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Bristol

City, Liberty County. Population 962 (2025), +0.1% on the prior year, +4.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Bristol

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 1.64 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 2025962BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 2026967Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.2k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Liberty County's growth rate of 0.27% a year, the annual rate in EDR's Demographic Estimating Conference county estimate for 2025 and medium projection for 2030, with the county's net new residents shared out to its places by their share of the county's net new residential units between the 2025 final and 2026 preliminary tax rolls.

Change since the prior year+0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20209182020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference: Projections of Florida Population by County, with Estimates for the base year, retrieved 2026-10-04 | 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
2025962estimate+0.1%
2024961estimate+0.5%
2023956estimate+1.2%
2022945estimate-0.9%
2021954estimate+3.9%
2020918census-2.3%
2019940estimate-1.1%
2018950estimate-0.4%
2017954estimate+4.0%
2016917estimate-4.3%
2015958estimate0.0%
2014958estimate-3.6%
2013994estimate-0.1%
2012995estimate-0.5%
20111,000estimate+0.4%
2010996census+0.6%
2009990estimate+4.1%
2008951estimate+0.1%
2007950estimate-0.7%
2006957estimate+1.6%
2005942estimate0.0%
2004942estimate+1.1%
2003932estimate-5.7%
2002988estimate+6.4%
2001929estimate+9.9%
2000845census-27.5%
19991,165estimate-4.7%
19981,222estimate-1.5%
19971,241estimate+9.8%
19961,130estimate+10.0%
19951,027estimate+6.1%
1994968estimate+0.9%
1993959estimate+3.2%
1992929estimate-1.8%
1991946estimaten/a
19891,093estimate+1.5%
19881,077estimate+3.4%
19871,042estimate-0.6%
19861,048estimate-0.2%
19851,050estimate+0.7%
19841,043estimate+1.9%
19831,024estimate-4.8%
19821,076estimate0.0%
19811,076estimaten/a
1979636estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Liberty County)5.1%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 20167.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Liberty County)2,561Aug 2026
Employment (Liberty County)2,431Aug 2026
Unemployed (Liberty County)130Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.9%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+1.1%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 20262,5612,4311305.1%
Jul 20262,4242,2841405.8%
Jun 20262,4372,2921455.9%
May 20262,5442,4091355.3%
Apr 20262,5682,4391295.0%
Mar 20262,5772,4521254.9%
Feb 20262,5732,4371365.3%
Jan 20262,5752,4291465.7%
Dec 20252,5662,4351315.1%
Nov 20252,5802,4281525.9%
Sep 20252,5972,4721254.8%
Aug 20252,5322,4071254.9%
Jul 20252,3612,2391225.2%
Jun 20252,3232,2081155.0%
May 20252,5052,406994.0%
Apr 20252,5382,445933.7%
Mar 20252,5362,446903.5%
Feb 20252,5222,424983.9%
Jan 20252,5172,4151024.1%
Dec 20242,5122,427853.4%
Nov 20242,5172,4161014.0%
Oct 20242,5452,4411044.1%
Sep 20242,5322,434983.9%
Aug 20242,5022,3911114.4%
Jul 20242,3722,2601124.7%
Jun 20242,3972,2891084.5%
May 20242,4742,383913.7%
Apr 20242,4782,396823.3%
Mar 20242,5002,412883.5%
Feb 20242,4062,317893.7%
Jan 20242,4722,383893.6%
Dec 20232,4692,393763.1%
Nov 20232,4762,383933.8%
Oct 20232,4902,402883.5%
Sep 20232,5282,442863.4%
Aug 20232,5162,424923.7%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20252,5072,3931144.5%
20242,4762,379973.9%
20232,4882,409793.2%
20222,4322,352803.3%
20212,4492,3401094.5%
20202,4922,3661265.1%
20192,5442,454903.5%
20182,4952,3951004.0%
20172,5232,4061174.6%
20162,5572,4221355.3%
20152,6362,4791576.0%
20142,7362,5471896.9%
20132,8292,6292007.1%
20122,7252,5002258.3%
20112,8542,5882669.3%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses11New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20161 highAug 2026
Food service licenses4Aug 2026
Lodging licenses1Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses6Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)81Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+20.9%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month5Sep 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: Bristol, 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
2APSalcohol5
2010-SEATfood2
2014-MFDVfood2
1APSalcohol1
2002-MOTLlodging1

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: Bristol)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies7560
Florida profit corporations37
Florida non-profit corporations30
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 2009 to Aug 2026Dec 20091 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-50.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$130KAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table22025

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 2026110$130K
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
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 2025110$150K
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025110$150K
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024110$150K
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
2025220$260K
2024110$150K
2023110$150K
2022000$0
2021220$155K
2020110$100K
2019110$100K
2018110$125K
2017110$125K
2016110$125K
2015110$125K
2014110$125K
2013220$249K
2012220$249K
2011220$249K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$97.4M
Total taxable value (non school)$37.4M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$43M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+6.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+8.0%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$91.7M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.06M2026 preliminary
Parcels6802026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-04

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 2010 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$163K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months12Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$176KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$47.1M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$4.23M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$542K2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$26.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$1.77M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$3.81M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$13.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$199K2026 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
Residential353$47.1M$26.6M$680K367+10.8%
Commercial19$4.23M$3.43M$0n/a+28.3%
Industrial3$542K$396K$0n/a+36.7%
Agricultural145$26.4M$5.25M$178Kn/a+0.5%
Vacant109$1.77M$1.52M$0.7Kn/a+3.4%
Institutional15$3.81M$61.9K$0n/a-0.7%
Government33$13.4M$0$199Kn/a-0.6%
Other4$199K$198K$0n/a+1.5%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units459Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.0% high2024
Occupied units4332020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units262020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3542020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households792020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate81.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)20.6%2025
Cost burdened renter households42.1%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%)2.8%2025
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$185K2024

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 less666
All households30.01-50% AMI322210
All households50.01-80% AMI75200
All households80.01-120% AMI33110
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI14300
Renters30% AMI or less333
Renters30.01-50% AMI3190
Renters50.01-80% AMI12200
Renters80.01-120% AMI700
RentersGreater than 120% AMI3700
Owners30% AMI or less333
Owners30.01-50% AMI29310
Owners50.01-80% AMI6300
Owners80.01-120% AMI26110
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI10600

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997$32.5K15
1998$35K5
1999n/an/a
2000$74.2K2
2001n/an/a
2002n/an/a
2003n/an/a
2004n/an/a
2005n/an/a
2006$74K1
2007n/an/a
2008$152K6
2009$96.2K4
2010$85K3
2011$69K3
2012n/an/a
2013$115K1
2014$82K7
2015$62.5K3

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$2.72KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$7.46K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$32.9KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$32.9KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before+16.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$4.68KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$55.4KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$55.4KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+6.4%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$2.66MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+6.2%FY2024
Total expenditures$1.89MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-14.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$2.77KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$2.39MFY2024
Long-term debt, change on the year before-3.4%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$2.72K
Aug 2026$2.25K
Jul 2026$1.74K
Jun 2026$2.37K
May 2026$2.74K
Apr 2026$2.28K
Mar 2026$2.07K
Feb 2026$2.03K
Jan 2026$7.46K
Dec 2025$2.25K
Nov 2025$2.94K
Oct 2025$2.01K
Sep 2025$2.27K
Aug 2025$2.43K
Jul 2025$2.82K
Jun 2025$2.43K
May 2025$2.36K
Apr 2025$2.19K
Mar 2025$2.25K
Feb 2025$2.79K
Jan 2025$1.89K
Dec 2024$2.35K
Nov 2024$2.2K
Oct 2024$2.34K
Sep 2024$1.61K
Aug 2024$2.24K
Jul 2024$3.62K
Jun 2024$2.36K
May 2024$3.04K
Apr 2024$2.32K
Mar 2024$2.35K
Feb 2024$2.92K
Jan 2024$1.97K
Dec 2023$2.3K
Nov 2023$2.49K
Oct 2023$2.04K

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$4.68K
Aug 2026$4.68K
Jul 2026$4.68K
Jun 2026$4.51K
May 2026$4.51K
Apr 2026$4.51K
Mar 2026$4.51K
Feb 2026$4.51K
Jan 2026$4.51K
Dec 2025$4.76K
Nov 2025$4.76K
Oct 2025$4.76K
Sep 2025$4.88K
Aug 2025$4.88K
Jul 2025$4.88K
Jun 2025$4.08K
May 2025$4.08K
Apr 2025$4.08K
Mar 2025$4.08K
Feb 2025$4.08K
Jan 2025$4.08K
Dec 2024$4.08K
Nov 2024$4.4K
Oct 2024$4.4K
Sep 2024$4.4K
Aug 2024$4.4K
Jul 2024$4.4K
Jun 2024$4.44K
May 2024$4.44K
Apr 2024$4.44K
Mar 2024$4.44K
Feb 2024$4.44K
Jan 2024$4.44K
Dec 2023$4.44K
Nov 2023$4.44K
Oct 2023$4.44K

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$2.39M-3.4%
FY2023$2.47M-3.2%
FY2022$2.55M-3.1%
FY2021$2.64M-8.7%
FY2020$2.89M+10.1%
FY2019$2.62M-3.7%
FY2018$2.72M-2.0%
FY2017$2.78M-5.4%
FY2016$2.94M+3.3%
FY2015$2.84M-1.2%
FY2014$2.88M-3.4%
FY2013$2.98Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$422K$398K+6.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$135K$91K+48.4%
Intergovernmental Revenues$979K$767K+27.5%
Charges for Services$1.02M$987K+2.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$62.7K$48.3K+29.7%
Other Sources$44.9K$212K-78.8%
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)$443K$499K-11.3%
Public Safety$122K$130K-6.3%
Physical Environment$1.05M$1.27M-17.1%
Transportation$220K$94.4K+133.2%
Human Services$5K$5K0.0%
Culture / Recreation$1.0K$1.29K-23.8%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$44.9K$212K-78.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$23.4MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$82.1M high2026
Change on a year earlier-1.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-4.2%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 Bristol.

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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 BankBristol Branch10911 Nw State Road 20Bristol$23.4M

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