117,6456363.5%
202117,77516,9767994.5%
202017,10716,0551,0526.1%
201917,51416,8676473.7%
201817,21316,5366773.9%
201717,10216,3357674.5%
201617,10616,2258815.2%
201516,43015,4719595.8%
201416,20915,0541,1557.1%
201316,24514,8581,3878.5%
201216,60715,0071,6009.6%
201116,92015,0491,87111.1%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses48New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses14Aug 2026
Lodging licenses20Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses14Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)34Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before-5.6%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: Cedar Key, 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-SEATfood9
2COPalcohol4
7COPalcohol4
2014-MFDVfood4
2002-MOTLlodging4
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging4
2003-TAPTlodging3
7COP-SFSalcohol2
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging2
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging2
11Calcohol1
2APSalcohol1
3CPSalcohol1
7COP-Salcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1
2005-BNBlodging1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging1
2007-DWEL-GRPlodging1

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: Cedar Key)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies3330
Florida profit corporations11
Florida non-profit corporations05
Out of state entities registering in Florida00
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months1Housing units permitted by month, Dec 2008 to Aug 2026Dec 20081 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$382KAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table42025

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 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026110$382K
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025440$1.53M
2024000$0
2023000$0
2022000$0
2021000$0
2020000$0
2019330$534K
2018220$626K
2017220$627K
2016220$282K
2015000$0
2014110$600K
2013220$520K
2012110$109K
2011110$62.4K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$179M
Total taxable value (non school)$111M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$116M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+5.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+7.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$170M2025 final roll
New construction value$5.27M2026 preliminary
Parcels7472026 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; 44% 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$107M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$8.72M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$33.7K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$11.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$17.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$2.33M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$31.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$977K2026 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
Residential348$107M$83.6M$4.1M354+6.0%
Commercial24$8.72M$7.99M$561Kn/a+10.4%
Industrial0$33.7K$33.7K$0n/a0.0%
Agricultural29$11.6M$2.28M$239Kn/a+1.2%
Vacant240$17.2M$15.8M$374Kn/a+5.6%
Institutional5$2.33M$0$0n/a+1.4%
Government90$31.1M$0$0n/a+2.1%
Other9$977K$833K$0n/a-1.4%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units795Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199081.0% high2024
Occupied units4402020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units3552020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3442020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households962020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)30.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households60.0%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%)55.4%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$460K2024

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 less6339
All households30.01-50% AMI3710
All households50.01-80% AMI371111
All households80.01-120% AMI000
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI166140
Renters30% AMI or less3333
Renters30.01-50% AMI303
Renters50.01-80% AMI800
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI1200
Owners30% AMI or less306
Owners30.01-50% AMI077
Owners50.01-80% AMI291111
Owners80.01-120% AMI000
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI154140

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997n/an/a
1998n/an/a
1999n/an/a
2000n/an/a
2001n/an/a
2002$67.5K26
2003$47.2K10
2004$105K12
2005n/an/a
2006n/an/a
2007n/an/a
2008$298K6
2009$265K17
2010$250K11
2011$142K8
2012$255K16
2013$195K19
2014$228K23
2015$218K26

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$3.25KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$4.96K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$43.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$43.1KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-8.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$2.35KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$28KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$28KSep 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$3.91MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+9.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$3.56MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+4.7%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.71KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$1.28MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-32.0%FY2024

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$3.25K
Aug 2026$3.17K
Jul 2026$2.98K
Jun 2026$3.13K
May 2026$4.05K
Apr 2026$3.75K
Mar 2026$4.04K
Feb 2026$3.92K
Jan 2026$2.83K
Dec 2025$4.09K
Nov 2025$4.16K
Oct 2025$3.69K
Sep 2025$4.22K
Aug 2025$4.26K
Jul 2025$4.02K
Jun 2025$4.17K
May 2025$4.15K
Apr 2025$3.78K
Mar 2025$3.61K
Feb 2025$3.73K
Jan 2025$3.77K
Dec 2024$4.05K
Nov 2024$3.33K
Oct 2024$3.71K
Sep 2024$3.81K
Aug 2024$3.94K
Jul 2024$3.79K
Jun 2024$3.94K
May 2024$4.3K
Apr 2024$3.77K
Mar 2024$3.74K
Feb 2024$3.99K
Jan 2024$3.8K
Dec 2023$4.03K
Nov 2023$4.1K
Oct 2023$3.75K

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$2.35K
Aug 2026$2.35K
Jul 2026$2.35K
Jun 2026$2.32K
May 2026$2.32K
Apr 2026$2.32K
Mar 2026$2.32K
Feb 2026$2.32K
Jan 2026$2.32K
Dec 2025$2.34K
Nov 2025$2.34K
Oct 2025$2.34K
Sep 2025$2.35K
Aug 2025$2.35K
Jul 2025$2.35K
Jun 2025$2.3K
May 2025$2.3K
Apr 2025$2.3K
Mar 2025$2.3K
Feb 2025$2.3K
Jan 2025$2.3K
Dec 2024$2.3K
Nov 2024$2.33K
Oct 2024$2.33K
Sep 2024$2.33K
Aug 2024$2.33K
Jul 2024$2.33K
Jun 2024$2.34K
May 2024$2.34K
Apr 2024$2.34K
Mar 2024$2.34K
Feb 2024$2.34K
Jan 2024$2.34K
Dec 2023$2.34K
Nov 2023$2.34K
Oct 2023$2.34K

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$1.28M-32.0%
FY2023$1.89M-65.8%
FY2022$5.52M-18.5%
FY2021$6.77M-14.3%
FY2020$7.91M-12.0%
FY2019$8.99M-9.5%
FY2018$9.92M-8.3%
FY2017$10.8M-7.0%
FY2016$11.6M-6.0%
FY2015$12.4M-6.4%
FY2014$13.2M-5.7%
FY2013$14Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$2.27M$2.02M+12.4%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$167K$120K+39.3%
Intergovernmental Revenues$424K$660K-35.7%
Charges for Services$532K$579K-8.1%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$22.7K$27.4K-17.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$332K$76.4K+334.7%
Other Sources$159K$103K+53.9%
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)$837K$678K+23.5%
Public Safety$1.15M$814K+40.7%
Physical Environment$225K$736K-69.4%
Transportation$37.7K$64.1K-41.3%
Economic Environment$678K$769K-11.9%
Culture / Recreation$482K$238K+102.2%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$159K$103K+53.9%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$46.8MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$57.9M high2026
Change on a year earlier-19.2%June 30, 2026
Change, real-21.7%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 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 Cedar Key.

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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
Seacoast National BankCedar Key Branch7060 C StCedar Key$46.8M

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